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    Hi,

    I’m new to modx. I used Joomla before. In Joomla, the content depend on section & category (may be we can say ONLY category is the right thing). But there is no subcategory in joomla. In Joomla, the content just depend on this category table.

    I need to make website (multilingual) which the contents depend NOT only to category, but also to 2 other table.
    Lets say the tables : Category, Products, Features. The relationship are n:n each other.


    Table Category ---- n:n ------- Table Products ------ n:n --------- Table Features
    | |
    ----------------------------- n :n ---------------------------------


    1) How can it be done in Modx ? Must we use INNODB instead of MyISAM ? Or Modx does not support INNODB ?
    2) Does Modx support multilingual content ?
    3) A friend told me that Modx has good ACL (like JUGA/JaclPlus in Joomla), can we set that some user MAY NOT publish the content, he just can TRANSLATE the content (including Create, Edit, Delete)
    4) In Joomla, there are some links on each page : create ’PDF’, ’Email’, ’Print’ .
    Can we do it also in Modx ?
    5) Is it possible to change the SEARCH role to the relation above (search not only to category table, but also to Products & Features table).

    I really hope that some one can help me on this .....

    Many thanks before.
    Best Regards,
    - Gio -

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      Yes, I think MODx can do everything you have outlined... I’m not sure how to print out a pdf off the top of my head (use a Mac?), but I know I’ve written Perl scripts to accomplish that, so I know you could do it with PHP.

      I’d recommend you get your feet wet with MODx and then revisit this forum with your exact questions. From your post, it sounds like you are REALLY used to the Joomla way of thinking of pages... and Joomla has some bad limitations in my opinion. It offers one way of setting up a site, sure, but it’s not the only way. MODx lets you organize pages as if they were actually files on a server... you could have a folder for "my_category", and then create pages within that folder. This might leave you with some limitations when an item needs to belong to more than one category, but there are plenty of ways around that.
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        Hi Everetgg & GaneshXL,

        Merry Xmas & Happy New Year 2009 ......
        Hope you all had the nice vacations / holidays ... smiley

        Many thanks for your helps & informations. Nice to know that Modx so very powerfull .... smiley
        I’ve downloaded Modx, tried to play with it, but NOT successfull yet with wayfinder, template etc ....
        Any tips where should I begin (for a beginner ....) ??

        Many Thanks.
        Best Regards,
        - Gio -
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          Hi Ganesh,


          Many thanks for your tips.

          > The basic modx concept to display content inside the manager is: containers and documents (or parents and children). These are obviously just representations of your site’s hierarchy - which you define yourself. I guess that’s you meant with "categories".
          ---------------------
          Yes you’re right about Category. In Joomla there is Section -> Category (parent -> children) , and its something like you told me: Container -> Documents.
          What do you mean with ’you define yourself’ ? Does it mean, that I can make more hierarchy like ’Parent -> Children -> Grandchild’ ?? (It’s something like Subdirectory / subHierarchy) ??

          The template Variable is for template (design, the look of webpage) isn’t it ? What i mean here is like this :

          I write a document in Modx. The Document is, lets say, normally stored in table Doc_table in standard Modx. Now I want to modify it, so the Document also has the information of my new table (lets say Prod_table & Feature_table). Normally (without CMS) I add the primary key of Prod_table & Feature_table to Doc_table, and call the Description of Product & Feature via its primary key (which point to some fields in Prod_table & Feature_table). If the Doc_table can be change to hold that information, how to show the product & features information together with the content? Does it some thing to do with Template Variable? (I mean, the template variable also manage the information/document , not only the look/design of the website itself)

          Sorry for my bad english ... smiley

          Many thanks.
          Best Regards,
          - Gio -



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              "Mode X" ... *sigh* ... lol

              (For reference it’s "Mod" as in modular, and the "x" is from extensible.)

              http://modxcms.com/how-do-you-pronounce-modx.html
                Ryan Thrash, MODX Co-Founder
                Follow me on Twitter at @rthrash or catch my occasional unofficial thoughts at thrash.me
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                Oops... sorry I mispronounced that. I’ll be sure to correct it in future videos. I’m looking to re-do some of those... I sorta was playing around with my video capture software and some of the results passed my loose QA standards and ended up on YouTube, but I know I can be more organized about them. If you have ideas for other topics, please share.
                  • 25663 MODX Staff
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                  I’d rather have them on Youtube with goofy pronunciations than not at all wink Thanks for making the effort and giving back!
                    Ryan Thrash, MODX Co-Founder
                    Follow me on Twitter at @rthrash or catch my occasional unofficial thoughts at thrash.me