Greetings,
My name is Matt and I just recently stumbled upon MODx as I was desperately searching for a CMS solution to replace Joomla, Concrete and Drupal.
I became so tired of overriding third party component views, CSS, Jquery conflicts ("every component seems to want to load it's own Jquery libraries) and templates. Every third party component has many elements that can only be customized via these methods. So, if I have three components, I have to deal with 3x the work. It became very tedious after a while.
Not too mention, the bloated code consumed a tremendous amount of overheard. The Joomla "loose" coding standards made it very difficult to learn and modify code from third party developers.
With that said, I started to search for a CMS that was light weight and didn't care about the learning curve nor did I expect a turn key solution, one size fits all. I wanted something that was easily extensible with a workflow that made sense to me. I finally found that in MODx.
Don't get me wrong, those other platforms serve their purpose for a "one size fits all" type of solution. However, I have a long term large project that I am working on and don't have the time for third party component developers to update their components and dealing with multiple Jquery loading conflicts and the overhead.
If I were to manage a system in Joomla with 200k records I am almost positive I would encounter problems down the road during heavy traffic and user interaction situations. I am all about planning, planning and planning. Measure twice, cut once.
I am a web developer but my background is in .NET and SQl server. I have been using PHP for about two years now. I don't necessarily "enjoy" the language or even developing, I just look at them as a necessary evil to accomplish my goals as a business man/entrepreneur. Anyway....
One of the things I like most about MODx is the fact that it's relational model is based on DB objects. A workflow and a tight business model are extremely important in a CMS. MODx fits perfectly into the way I do things.
Anyway, I just wanted to introduct myself to the MODx community.
Regards,
Matt
