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MODx Video Tutorial: MODx Revolution Template Basics

August 11th, 2011 · Comments Off · MODx, Screencasts, Tutorials

I’ve just added a new screencast to the MODx Video Tutorials website on understanding MODx Revolution templates, tag syntax, and resource field tags. To see the full notes and related links and such, and to ask questions and discuss this screencast, check out http://modxvideotutorials.com/modx-revolution-basics-understanding-modx-revolution-templates.

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How to Install MODx CMS – Screencast

November 16th, 2009 · 16 Comments · MODx, Screencasts

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 [...]

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Building a Website With MODx for Newbies – Part 11: Adding Comments with Jot

July 23rd, 2009 · 102 Comments · MODx, Tutorials

Welcome to part 11 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 Part 8: More [...]

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Quick Fix – How to Change a Document’s Parent in MODx

May 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · MODx, Tutorials

This post is a response to a question by one of my readers.  In the comments for the post on Introducing MODx Snippets, Ian asked: I accidentally created a page that was at a sub-level of the first page, turning the first page into a folder. I can’t figure out how to undo my mistake. [...]

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From PSD to HTML to WordPress Video Tutorial Series

April 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · PHP, Tutorials, Wordpress

The folks over at Nettuts+ have posted today what promises to be the best PSD to HTML to WordPress Video tutorial series ever.  To access this series, you need to be a member of the tuts+ network, one of the sponsors of our MODx Blog Contest. Joining the tuts+ network is easy, it will cost [...]

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