MODx CMS Table of Contents 

• MODx Wins Most Promising Open Source CMS
• What is a Content Management System?
• MODx CMS Features
• SEO Friendly CMS
• New to Building Websites? Review these Educational Books to Help You Understand the Basics of Web Development
• How MODx CMS was Created
• MODxCMS Commercial
• Get Support from MODx CMS
• MODx CMS Resources
• Sites Powered By MODx CMS
• MODx CMS Reviews
• How MODx CMS Stacks Up to the Competition
• MODx Demo
• MODx Hosting Requirements
• Choosing the Right Web Host for Your Website
• Cost
• Download MODx Now!
• MODx CMS Tutorials and Documentation
• Free MODx Templates
• Setting Up an eCommerce Shop in MODx
• Adding a Message Board or Forums to Your MODx CMS Site
• What CMS Do You Use?
• Share Your Own MODx Review
• MODx CMS, MODXCMS

MODx Wins Most Promising Open Source CMS 

MODx has won the Most Promising Open Source Content Management System in this year's Awards. As the fourth category winner, MODx came out on top ahead of TYPOlight and dotCMS, who came equal second. Read on...

What is a Content Management System? 

MODx CMS Features 

Why I Love MODx

SEO Friendly CMS 

MODx Provides SEO Friendly Content Management

Guide to Creating SEO-Friendly URLs in MODx

The link above will send you to a guide that outlines the steps you need to take to set up your pretty URL's. This is really simple!

I choose the option that provides me with squeaky clean URLs, which you can find under the heading "Friendly urls with mod_rewrite".

*You do have to know if your host provides mod_rewrite support (call and ask them).
I typically use Bluehost for most of my hosting needs, and they do provide mod_rewrite support.

SEO Friendly CMS

Find out all the reasons why MODx is loved by search engines.

New to Building Websites? Review these Educational Books to Help You Understand the Basics of Web Development 

Learn more about XHTML, CSS, and PHP...(can I use any more acronyms?!)

New to website development? Here are a few books that I think you should read if you want to build solid websites with MODx.

Please take a minute to vote for the book you think is the most useful for a novice website developer, or add your own recommendations!

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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug

YOU HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK! It is a really short, more...4 points

YOU HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK! It is a really short, but incredibly informative book. Yeah, a lot of it should be common sense, but when you are designing a website it is so easy to get caught up in making it "pretty" that you forget to make it usable for your end-users! I found about this book, because several top web designers mentioned this title as a must-read.4 points

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The Principles of Beautiful Web Design by Jason Beaird

This is a must-have read if you want to understand more...2 points

This is a must-have read if you want to understand some of the concepts behind creating a fabulous looking site.2 points

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Search Engine Optimization For Dummies, Second Edition (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Peter Kent

I recently read this book to get a better grasp of more...2 points

I recently read this book to get a better grasp of how to more fully optimize my MODx site. I have to admit that I am so happy MODx is so flexible and allows to me easily adjust the meta content, page titles, and headers. By the way, the book is great!2 points

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PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy (Solutions) by David Powers

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HTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS by Patrick Griffiths

Fast and easy read. I kinda learned CSS on the fly more...1 point

Fast and easy read. I kinda learned CSS on the fly, but this book helped to explain quite a few issues that I was in the dark about. If you are new to CSS, I can't recommend this book enough.1 point

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How MODx CMS was Created 

The Abbreviated History
-From the MODx CMS site

MODx began with Raymond Irving and Ryan Thrash in 2004 as a mash-up of John Guerra's DocVars for Etomite and Raymond's web user add-on. We ultimately found ourselves in the position of having to choose between forking the project or abandoning over a thousand hours of work. We chose dinnerware, and Jason Coward joined shortly thereafter.

We wanted MODx to accomplish several goals:

-Help quickly build custom web applications,
-Offer a sensible, robust and extendable API,
-Avoid the tortuous or extended learning curves found in other robust solutions
-Work just as well for simple marketing-site CMS applications.

Since its inception, we significantly enhanced MODx's API, recruited great development and support teams, augmented the user system, and rewrote much of the application. Our 1.0 release will launch as a ground-up rewrite from scratch. As of May 2006, Ryan, Jason and Raymond continue to guide MODx. It's approaching the 10th release and 40,000th download.

We think MODx is a dream come true for coders and CSS developers. It's a platform that enables people to make a living from building sites.

Take a look at the road map that they have created for future releases of MODx.

Meet the rest of the team.

Future marketing plans for MODx. Read TXP Magazine's interview with MODx's marketing guy, David Molliere. David explains what future steps MODx plans to take to further promote their cms.

Here are a few pics of MODx co-founder, Ryan Thrash. That is a really cool name by the way! With a name like that you'd think he's a rock star or something. Below are a few pics of Mr. Thrash, in case you were wondering what he looked like.

ryan thrash

MODxCMS Commercial 

Get Support from MODx CMS 

MODx CMS Resources 

Here are the free tools you will find in the MODx CMS Repository

Wayfinder

Wayfinder is a highly flexible navigation builder.

MODx Ditto

This tool allows you to aggregate your documents to create a blog in MODx.

eForm

eForm allows you to easily build forms and send the results to one or more email addresses.

Jot

This tool is great if you want to let your visitors to comment on your blog, or if you want to create a guestbook in MODx. Follow this link if you want learn how to build a guestbook in MODx.

MaxiGallery

MaxiGallery basically allows you to create an image gallery on your site. This tool is VERY flexible and customizable.

MODx Repository

Here you will find a listing of all the resources that will make your MODx site function better.

Sites Powered By MODx CMS 

Who Uses MODx CMS?

Centennial Airport

This site was built for one of the busiest airports in the United States.

Foriegn Hip Hop site

I'm not sure what language this is written in, but this piece of eye candy was also built in MODx. You can see here how MODx can be used to create portal-like websites.

More examples

Check out other sites submitted by MODx users.

MODx It

I just found this gallery of sites built with MODx.

French Magazine Site for Girls

This link will send you to a French website that is built on MODx. I wanted you to see how you can build also build a magazine-like website.

Texas A&M University English Department

Check out how a major university in Texas is using MODx to power their English Department. Nothing too frilly design-wise, but it's still a great example to show you how an educational institution is using MODx.

Law Graduate Firm

I just came across this site, and loved the unique design. I've certainly never seen a site like this built with Joomla.

Jewelry store

This site is quite unique and charming.

University of Texas Austin College of Education

UT of Austin recently implemented a MODx-based version of their College of Education site.
Check out the press release.

MODx CMS Reviews 

Condago Labs Review of MODx 0.9.6

You gotta check this review out! Cody Swoyer provides a pretty thorough review of MODx 0.9.6, and describes the installation process, rates the features, and also discusses the security of MODx CMS.

Dan Moore Review

I post this review, because it is more recent and covers most of the basics.

MODx Comparison to Other CMS

David Molliere shares a comparison between Text Pattern, Expression Engine, CMS Made Simple and MODx.

Renegade Zen

Roan Lavery of NetResources wrote up a pretty good review of all of MODx's strengths and weaknesses. *Note that this review was written almost a year ago, and MODx has upgraded a few versions since that time. There may be issues that have been taken care of since he first blogged this article.

How MODx CMS Stacks Up to the Competition 

MODx vs Wordpress

MODx compared to Wordpress
Lots of people hack Wordpress blogging software to make it work as a cms for their website. I do use Wordpress when I am creating a blog, because this software really is a powerful blogging platform. But after I tried MODx, I couldn't stomach the amount of work it took to hack Wordpress into a website that is more than just a blog.

MODx vs Expression Engine

MODx compared to Expression Engine
Expression Engine is fantastic software, but the BIGGEST turn off for me is the $249 price tag that comes for each commercial site that I'd like to build.

MODx vs Joomla

MODx compared to Joomla
Honestly, you shouldn't even compare these 2, cause they are completely different animals. The biggest turn-off for me is the bloated code Joomla provides. The only time I'd suggest you seriously consider Joomla, is if you are looking to build a portal-like site, because they do have quite a collection of nice components/modules available for download.

MODx vs Drupal

MODx compared to Drupal
I'm not a hard-core developer, so I have to say that I personally find Drupal intimidating and way too difficult to use. This link will lead you to a pretty good review that was written from someone who switched over to MODx after trying Drupal.

Another Comparison of MODx to Joomla & Drupal

If you'd like to read more on how MODx compares to Joomla or Drupal, please click the link and find out if MODx is the CMS for you.

MODx Demo 

Give MODx a Quick Test Run

You can view a working demo of a MODx built site here.

MODx Hosting Requirements 

Choosing the Right Web Host for Your Website 

How to Pick the Best Web Host for Your Website or Blog

I will be the first to admit that choosing the right host for your website can be a painful experience. In the past, I would go and choose the cheapest option available. This resulted in me using various hosts that had terrible down-time or made my s...

Cost 

Pay Whatever You Think It's Worth

Download MODx Now! 

MODx CMS Tutorials and Documentation 

Quick Guide to Getting Started with MODx CMS

Free MODx Templates 

Free MODx Templates

Just found this thread in the MODx forums, and it is packed with links to free MODx templates. Check them out.

20 Free MODx templates from Tattoocms

Wow, 20 templates! You are free to use and modify on your MODx site. These come in handy if you don't know how to write an xhtml/css code.

1 Free MODx CMS template from Kickass Web Design

This is a three column flexiwidth theme with full header and footer. Included, are some template variables and chunk combinations that allow for the addition of an image and paragraph in the left column, and a pullquote box in the content column.

ziworks Web Solutions

Here are a couple of free MODx CMS templates from ziworks. One of the templates is pink to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness month.

"Powered By MODx" Buttons

MODx Buttons/Icons for your sites provided by MODx admin.

Setting Up an eCommerce Shop in MODx 

You can easily integrate FoxyCart with MODx to create an ecommerce shop for your website. I believe FoxyCart services are about $20 a month. You can read more about FoxyCart here.

Adding a Message Board or Forums to Your MODx CMS Site 

Integrate SMF with MODx

Download SMF

Simple Machines Forum - SMF in short - is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.

Download the SMF Forum Integration Bridge

Integrates MODx with SMF Forum. Uses MODx to log into SMF Forum.

Read About the Bridge on the MODx Forums

MODx users experiences and issues regarding the SMF + MODx bridge.

How to Wrap other URL into MODx

Different ways you can link to the forums on your MODx site.

What CMS Do You Use? 

Share Your Own MODx Review 

If you have tried MODx, please tell us what you love, what you hate and whatever else floats your boat.

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ctchub Excellent done, very informative and helpful. Posted April 09, 2008

Derek Hildenbrand

Have couple more site to add in sites powered by Modx:
My company site:
www.newviewit.com

Soon to be finished Shanghai Law Firm: www.tranasialawyers.com

and Asian magazine company done in few weeks:
www.asia-weekly.com

Posted April 09, 2008

beachbum_gabby I use CMS like Drupal and Wordpress but I haven't tried this one. Thanks to your lens, it makes me think to try it out! Posted April 08, 2008

E-Cross Great lens on MODx! I used it in it's early stages for several sites and loved it. I haven't seen it in about a year, need to check it out again. I can truly say it is the best CMS and beat Joomla and Drupal hands down. Great support on the forums and through the members. Thanks! Posted April 03, 2008

Neil

I know a bit of xhtml and css (just enough to hand-code a workable website with little IE probs). Have tried Joomla, E107 and Wordpress to create a website but I always fail to apply my own template.
Then come ModXCMS. And everything is history.!

Posted April 01, 2008

 

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