Just curious to find out if anyone has tried modx:<br />ModX<br /><br />It would be great to find out if it's easy to implement, how versatile it is etc...<!--content-->
I looked into Modx previously, can't remember why I didn't use it - I now use Textpattern which is perfect for my needs which are normally not too complex!<!--content-->
I'm looking for a CMS I can learn to implement as I've been recently been let down by some programmers and would really like something I can master myself. I'm not a programmer and can style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />I find it quite easy to use, much easier to customise that WordPress. Basically you have 'articles' (fancy name for a page) which belong to sections. You can then that different templates (eg. a homepage and internal page) which you assign to your sections. It has inbuilt search, rss and a mass of plugin available.<br /><br />The pages are built using textpattern 'tags' such as:<br /><br /><!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1--><txp:article pgonly="0" searchall="1" status="4" /><!--c2--><!--ec2--><br /><br />which the CMS can built for you as well, but you get used to them and can write them yourself.<br /><br />I use the cms as <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.example.com/section/article-name">www.example.com/section/article-name</a><!-- w --> - and you can assign different template to sections, and all the pages (TXP calls them articles) 'underneath' that section.<br /><br />I find TXP easier to use, as I've broken it down to that simple as that's all I need.<br /><br />I'd download the package, and install it and fiddle with the default template, or download some templates.<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->
MODX is way to large XD it takes for ever to FTP<br />i recomned snews you can integrate it with anything <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><!--content-->
what is XD?<br />Link to snews would be good.<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=9532:date=Sep 5 2007, 09:29 AM:name=Eskymo)-->QUOTE(Eskymo @ Sep 5 2007, 09:29 AM) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /><!--quotec-->what is XD?<br />Link to snews would be good.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />XD is a smiley face <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br />http://snewscms.com/<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=13046:date=Oct 15 2007, 10:59 PM:name=kip0130)-->QUOTE(kip0130 @ Oct 15 2007, 10:59 PM) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /><!--quotec-->XD is a smiley face <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br />http://snewscms.com/<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Interesting... SEFURL's aswell, looks nice and clean, I may install that and see what it's about. I havn't had a need for a publishing tool like that for a while but may do soon and it's always wise to keep your options open. I was a big fan of Cutenews for a while as it was easy to customise and use, then Wordpress took over but it's becoming Bloaty so SNews may be ideal. <br /><br />Cheers <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=13053:date=Oct 15 2007, 06:30 PM:name=Ben)-->QUOTE(Ben @ Oct 15 2007, 06:30 PM) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /><!--quotec-->Interesting... SEFURL's aswell, looks nice and clean, I may install that and see what it's about. I havn't had a need for a publishing tool like that for a while but may do soon and it's always wise to keep your options open. I was a big fan of Cutenews for a while as it was easy to customise and use, then Wordpress took over but it's becoming Bloaty so SNews may be ideal. <br /><br />Cheers <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />im working on stripping wordpress.<br />Snews is a pain to install BTW. so it may not work the first time.<!--content-->
I looked into Modx previously, can't remember why I didn't use it - I now use Textpattern which is perfect for my needs which are normally not too complex!<!--content-->
I'm looking for a CMS I can learn to implement as I've been recently been let down by some programmers and would really like something I can master myself. I'm not a programmer and can style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />I find it quite easy to use, much easier to customise that WordPress. Basically you have 'articles' (fancy name for a page) which belong to sections. You can then that different templates (eg. a homepage and internal page) which you assign to your sections. It has inbuilt search, rss and a mass of plugin available.<br /><br />The pages are built using textpattern 'tags' such as:<br /><br /><!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1--><txp:article pgonly="0" searchall="1" status="4" /><!--c2--><!--ec2--><br /><br />which the CMS can built for you as well, but you get used to them and can write them yourself.<br /><br />I use the cms as <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.example.com/section/article-name">www.example.com/section/article-name</a><!-- w --> - and you can assign different template to sections, and all the pages (TXP calls them articles) 'underneath' that section.<br /><br />I find TXP easier to use, as I've broken it down to that simple as that's all I need.<br /><br />I'd download the package, and install it and fiddle with the default template, or download some templates.<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->MODX is way to large XD it takes for ever to FTP<br />i recomned snews you can integrate it with anything <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><!--content-->what is XD?<br />Link to snews would be good.<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=9532:date=Sep 5 2007, 09:29 AM:name=Eskymo)-->QUOTE(Eskymo @ Sep 5 2007, 09:29 AM) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /><!--quotec-->what is XD?<br />Link to snews would be good.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />XD is a smiley face <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br />http://snewscms.com/<!--content--><!--quoteo(post=13046:date=Oct 15 2007, 10:59 PM:name=kip0130)-->QUOTE(kip0130 @ Oct 15 2007, 10:59 PM) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /><!--quotec-->XD is a smiley face <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br />http://snewscms.com/<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Interesting... SEFURL's aswell, looks nice and clean, I may install that and see what it's about. I havn't had a need for a publishing tool like that for a while but may do soon and it's always wise to keep your options open. I was a big fan of Cutenews for a while as it was easy to customise and use, then Wordpress took over but it's becoming Bloaty so SNews may be ideal. <br /><br />Cheers <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content--><!--quoteo(post=13053:date=Oct 15 2007, 06:30 PM:name=Ben)-->QUOTE(Ben @ Oct 15 2007, 06:30 PM) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /><!--quotec-->Interesting... SEFURL's aswell, looks nice and clean, I may install that and see what it's about. I havn't had a need for a publishing tool like that for a while but may do soon and it's always wise to keep your options open. I was a big fan of Cutenews for a while as it was easy to customise and use, then Wordpress took over but it's becoming Bloaty so SNews may be ideal. <br /><br />Cheers <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />im working on stripping wordpress.<br />Snews is a pain to install BTW. so it may not work the first time.<!--content-->