In this first part of a series of five screencasts, we are going to go through the process of porting an XHTML/CSS template into a MODx website. I recorded these screencasts while working on an actual live project so there's a bit of fumbling and issues that come up that I try to think and work through. I thought it…
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In this screencast, we will go through the process of installing MODx CMS. While we will do this install on a local development environment using WampServer, the steps for installing on a remote host are exactly the same with two notable exceptions: On a remote server you would use an FTP client or something similar to upload the files Most…
In this third installment of the Beginner's Corner series of screencasts, we're going to put together what we've learned so far and start installing scripts on our local development environment. We will learn the general steps that are involved in getting the scripts to run successfully on our local server. In case you missed them, here are the links to…
This is the second part of the Beginner's Corner series of screencasts where we're going back to basics and learning how to set up a local development environment. In this installment, we look at how to create projects, where to put our project files and how to access them. We also look at how to create databases and users in…
In today's screencast, the first of a series, I am going to go all the way back to basics and walk you through setting up a local development environment (the easy way) on your computer that will allow you to code in PHP, develop applications, and test scripts such as Wordpress, Drupal, MODx, etc. This series of screencasts may be…