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Building a Website with MODx for Newbies- Part 8: More Ditto

May 1st, 2009 · 100 Comments · MODx, Tutorials

Welcome to part 8 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
Part 4: Introducing Chunks
Part 5: Introducing Snippets
Part 6: Introducing Template Variables
Part 7: Introducing Ditto
As we work through these tutorials, we’re building [...]

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Building a Website with MODx for Newbies- Part 7: Introducing Ditto

April 25th, 2009 · 42 Comments · MODx, Tutorials

Welcome to part 7 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
Part 4: Introducing Chunks
Part 5: Introducing Snippets
Part 6: Introducing Template Variables
As we work through these tutorials, we’re building a MODx resource [...]

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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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Building a Website with MODx for Newbies – Part 6: Introducing Template Variables

April 20th, 2009 · 73 Comments · MODx, Tutorials

Welcome to part 6 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
Part 4: Introducing Chunks
Part 5: Introducing Snippets
As we work through these tutorials, we’re building a MODx resource site called Learn MODx.  [...]

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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 book:

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