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    I have an existing site the owner
    wants to convert to a CMS so he
    can easily make some small modifications
    to the text and add pdf files for
    users to download.

    The site has maybe 50 pages of html and
    a bunch of jpegs.

    I thought I would give Modx a try. I notice
    there is an "Import Html" files command and
    I uploaded a small subset of the site to see
    how that would work. I was hoping this would
    be an easy short cut to getting things going
    fast.

    I guess the next step is to fix irregularities on
    each page and gradually bring the site into
    the modx way of doing things.

    I wonder if anyone has any tips on moving forward
    here and I’m trying to make sure I am heading in the
    right direction.

    One thing that would be handy with the Import Html
    function would be to pass it a pattern that it would
    use to filter out parts of the page, like a logo that appears
    on each page. I know that the CMS xaraya does this.

    - Greg strockbine
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      ok, thanks. I read the Beginner’s guide.
      Somehow, I missed the wiki, so thanks
      for bringing that to my attention.