Do i really need modx?

HI

i have quite a bit of HTML knowlege and have a website although i would like to create a news feed for of colum on one side of a website although i have no idea where to start, im in college btw

we had a pro webdeveloper come in and talk to us about CMS so i went and googled and found modx although it looks like i would have to recreate my website as well as have to work out how to use CSS or other themeing methods wich dont seem easy.

do i really need modx or even a CMS for what i wont or am i missing somthing, really confused atm

thanks

If all you want to do is add a news feed you can do that with a bit of javascript. There's even a site to do it for you. http://www.stormthecastle.com/earning-revenue/get_a_newsfeed.htm

i wont to be able to edit pages content like modx although i dont wont it on every page.

there are lots of things i wont from modx although i wonts me to make my website again that is ok although i do not code me sites from hand i use serif.

i dont know how to put my question sorry, i gess i wont to combine my serif website with modx is this possable with out remakeing my website?

How many pages do you have?

over 30

You can import the pages into MODx, then work on rearranging the content into more manageable parts at another time, as you have the time.

By default, the import function imports the pages from between the <body> tags. So you would create a template for them that handles the document head, with the doctype, title, and the link to where you'll put the css and js files.