Quote from: keithwjones at Nov 22, 2008, 05:42 PM
I do websites in HTML/CSS and Flash with Swish Max 2. A friend has come to me who has a website MODx CMS and she would like me to maintain it because she can not cope with it. She can work a computer, Word etc - is this the sort of system she should be able to cope with?
From what I have seen so far you need more skills than just being able to operate Word. I am having a meeting with her next week to discuss.
I have now worked out that the pages do not actually exist on the server - is the only way to alter them through the control panel?
Can someone please point me in the right direction of where I need to start reading?
See the site in my sig for how MODx works.
What you called the "control panel" is called the MODx Manager and it can be configured so that fairly naive users can do their work. I have some sites where the users know little beyond Word and Windows Mail and they create new content, edit photo galleries, create events in the calendar, upload newsletters, schedule publications dates, and edit existing content on the site without ever asking me for help.
The catch is that the person who sets this all up has to be at least somewhat familiar with MODx.
Once you reach that point, however, it’s not that difficult and you’ll get lots of help here. The odds are very good that once you get used to MODx, you’ll be dying to convert your existing sites to MODx because it makes your life so much easier (and it’s fun).
Welcome to the MODx community.
