I am always keeping an eye out for useful MODx resources to share. I recently installed the EditArea Plugin on our Pleth site and at first glance have been happy with the results.
If you are not familiar with EditArea it is:
a free javascript editor for source code. It allows you to write well formatted source code with line number rotation, tab support, search & replace and live syntax highlighting.
Once installed it allows you to toggle EditArea with the normal text editor in MODx. When I am dealing with large pages of content I often find it is easier to copy the code into an external text editor (Notepad++), make my changes and then paste it back into the content area. It should definitely prove to be handy as a development tool since it’s additional features make working in your content code a little bit easier and faster (no external pasting). It is also worth noting that the creators of the plugin have put together a really simple installer:
The installer is a multilingual derivitive of the new MODx Evolution installer and drastically simplifies the Installation/Upgrade process.
Second to a truly integrated calendaring option I think one of the more desired MODx features is a fully functional eCommerce solution.
While I never personally fell in love with the hosted FoxyCart, I did appreciate it’s relative simplicity and ease of implementation. This, depsite it’s additional monthly cost.
I recently [...] Continue Reading…
I was working on a site this morning and came across a little tip with the ManagerManager snippet that I thought would be worth sharing.
Whenever I set up a Template Variable (TV) I often wish that I could move the TV fields up above the content area inside the [...] Continue Reading…
In my previous post I described how I created an end User Configuration Page in MODx. I strongly suggest you look that post over before reading this one.
What I would like to describe now is how I used an email Template Variable (TV) from that configuration page and the [...] Continue Reading…
I have always wished that MODx posessed a tool to allow an end user some direct configuration control over their site. I realize that it is possible to grant users access to HTML chunks, but this is not within the comfort zone of most non-tech users. After playing around [...] Continue Reading…
I was recently developing a MODx site and had a page in which the customer wanted to display a table with staff contact information (30-40) that could be easily maintained by the end user. I decided to use the Ditto &tpl and &tplAlt to generate most of the table [...] Continue Reading…
I just took the List Apart, 2009 survey. In previous years they have returned/shared really good information from this survey:
Whether you call yourself a user experience consultant, web developer, or content strategist; whether you design customer flows, buttons, or brands; no matter what title you hold as a full- [...] Continue Reading…
I wanted to comment on an interesting post on the Kohana site that I came across this morning by yehosef. I am not extolling the virtues of Kohana by any means, in all honesty I was completely unaware of it’s existence until a few hours ago.
I frequently state that [...] Continue Reading…
After recently launching a new site I realized that my AjaxSearch wasn’t functioning quite as I had anticipated.
This site was my first attempt at using some of the additional settings available under Tools/Configuration/Friendly URLs to create fulls URL pathways in my MODx installation. The applicable settings (radio buttons) were [...] Continue Reading…
I am currently developing a MODx site and thought I’d take a break and write a little post about using the MODx Document Object which uses document specific variables to affect output evaluated against the value of a specific Document Object(s) (complete list). I thought this might be particularly [...] Continue Reading…
I have been developing a new site over the last week and thought I would share my solution to a little MODx navigation issue that has cropped up on occasion. I often fined myself frustrated when trying to explain/discern navigational issues in the forums. So, rather than diving into [...] Continue Reading…
I have always felt that while fraught with potential, the breadth of opportunities that may be created through the use social media have been greatly overstated for most businesses. So when I heard this Roy H. Williams audio, Social Media: Myth or Miracle?, I just had to post it. [...] Continue Reading…
For anyone not familiar with the Disqus comment system, I would definitely recommend that you take a look at it. We are currently using the free version on several of our commercial sites, including this one.
The really great thing about Disqus is how easy it is to implement. [...] Continue Reading…
Customer: Something on my site isn’t working right.
Me: Okay, which browser are you using?
Customer: What’s a browser?
Repeat conversation at least once a week for at least 5 years.
I don’t usually post new Pleth site launches here, but thought this one was interesting because it utilizes a lot of the snippets/code/techniques that I have written about here lately in this blog. I thought it might be useful to see some of these MODx components in action on [...] Continue Reading…
