MVC Framwork Based CMS Demos: ExpressionEngine, SilverStripe and Sencha

We'll take a look at two leading Content Management Systems that offer the power of MVC frameworks for developers while remaining flexible and simple to work with for designers and clients.

James Buckley from Bright Rocket (http://www.brightrocketdesign.com/) will introduce you to ExpressionEngine (http://expressionengine.com/) from Ellis Labs (http://ellislab.com/), based on the CodeIgniter (http://codeigniter.com/) PHP framework. Brett Silver (https://twitter.com/#!/brettsilver) will introduce you to CodeIgniter

Chris Alfano from Jarv.us will discuss Front-end MVC frameworks that power web and mobile applications.

Lloyd Emelle will discuss the SilverStripe Framework (http://www.silverstripe.org), a BSD Licensed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#Terms) PHP framework and CMS.

Fabulous Free Stuff!

We're lucky enough to have a few sponsors for the ExpressionEngine portion of the talk and will be giving out add-on license bundles from the following companies. (Quantity of freebies depends on attendance!)

ExpressionEngine (http://expressionengine.com/) Freelancer Licenses from Ellis Labs, a $99.95 value Low Variables (http://gotolow.com/addons/low-variables) Add-on License from GoToLow (http://gotolow.com), a $44.00 value Content Elements (http://www.krea.com/content-elements) from Krea (http://www.krea.com), a $55.00 value Expresso (http://www.putyourlightson.net/expresso) from Put Your Lights On (http://www.putyourlightson.net/), a $9.95 value NEW: A Mystery Prize! (Oooh, ahhhh)