Quote from: grieco at Oct 28, 2005, 10:57 AM
Modx has TV which haven’t etomite.. I think that different ways of development makes impossible to templates compatibility.
Agreed. This will only become more and more true as the two CMS’ follow different paths into the future. While it would be nice, I think it is unrealistic to think that templates will usable in both systems. And if the developers tried to develop with that in mind, it would hobble progress.
The real issue is snippets, chunks, plugins, etc. Those make up a substantial portion of a template and provide the real meat of how the page is assembled. Clearly the two systems, even at this early stage, are significantly different.
I think a more realistic goal is to have a thrust behind getting the community to develop and donate templates (as Susan has done a LOT of lately). Build a repository of them. So there isn’t as much need to look elsewhere. There really aren’t that many "Etomite" templates out there anyway. Not considering how long Eto has been around.
Of course, I’m not much of a fan of canned templates anyway. Something about how my site would look just like someone else’s bothers me. One of the things that drew me to Eto in the first place was how EASY its templating system was to customize. I believe that will continue to be a strength and draw for many Eto/MODx users. But I know not everyone is that way... OK now I’m rambling...
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