Where are the templates ?

With the existing system, anyone can take any template from any of the free template sites (or even the html, images and css files from a Save Page As... of any site, copyright issues aside), paste it in, and replace the content blocks with MODx tags. Put the images and css files in a folder in the assets/templates folder, and adjust the paths in the template to point to them.

Primitive? I’d say that’s a matter of viewpoint. Personally, I prefer the simplicity, light weight and flexibility this gives me. I think what confuses most people is the very simplicity of the system. They expect complex, arcane functions and miss how easy this is.

Quote from: bugsmi0 at Mar 15, 2006, 05:13 PM

I agree what some say about the need for a more user friendly template system.

Modx is good for developers but most people will have difficulty setting it up without step by step instructionrs.  Any CMS should be built with the end user in mind.  Most people don’t know what a chunk is or a snippet, copy/past html for template building seems primitive.  I would rather have a simple template install system that gets the template loaded with the click of a button then have it so you can make modificaitons if need be.

This is my fault, as I’ve not done a good job in explaining MODx’s simplicity regarding templating obviously. And for what it’s worth, MODx is definitely not trying to be a beginner’s CMS. The fact that we have a system that happens to be pretty simple to use is just a bonus; we’re really focused on advanced users right now (not to say that we don’t love our less techno-inclined, ’cause we do and that’s what provides our motivation to clean it up and make it simpler! ).

The key thing is as it relates to this thread though is that there IS NO templating system in the traditional sense per se. You simply build XHTML/CSS layouts and replace your content area with [*content*] and your navigaion area with [[DropMenu? &...]] and then toss in a bit of CSS and you’re done.

MODx does not force another templating system learning experience. It just allows people to use XHTML and CSS as the "template langage".

I don’t really understand how it can be made much simpler. We’re certainly not trying to be Dreamweaver, Front Page or any of the other similar solutions. If you need that type of functionality, Adobe or Microsoft + pretty much any shared hosting provider is very much your friend.

Happy MODxing.

Quote from: Olaf at Oct 12, 2005, 07:22 AM

The thing is that you don’t choose MODx because the webpages look good. You can achieve the same look with every CMS.
You choose MODx because you like the functionality, extensibility etc.

looks like we have a philomodxsopher on our hands he he

don’t tell me, tell the millions of users who won’t be using Modx because its taylored to the adv users, i’m all for getting my knees dirty to learn this CMS just show me how lol

We couldn’t handle the millions right now, anyway, and that’s not our focus at the moment either. So that’s a very good thing!

Keep asking specific "how do I..." questions and you’ll have your "ahah!" moment soon enough.