I also came from a design background, but found the transition to modx revo from evo very easy. I don't understand the talk of needing to know xtJS, objects, MVC, and PHP5 etc.. you can get by with using just snippets like wayfinder, getResources (ditto) and never write a line of backend code - just like you did with modx evo. I do wonder if some people have even tired out revo.
-
MODX Staff
- 12,272 Posts
In all fairness, customizing the Manager is a bit harder and not quite as flexible as in Evo, but that's a huge priority for me personally to make sure is addressed going forward.
Ryan Thrash, MODX Co-Founder
Follow me on Twitter at @rthrash or catch my occasional unofficial thoughts at thrash.me
Not sure I follow - form customisation is a lot easier than managerManager and you can easily change the lexicon strings, menu actions, dashboard widgets etc.. You can also export user roles and form customisations making it really quick to get up and running.
The dependance on right clicking is the main problem with the current revo UI.
-
☆ A M B ☆
- 397 Posts
Ok, I just had a nice phone call with MODX user iusemodx and he pointed me to his forum post that already explains how easy it is to make EVO compatible with PHP 5.4
https://forums.modx.com/thread/?thread=80990&page=1
He has tested in on over 22 websites with no problems.
Benjamin Davis: American web designer living in Munich, Germany and a MODX Ambassador. I am also co-founder of SEDA.digital, a MODX Agency.
Regarding the 'packing Revo with a sample site' thing please don't! There are extras that do that, and it seems like Cloud snapshots could be great for this too. Being pure vanilla is one of the things that got me turned onto Revo.
jpdevries
Less is more when it comes to the core!
jpdevries