Beginner's Guide to MODx. From MODx Wiki Unless you are one of the lucky ones who can intuit almost instantly how to use MODx, the first thing that happens after you get it installed is: “Great CMS!
Now how do I use it?” Well, read on, and have a look at the overview video posted here: www.TipsFor.us The idea with this tutorial is to give you some early success with MODx, answer some of your basic questions, and set you on the path to learn the rest of MODx yourself. One caveat: Although this tutorial is about how to use MODx, it does get into several other areas of website building, so if you are an experienced website builder, please just skip those areas you are familiar with. Everything in this tutorial template involving location and appearance on the webpage is done with a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) file. So, then—let's get into it. Before you install MODx Several prerequisites come to mind: It's best to have a functional webpage to create a template for MODx. Creating the Template For Windows users: Textwrangler. MODx Revolution for Complete Beginners Part 2 – Installation. Welcome to Part 2 of the MODx Revolution for complete beginners series.
In the last post, I briefly introduced this series. In this installment, we’re going to get hands on by going through the process of installing MODx Revolution so that we can start building our site. The process of installing Revolution is pretty straightforward, and as long as you have ensured that your server meets the installation requirements, you should have no problems proceeding with the install smoothly. Should you run into problems, the MODx Revolution documentation covers some common problems that should give you a good starting point for troubleshooting your install.
So far: Part 1: Introduction to MODx Revolution There are three ways to install MODx Revolution – Basic, Advanced, and from Git. Throughout this series we are going to be building a MODx Revolution resource website and we will use it as a place to test out different snippets and gather information about MODx and all that good jazz. Working With a Content Management Framework: MODx. If you are interested in Content Management Systems (CMS) then most likely you have heard about MODx (modxcms.com).
MODx is not just an extremely flexible CMS that makes managing website content a breeze, it is also a powerful Content Management Framework with an extensive API that makes it a developer's dream. "MODx is an open source PHP Application Framework with Powerful Features that help you take control of your online content. It empowers developers and advanced users to give as much control as desired to whomever they desire for day-to-day website content maintenance chores. " In this tutorial we will explore a number of the standard MODx features to illustrate what it is like to work with MODx by going through the process of taking a static HTML prototype and turning it into a working MODx driven website. We will be covering a lot of territory in order to paint a big picture of what you can do with MODx but will only be skimming the surface of what is possible.
Making Sites with MODx - MODx Revolution 2.0.