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Building a Website with MODx for Newbies – Part 4: Introducing Chunks

April 2nd, 2009 · 90 Comments · MODx, Tutorials

Welcome to part 4 of our series of tutorials on building a website with MODx CMS.  So far we’ve looked at: Part 1: Introduction to MODx Part 2: Installing MODx Part 3: Working with Templates As we work through these tutorials, we’re building a MODx resource site called Learn MODx.  In the last installment we [...]

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Building a Website with MODx for Newbies – Part 3: Working with Templates

March 31st, 2009 · 74 Comments · MODx, Tutorials

Welcome to part 3 of our series of tutorials on building a website with MODx CMS.  So far we’ve looked at: Part 1: Introduction to MODx Part 2: Installing MODx As we work through these tutorials, we’re building a MODx resource site called Learn MODx.  So far our website looks like this:  (you can click [...]

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MODx Web Development – MODx Book Now Available!

March 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blog News, MODx, Useful Links and Resources

The first ever (I believe) MODx book is now available!  It is titled MODx Web Development, authored by Antano Solar John and  published by Packtpub. You can get a copy of MODx Web Development at Packtpub (ebook costs $22.39, paperback costs $35.99, bundle costs $40.79). Here is a quick rundown of the contents of the [...]

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Building a Website with MODx for Newbies – Part 2: Installing MODx

March 29th, 2009 · 54 Comments · MODx, Tutorials

Welcome to part 2 of our series of tutorials on building a website with MODx CMS. In part 1 we had a brief introduction to MODx, and in this second installment we’re going to download and install MODx and do some basic configuration. Following the modality of other tutorials on this blog, I am actually [...]

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Building a Website with Drupal 6 – Part 2: Installing Drupal 6

March 12th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Drupal, Tutorials

In the first part of this tutorial we introduced Drupal 6.  As part of your homework I asked that you install a webserver and get an FTP program so that you can install and run Drupal.  In this tutorial we’re going to go ahead and start the process of installing and configuring our Drupal install. [...]

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