I am opening this discussion / question to get some clarity on what is happening with MODX and whether or not it's worth staying or moving on.
I have been using MODX since the end of 2005 and have been happy being a part of the user community and part of the forum.
Not being a developer I help where I can, the majority of time it's with helping others in the forum and helping out as a forum moderator.
The past couple of years have in my opinion been up and down with MODX, no real transparency as to what is going on.
There was talk about a new and improved MODX 3, the best of Revo + Evo - but where is it.
Being an avid user of Evo, I was glad that some of the community members took it on, but that seems to have fallen away as well - updates are now rare, but the community are calling in with loads of problems due to PHP 5.5+ and the not so compatible Evo code.
Question 1: Is evo now a dead project ?
Looking at Revo, a lot of the time I see questions relating to blank sites, upgrade / update problems, problems moving from one server to the next - the list goes on and on.
Revo is supposedly, like Evo being made redundant by the LLC, but looking at all of the problems with it, is this the right path to follow.
Question 2: Is it worth converting an Evo site to Revo ?
MODX used to be a talked about CMS, but that seems to have fallen away
Question 3: Is it worth staying with MODX ?
There seems to be a lot of activity when it comes to the MODX Cloud
Question 4: Has the Cloud taken the time and resources that could have made MODX 3 a 2015 release ?
My personal thoughts / needs:
I have seen a huge increase of visitors over the years to a couple of my sites and the growth of the sites has become a major aspect that has to be taken into consideration.
Looking at the future of MODX, in particular the software:
- will things like automated updates be incorporated into the system
- will the system be able to cope with multiple thousands of posts / pages etc. (from an end user point - not from a developer point)
What I am trying to say here is - an end user who has no tech knowledge creates pages and posts by simply clicking the button "New Resource" and adds their content, saves and then that's it - done, page or post created, next page.
I hope that I haven't offended anyone in any form - the post is here to find out what others think and what their plans are for their MODX future.