what do i want to do?

hello,

i got a new job and they are using MODX - and now i have to work with MODX i think and programm stuff for it.

i didnt realy started working there yet, but i have some questions and perhaps u can help me about that.

think i have to write something like a shop and a forum and other costumer wanted stuff...

what would i want to write when i have to write a shop for example

a module or a plugin? or a snippet? or something now implemented into the MODX system?

thx for some helping on that
Alanin

Generally speaking, if you need a php script for the outside world, use a snippet, if it is needed only for the backend (manager) a module might be more appropriate.

plugins are just snippets of pure php that are automatically executed on certain events (onWebPagePreRender, OnSnipFormRender, et...).

Before you write your own shopping cart, you may want to take a look at ShopX
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,1575.0.html
and see what has been developed there.

-sD-
Dr. scotty Delicious, Scientist

indeed i checked this thread before i posted here - but all the link to this page ending in 404 errors - and on the page itself i cant find a link to the ShopX thingy

al

Quote from: Alanin at Oct 24, 2006, 04:19 AM

indeed i checked this thread before i posted here - but all the link to this page ending in 404 errors - and on the page itself i cant find a link to the ShopX thingy

al

Sorry, we are still working on getting all the resources here localized into the repository.
See the first post on the first page of this forum.
Susan Ottwells post says "Latest package available attached here."
then at the end of this first post there is a link that says "ShopX-2.5.zip (12.37 KB - downloaded xxxx times.)"
Click that link to download the files. Support questions for that resource should be posted in that forum.
I appologize, I thought finding it would be more straight forward. thanks for your patience.

-sD-

ok - will try thx alot for your help

today i worked with the system first time and its quite ok to work with it - but i have to admit that there should be some more documents or easier-to-find-documents (cause i didnt found em) to the modx cms cause it seems very powerful and very costumizable...

but i didnt found something bout using classes are already written, like db query and outputs

a question i have - is it possible to use templates in snippets?

so i make myself a snippet and have the layout completly in the template - dont wanna mix it and have i want my snippets/modules and all the other things completly free of html code - otherwise i would have to go trough the code everytime i need the scripts

Examine Wayfinder for a great way to learn to mix code (snippets) and external "templates" (chunks).

thx alot again - will have a look into there

do u have ne hints what i could examine to get a feeling for quering db with complex sql statements like joins and all that fancy stuff??

i start liking it more and more

al