One of the features that I loved about MODx Evolution (Evo) was how easy it was to customize an end user’s experience. In Evo this was accomplished by manipulating the ManagerManager snippet and the User Permissions system. In Revolution (Revo) these tasks have been consolidated into core functions. The new processes have not always seemed as easy or as intuitive as Evo, but with recent changes to the Form Customization interface and a little direction, it is now [...] Continue Reading…

Over the last year I have been slowly making the transition from MODx Evo to Revo. While it hasn’t always been a love-fest I can definitely say that things have been moving in the right direction as the MODx team has moved to the 2.0.6-pl release.

With this post I thought I would highlight some of the newer tools that are becoming available that will greatly enhance the capabilities of MODx Revolution.

VisionCart

As the site says, “VisionCart – A native MODx [...] Continue Reading…

One of the very nice features of the Revolution Manager is how customizable it is. It can take a bit of getting used to and because there are hundreds of possible settings it can be overwhelming. Here are some basic tips on configuring a couple of the more common elements of the manager.

Hiding the Manager Tabs

Most of the time, you don’t want your users to see everything in the manager. There are loads of vital settings that if set [...] Continue Reading…

I recently completed Pleth’s largest MODx, Revo project to date. As I was coding the site shell I found myself at a familiar spot in that I was coding navigation chunks that just wouldn’t fit within an automated solution like Wayfinder.

The usual method for creating these links is to write an anchor tag using the Links Content Tag provided in MODx, [[~ID]] (see below).

<a href=”[[~1]]” title=”Your Title”>Your Title</a>

This is fast to code and works pretty well for small navigation [...] Continue Reading…

I’ve formerly written a couple of posts (Create a User Config Page in MODx & MODx Config Page, A Practical Example) about creating and using a Config page in MODx that allows a developer to easily build some additional functionality into MODx Evolution for an end user. This usually involves text fields (business name, street address, telephone number, etc.) that are called into the template footer, or image fields for a javascript slider or even PDFs for easy to [...] Continue Reading…