Modx or other CMS

I’m nearly convinced about my choice for Modx, just need a last push.
Read so many good things about it. I come from linux/unix world,
and modx seems like a cms made for programmers, unlike WP and Joomla.

My list currently is:
modx (flexibility, total design freedom, web2.0)
concrete5 (ease of use, WYSIWYG interface)
silverback (same reasons as concrete5, but less used, small community)
drupal (widely used, many plugins, but heared it’s a bit bloated)

I have to create a website for a customer which is a large enterprise.

Can web-users also sign-up via a form?

Other prerequisites are:
- I must explain it to the customer afterwards
so ease of use is very important
- single install base
- a simple webshop module (?) or I can use a slim version of some module.
customer has individual clients with seperate products, they must be able
to add products themselves: description, photo, - pricing etc. is not needed.

I hope to get some feedback why not to use the others! It’s hard to
choose with so many flavours.

Regards

For high profile enterprise clients, Expression Engine is what I would choose.

Modx is great, but if falls short with regards to the plugins/modules/documentation that are available with EE. Not to mention it’s extremely active support forum and commercially supported products.

Modx will hopefully get to where EE is in the future.

That said, if you’re not interested in buying the cmf and you’re handy with php and mvc, you might feel comfortable with making your own extensions to modx.

@okdan

MODx is a very good platform for a programmer, a lot of designers complain to programmer oriented.

I have not used any of others mentioned in you post except Drupal which I never got the hang off.

I was able to convert a HTML template into a working website in under four hours in MODx Evolution.

As you state you are dealing with a large enterprise.

I think you would be better off with Revolution far more flexibility built in for the programmer and also the future you should be able to convert any add-ons you require.

The only downside I can think of for your application is lack of front line editing for use by the clients.

Web users can sign up via form.

MODx is both a CMS and a ORM framework so the limiting factor is not MODx but rather your ability to transport your ideas into code. And maybe the computer resources you have to run the product on. Many people can advise with more knowledge than me.

Many members comment the system is easy to maintain by none techie people once setup if done properly in the first place.

May I say WELCOME to the MODx REVOLUTION hope you enjoy your stay.

Give it a try if you get stuck plenty of helpful people hear if you are able to describe your problem.

MODx comes in two flavours, MODx Evolution and MODx Revolution and both have been implemented by large enterprise class corporations as web sites and intranet applications. MODxcms.com is built on MODx Revolution and gets well over 1M page views per month.

MODx is great, but if falls short with regards to the plugins/modules/documentation that are available with EE.

MODx Revolution may not have the sheer volume of add-ons but most of its current add-ons are designed to be implemented in a vast array of ways vs many other CMS/Framework add-ons are singular in purpose. And we all know that quantity != quality. A quick review of Joomla’s plugins and you’ll know what I mean. EE is a great platform with a great community and pretty good documentation. On MODx Documentation: we did have a reputation with Evolution of putting the product ahead of the docs but the MODx Revolution Documentation amounts to more than 400 pages of well (not perfect) written documentation with new documentation added/updated along with MODx Revolution.

Okdan, ultimately you need to decide what is right for you and your project. The one thing I know for sure is you’ll get lots of friendly help from the MODx Community if that is your choice.

If you are looking for a PHP CMS done for programmers, MODx is definitely a good choice. I doubt you will find a better one on that part. I tell you that as a 2 decades experience programmer and someone who had tested dozens of other CMS before getting to MODx.

MODx Revolution comes with a built in forum, while I am not sure if it is already included in the current version (didn’t get to test Revo yet). I have coded a phpBB-intergration for MODx Evolution, but I think that forum has too many community features for an enterprise. A simple board would probably suffice for that purpose.

Just my two codes :f