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Updates and a Thank You to a New Supporter

September 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blog News, Misc.

I know it’s been a while since I posted a new tutorial on this blog. The long and short of it is that I am finally officially matriculated into my graduate program so things have been rather hectic in my neck of the woods. I just completed my first week of classes and right [...]

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MODx Blog Contest Winners

May 11th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Blog News, Giveaways, MODx

After much deliberation over the entries received for the MODx Blog Contest, I have selected the winners.  I have to admit that it wasn’t an easy task, and this being the first contest that I have held on this blog, I wanted to be sure that I was fair and that the winning entries were [...]

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MODx Blog Contest Drawing to an End – Less than 2 Weeks!

April 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Blog News, Giveaways, MODx

The MODx Blog contest is now winding down. We have already received some submissions, and we’re counting down… less than two weeks to the end.  If you haven’t  submitted your entry, please make sure to do so before the morning of Friday May 8th.  I will close the comments section to the contest post shortly [...]

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Cleaning up the Blog Clutter – A Fresh Look

April 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Blog News

If you’re a regular visitor to this blog, you’ll notice that the coding pad has a new look! I spent some time this past weekend rethinking the look and feel of this blog and deciding on what changes to make to create a better and cleaner visitor experience. I liked the old look [...]

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Gauging User Interest – MODx vs. Drupal

April 20th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Blog News, Drupal, MODx

This post was inspired by a conversation on Twitter, where @ShaneSponagle, my buddy and MODx guru extraordinaire asked me what my blog stats looked like with respect to interest in MODx vs. Drupal, since I blog about both platforms.  What I’m going to present here is a simple, and yet not so simple [...]

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