Another member of the MODx community has come through with a freely available documentation tool to assist MODx developers. It is The Almost Complete Guide to Creating Menus in MODx using Wayfinder.
This is an escpecially significant piece of work since Wayfinder is one of the key snippets used to create navigation in the MODx system. Once learned, it is decidedly powerful but it can be a little difficult to track down methods for fine tuning snippet output.
This e-book started out as a tutorial that I thought I’d post in the wiki but it ended up as an e-book! This is the culmination of about 5-6 months writing and is quite detailed. The e-book explains the logic behind and the workings of almost all the Wayfinder parameters. This is all done practically by building a fictitious Restaurant website. The e-book also provides examples of building some common menus such as an accordion menu, using UltimateParent with Wayfinder, etc. Because of this, it makes for quite some long reading, 148 pages! However, there’s lots of graphics so it is not all text and boring, at least I hope not. I hope it serves newbies and experts a like, either as a guide, a reference, an inspiration or just a challenge to contribute to the MODx project in one way or the other.
- Kongondo
If you are looking for Wayfinder resources here are a few that I would recommend:
- The Almost Complete Guide to Creating Menus in MODx using Wayfinder
- Muddy Dog Paws
- Wayfinder in the MODx Forums
- Wayfinder in the MODx Wiki
- Pose a Twitter question containing the text MODx
