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For devs who have used all 3 or two of the three, what have you found to be the advantages and disadvantages of MODX vs more widely used products? Clearly, there is some personal bias on my part as I'm posting in the MODx forum, but this is the best resource for MODx devs I've found. I'm curious as to what the larger community who have worked outside of MODx feels the real advantages are, other than simply comfort level.
And, if you feel there is something better than all 3, share that as well.
Thanks for any input you share!
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I tried all three, wanted something more serious than what I was using back then. Drupal was my best choice, it had all the rave... Wordpress was rocking as well, but it confused my pea brain. Drupal started proving too complex for me too. As a Newbie, MODx just made sense: something about the square brackets, squared things out for me. [[!awesome? &really=`yes!`]].
Never touched Drupal since, and I get the occasional heart chill when I have to do work in Wordpress.
The best of the three is MODx. Not even Chuck Norris nor MC Hammer can beat it.
I know there are gurus who swear by Wordpress or Drupal, but come on, they have to be using magic to work those CMSs out.
[ed. note: donshakespeare last edited this post 8 years, 5 months ago.]
TinymceWrapper: Complete back/frontend content solution.
Harden your MODX site by
passwording your three main folders:
core, manager, connectors and renaming your
assets (thank me later!)
5 ways to sniff / hack your own sites; even with renamed/hidden folders, burst them all up, to see how secure you are not.
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Great article by CMS Critic today:
How WordPress Needs to Improve Itself (In 6 Ways)
http://www.cmscritic.com/how-wordpress-needs-to-improve-itself/
Is my WordPress Site DDOS'ing others?
http://labs.sucuri.net/?is-my-wordpress-ddosing
WP and Drupal are both more popular and more used than MODX - In perspective "123456" and "password" are the most popular passwords being used.
I think for front-end devs, the biggest benefit of MODX is that your markup is separated from the logic - you can build complex, bespoke sites without touching PHP. My experience with WP is admittedly limited, but from a front-end dev perspective the way you work is vastly different. For end users, some of the more powerful WP themes might offer a more "drag and drop" style site building experience, but that "self-service" market is completely different from what MODX usually plays in (though
ContentBlocks can bring a UI like that to MODX for bespoke sites).
Drupal seems more developer-focused than MODX but I haven't quite dedicated enough time to that myself to comment much.
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Quote from: mrhaw at Nov 02, 2015, 07:53 PMGreat article by CMS Critic today:
How WordPress Needs to Improve Itself (In 6 Ways)
http://www.cmscritic.com/how-wordpress-needs-to-improve-itself/
Is my WordPress Site DDOS'ing others?
http://labs.sucuri.net/?is-my-wordpress-ddosing
WP and Drupal are both more popular and more used than MODX - In perspective "123456" and "password" are the most popular passwords being used.
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Active malware campaign uses thousands of WordPress sites to infect visitors
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/09/active-malware-campaign-uses-thousands-of-wordpress-sites-to-infect-visitors/
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I agree with the data. In general, WordPress is an awesome CMS but when it comes to security there is a big question mark to its existence. I haven't tried ModX (though it looks promising), but have been a user of both Drupal and WordPress for over 10 years now. Both are actually good but the choice comes down to level of skills an end user have. WordPress is typically for newbies and people who are not technical at all. However, Drupal is for experts and tech experts. You can find many comparison for Drupal, WordPress and Joomla - and all experts recommend WordPress for ease of use and Drupal for high-level security. I personally like WordPress and I have read the Drupal vs WordPress guide on ReviewsDir which gave me a detailed comparison for both the CMS. ModX is in my list and I will be trying it out.
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I'm not that familiar with Drupal, but if you can find a WordPress theme that does absolutely everything you ever want to do, it's hard to beat. But if you will be creating custom styling and/or adding features to the site on your own, MODX is definitely the way to go.
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I think Modx finally will have more flexibility than Drupal, with a comparable lack of tried and true method of doing some development