Creating the Front Page

Now, you should understand what resources are and how the Manager interface allows you to create and control them. We will now create a Front Page.

In the Manager page, perform the following steps:

1. 1. Right-click on the Resource with ID 1 in the leftmost panel

2. 2. Click on Edit and fill in the following details:

   • Title: Home

   • Long title: Welcome to Learning MODx

   • Description: My Personal Site using MODx

   • Summary: The welcome page to my visitors

   • Uses template: MODxHost

3. 3. Insert some content that you would like to have in the Front Page, replacing the existing content from the demo site.

   

4. 4. Click on Save.

5. 5. Click on the Preview menu item in the Site menu to open a preview of the site in a new window.

   

You might want to change the entire content of your Home Page instead of just the content area. We will introduce templates in the next chapter, which will allow you to make all of your content have a consistent and interesting look.

When editing resources, it is good practice to save...