What did you use before MODx?

Hi!

I used static html web sites (using Quanta undr KDE) & helped friend to CSS-ize his site done in GoLive, done some work with CMS Made Simple.

Then I went into Django/Django-CMS, but not being satisfied returned to CMS Made Simple, but after discovering that there is probably not future for Postgres there, I evaluated few CMS-ed, like Concrete5, SilverStripe & Contao (TYPOlight).

However, MODx stands above them all.

My only concern as CMS noob, is whether to continue working on a simple site for our small company (< 20 pages) with CMS Made Simple - we want to publish something soon, like several pages (explanation of our services and forms for ordering, News and (maybe) simple blog) etc.) - and then convert to MODx or there are ready made components for MODx allowing us to do the same in with MODx in a similar time frame (without PHP skills ) which would save us some time since we anyway have to translate some stuff into Croatian.

Any hint?


Sincerely,
Gour

Quote from: Gieseill at Aug 26, 2010, 03:14 AM

้hi i am new here. i wanna know about MoDx. what does it do?
i am learning code C,C++ i wanna know if i wanna be a hacker what should i learn?

There is a lot of information on the web about what MODx does so I won’t repeat it all here. If you want to be a hacker with MODx, you’ll need to know HTML and CSS and, to get the most out of MODx, learn PHP. C and C++ are great, but they’re almost never used for web site programming.

i wanna be a hacker

Should we be encouraging this lifestyle choice

Or should we be feeding the spammers?

Back on track guys and gals... don’t feed the spammers as noted above.

I am moving from good ole Dreamweaver html and css to MODx Revolution. Cannot live with my simplistic static sites any longer and have to take plunge into the CMS world for articles and commenting, etc.

I chose MODx after much research, in particular looking for CMS good for SEO control, and just as important to me - full xhtml/css compatibilty and validation.

Only been at it a few hours and learning how to think CMS, and think MODx. An alien world for starters but it is falling into place and I expect to love working with MODx from now on.

Only concern is that lack of add-ons that Evolution has built up, but starting small, so hope the needed goods will appear when needed. More than happy to pay money for good stuff.

Quote from: RichardHK at Aug 30, 2010, 08:33 AM

Only concern is that lack of add-ons that Evolution has built up, but starting small, so hope the needed goods will appear when needed. More than happy to pay money for good stuff.

I think you’ll find that Revolution has most of what you need (with more on the way).

Welcome to MODx.

I used a number of tools and systems before ModX. Then I went back to some of them, then I missed ModX like a pet had died and had to go back to it. It’s just so clear, documented well, intuitive, flexible..... So, I have ditched the following for ModX, on various projects:

* WordPress
* ExpressionEngine (I paid for an expensive license, and then found that I hated its unintuitive way of doing almost everything having been used to simplicity with ModX. What attracted me was the integrated Wiki, Forums etc, but the integration only goes so far as that I bought them from one company. The templates aren’t integrated, features are duplicated (and not in a nice way), the list goes on).
* Static site creation (ModX is simple enough to replace even the smallest of sites, giving you error page handling, RSS and search for free)
* vBulletin Publishing Suite. It’s actually very good. But the templating is horrendously complex, and publishing inflexible.

I’m sorry ModX team. I now know better, and would happily have given you the money I spent on those licenses if I knew then what I know now!

p.s. When ’Discuss’ is complete, ModX will wipe out the competition.

I’m a designer, who eventually learnt HTML and then taught (and retaught) myself CSS.
Most sites were Dreamweaver generated until I started handcoding for cleaner css.
Still prefer this root, but very few sites these days warrant being static.

I collaborated with a programmer to custom build every project, and we still do work together.

I tried EVERYTHING and I still HATE Joomla the most.
Textpattern was really cool (still want to try it again).
OsCommerce (What were they thinking...??).
Many jobs on Typo3 - BIG, but good.
Wordpress just fails me since most web sites, in fact, are not about blogs.
Drupal was way too complicated and then finally EE.

I liked Expression Engine (Have not tried v2).
But come to think of it, EE calls itself "elegant" and after my second Project on Revo (and one on Evo before that) - this is what elegant is all about. Even the logo design (which is the first thing designers meassure a company by) is so sweet.

Great support, good documentation, lots of features... so I’ll be sticking around!

Mmmm,

The horrible truth is that one has to use MODx on real-world projects to gain the opportunity to work with it properly. This implies that one has to take a risk in trusting that the platform, and its plug-ins, work!

We specifically chose EVO over REVO for a Poll/Survey requirement. Unfortunately I am experiencing what can be classified as non-designer friendly complication, which is influencing the success of my project. At the same time the Forum support is highly intermittent.

Is this good bye MODx?

You’ve hit the nail on the head... just like riding a bike you can’t learn till you get on and ride.

After working with NucleusCMS for some time, I’m looking at MODx (again) mostly out of curiosity. I’ve also used SMF, with a portal and without, dallied with Drupal and a few other projects, and of course static sites. But always went back to Nucleus for anything that didn’t need a forum.

I had used Modx briefly in the past but didn’t get very far with it. For me, at the time, the learning curve was too steep, and I did not have the time to play with it. Now I have the time, maybe the wife and kids will get new websites while I learn something.