MODx Web Development - Second Edition: Build dynamic websites with MODx PHP application framework and CMS

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Build a complete, feature-rich website using MODx
Covers detailed theory from the basics to practical implementation
Learn the most common web requirements and solutions, and build a site in the process
Simple, step-by-step instructions detailing how to install, configure, and customize MODx

Description

MODx is a content management system and PHP web application framework rolled into one. With the ease of a CMS and the extendibility of a framework, MODx allows you to develop professional-looking, intricate websites with its easy-to-use interface and flexible architecture. MODx provides reusable code fragments called snippets, most of which are so generic that, without any modification, they can serve multiple functionalities. The generic nature of the snippets makes it possible to get the perfect customization that is so hard in other CMS. This book will get web developers up-and-running with MODx. With step-by-step examples and illustrative screenshots, you will be guided through installation, configuration, and customization. By the end of the book, you will have created a powerful, dynamic website by using the individual elements of MODx, without the need for programming know-how. Starting with a walk-through of how to install MODx, you will quickly learn how to develop your site without having to use any programming language. Logical, step-by-step instructions will show you how to create your own unique site by adding and editing documents using the inbuilt TinyMCE editor. You will change the look and feel of your site by creating your own templates using HTML, CSS, and widgets. By following the example of a blog site, you will learn how to extend your templates to allow rich user interactions through comments, posts, and forms. The book teaches a few code snippets such as Ditto and Wayfinder in detail. These powerful and flexible snippets will enable you to add multiple functionalities to your site. The book will also introduce you to many more snippets that will help you build some of the commonly required web functionalities such as forums and image galleries. You will manage your users with authentication and authorization and make your site user-friendly with user groups, forums, and the use of PHx notations to embed logic in templates. Through following this easy-to-use, step-by-step guide you will, by the end of the book, have a fully functional, feature-rich MODx site with professional-looking, dynamic web pages that are totally customizable.

Who is this book for?

This book is ideal for newcomers to MODx. Both beginners and experienced web developers will benefit from this comprehensive guide to MODx. No knowledge of PHP programming or any templating language is needed, but the more advanced chapters towards the end of the book will allow more confident developers to extend their applications even further by creating their own snippets.

What you will learn

Set up a working platform for developing websites with MODx
Edit resources on your website, place them within containers, and change their properties using MODx Manager Interface
Create, edit, and manipulate resources on your website, and manage their configurations using the TinyMCE editor
Edit and modify resources without having to know HTML using the HTML editor (WYSIWYG editor)
Build your site to include user registrations, logins, and user types, and set rules on who can do what
Modify the NewsEditor snippet to allow posts from only the authenticated users
Create aggregation and feeds and learn how to create feeds for separate categories using a snippet called Ditto
Create lists of all the resources dynamically in MODx and learn how to present them as menus using the Wayfinder snippet
Install and use snippets, and learn to navigate their custom functionalities
Learn the powerful templating language PHx to extend logic to templates
Learn to create your own snippet for unique functionalities

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Marcin Dancewicz Oct 15, 2011

Great book for web developers who want to learn MODx. It explains all you need to know to start building websites with this script. You need to have some web development knowledge to find it useful. One dissapointment though - it doesn't say much about MODx Revolution.

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旅モバ May 26, 2013

本書はまずサンプル版を読んでいただくことをお勧めしたいのですが、MODx Evolution向けの電子書籍になります。MODx Revolution向けの電子書籍は別に「MODX Revolution - Building the Web Your Way」がありますので、そちらをチェックしてみてください。内容は、MODx Evolutionによるサイト構築に必要な事項が一通り書かれていますが、どちらかと言えばMODxでサイトを構築するWebデザイナーやマークアップエンジニア向けです。一応スニペットやプラグイン、モジュール開発に関することも触れられていますが、Web上で調べれば出てくる以上の情報は無いと思って良いです（むしろWebで出てくる情報の方が詳しい）。ただ、初めてMODxに触れる方は情報がまとまっているため、開発を進める上でのヒントにはなると思います。

Guitarrista Jun 04, 2011

I reviewed the first version of this. It was a very positive review, because I felt that it filled a need, that of providing guidance to the new MODx user. It did this admirably well. Anyone who regularly uses open-source content management systems knows that much of the info is scattered in forums, individual blog posts, random other places, and sometimes even in official documentation. To me, it's useful to have much of this consolidated into one place.I do agree with reviewers that said that it's not for gurus. They would not find much new info with either book. It seems to me that systems don't get guru books until they have a critical mass of popularity, and as much as I like MODx, I don't think it's quite there yet.I have to scold the publisher and author on the title of this book, which is remarkably misguided. MODx 2 is Revolution (aka Revo), a completely new release, which has been out for awhile now. Accordingly, I was eager to see if there would be substantial Revo coverage. There isn't. They just have an extra chapter giving a quick overview of the Revo concepts. The entire rest of the book is devoted to MODx 1, aka Evolution or Evo.I'm very puzzled by this. I can only think that maybe there was a publishing deadline, and Revo was not officially released at that date, so someone decided to put it out there with little Revo coverage. I think this is a mistake, both conceptually and commercially. In any case, if you want a book on Revo, you'll have to wait.That said, Evo, in my opinion, will be operant for quite some time to come. It's still more stable than Revo, simply by virtue of its having been in use so long.So if you're new to MODx, and want to learn the in's and out's of MODx 1, aka Evo, this book will be useful, and will also give you a very brief overview of Revo. If you already have the first book, I would pass on this.

RobAlex Jan 13, 2012

This book has been out for almost a year and there is still only one review (besides this one)! That says something about the frustration some of us have had trying to learn MODx; there's very little material available. Thankfully we now have the new Bob Ray book as an alternative.MODx Web Development has all the right material and is of a good length - not overwhelming. The order of topics and pace are also good. What made it of much less use to me were the errors in the examples. This is especially strange in a 2nd edition. When ever I finished an example it invariably would not work. Sometimes I could figure out why and sometime not. In addition, to create the examples, there is a lot of typing - they are not available for download although that could have been provided easily.O'Reilly Publishing provides a service called Safari that provides many books online. Turns out the first volume of this book is on Safari so I was able to cut and paste the example code and save myself some typing. The fact that the examples hadn't changed much from one edition to the next hints that there weren't that many changes and may explain why there were still so many errors.Finally the errors got to me and I gave up about half way through and still not understanding MODx. Since then I've been using Drupal for which there are dozens of books available. Perhaps the new MODx book is worth a look but it sure is large for a CMS that is supposed to be so much easier to use than, say, Drupal.

stetod Sep 16, 2017

File esercizi non completamente disponibili!Exercise file not fully available!Pessimo modello didattico di studio!Bad teaching model of study!

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