A tip for helping Newbies find their Modx way

Quote from: davidm at Sep 01, 2006, 01:03 PM

You could also use a favlet I ported from Wilshire @ Textpattern’s forum

javascript:void(str=prompt("Search MODx forums:",""));if(str){location.href="http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttp://modxcms.com/forums/+"+str;}

Hi David, Thanks for posting this in English. I saw your French version previously but I understand it about as bad as PHP.

For those who don’t know how to use David’s favelet code: in Firefox for example, create a new bookmark in the bookmarks manager, name it something like "MODx Forum Search" and then paste the entire Favelet code into the location field. Hit OK and be sure to place your new bookmark in the toolbar folder for easy access.

Just a thought.... and since I have no idea on the "under the hood" workings of SMF... use as you will...

why not add the additional search using the external SE’s to the forum design, maybe even a dropdown selector between the major 3 or any other SE that seems to do a particularly good job with results? One less thing to add to or install into the browser.

Another quick way to get round the forums (if you are using Safari) -

Install Sogudi (Safari plugin) (http://www.kitzkikz.com/Sogudi)

Menu > Safari > Sogudi

Make a new shortcut called ’modx’ with destination URL set as:
http://www.google.com/search?rls=en&q=@@@+site:modxcms.com/forums/

Now you can search the forums with Google from the Address Bar (English results only - remove ’rls=en&’ for all results).

i.e.
modx your search query here

I was thinking about this for awhile... when I first found MODx I thought it was really cool (I STILL do! ) but I had no clue on where to start. I wasn’t sure if I was overlooking something, and when it came time to create a custum module, I couldn’t find any "guidelines" to making them so I more or less just started coding. I’m still somewhat a newb at MODx.

Anyways, instead of having the developers add forum posts to the documentation "sometime" later, why not get a Wiki going? That way people can add tips and guides themselves, and it’ll be easier to update documents later. The nthere’s no need to sift through posts that have nothing to do with your question.

Actually its in plans, but for now 0.9.5 is a highest priority , however you can post your suggestions about wiki softwares in modxcms.com Discussions and Suggestions.

Thanks.

zi

Quote from: rthrash at Jul 31, 2006, 10:32 PM

Server side CSS is basically making a MODx page act as your CSS files. That way you can have conditional logic in your CSS. Pretty easy with MODx actually...

OK..I just saw the light...

<takes_off_newbie_hat>
...Meet you guys on the other side!
</takes_off_newbie_hat>

Quote from: pixelchutes at Oct 17, 2006, 09:50 PM

Quote from: rthrash at Jul 31, 2006, 10:32 PM

Server side CSS is basically making a MODx page act as your CSS files. That way you can have conditional logic in your CSS. Pretty easy with MODx actually...

OK..I just saw the light...

<takes_off_newbie_hat>
...Meet you guys on the other side!
</takes_off_newbie_hat>

For instructions how to do this, see:

http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,5258.0.html

and

http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/Dynamic_CSS_with_TVs

and remember, when you do CSS as documents in modx, they can contain chunks where the various css blocks are coming from.. Or you could have a snippet running on that page what checks for browser user agents etc and selects a chunk to use... so you can really modularize your css to any extent.

Quote from: doze at Oct 18, 2006, 02:07 PM

http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/Dynamic_CSS_with_TVs

...and remember, when you do CSS as documents in modx, they can contain chunks where the various css blocks are coming from.. Or you could have a snippet running on that page what checks for browser user agents etc and selects a chunk to use... so you can really modularize your css to any extent.

Yeah, I have read this Wiki, and with @BINDING, it really can become pretty powerful. Awesome stuff!

Total noob with MODx here, just installed MODx yesterday after trying loads of CMS systems which somehow didn’t suit my tasstes.
Had seen MODx a while back but backed off thinking it very complex (which it can be) but finally took the plunge
& installed it.
Have had no problems so far but I’ve not done much to the frontend, just adding modules inside, like MODx_Resource_Wizard_1.7
& SkinGraft0.2 which were really easy to install & helped me understand a small bit of the process.
No doubt I’ll start facing difficulties but I’ve already seen quite a few things posted in here that resolved my hazy understanding of things.
Just wanted to say that as a noob I find that it’s pretty easy to find answers in here, just by reading threads.

Quote from: doze at Oct 18, 2006, 02:07 PM

For instructions how to do this, see:
http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/Dynamic_CSS_with_TVs

@doze,

I have a concern regarding this technique and 404 pages!

Please read my post here: http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,5258.msg61706.html#msg61706

Thoughts?