Is modx the cms for me?

Hi.

I’m looking for my ideal cms. I am currently assessing modx. I’ve installed it, and I’m learning it.
But I’ve still got a couple of questions.

My ideal CMS will allow me to create templates in strict html 4.01. Ideally, I would be able to set up a blog for a non-techy client with my template coded to my chosen doctype.

Ideally, the users edits would not prevent the content of the site from conforming with my chosen doctype.

Can this be done with modx?

If I want try to do this with modx, what issues will I need to consider? What will I have to be aware of or careful about?

Thanks.

Hello,

One of the best aspects of MODx is full control over your output so having a valid blog that the user edits isn’t a problem.

MODx lets you do anything you want, but there are some qualifications.

Some MODx add-ons may produce code by default that won’t validate in a particular doctype. For most, you can alter the default behavior by editing or creating the Tpl chunks used to format the output, but there may be a few where you would have to alter the code of the add-on. The validation errors would usually be trivial ones relating to self-closing tags <tag /> and the like.

In addition, it’s pretty hard to prevent a user from adding invalid HTML when creating and editing documents. I don’t think you’ll find any CMS that’s any better then MODx in this respect.

Quote from: BobRay at Oct 27, 2009, 10:51 PM

MODx lets you do anything you want, but there are some qualifications.

Some MODx add-ons may produce code by default that won’t validate in a particular doctype. For most, you can alter the default behavior by editing or creating the Tpl chunks used to format the output, but there may be a few where you would have to alter the code of the add-on. The validation errors would usually be trivial ones relating to self-closing tags <tag /> and the like.

In addition, it’s pretty hard to prevent a user from adding invalid HTML when creating and editing documents. I don’t think you’ll find any CMS that’s any better then MODx in this respect.

Thanks.

I find this informative and encouraging.
I will dive deeper into modx.

BTW, I don’t expect that my users will be using their own HTML. They will be inputting text.

Feel free to inform me of any gotcha’s I should know about.

The only thing that comes to mind is MODx is highly addictive, if you develop an addition don’t blame us