I agree with tee on this one. Taking a site from static to dynamic using MODx for me was reallly easy. It has a simple templating feature, so changing the content from my static site to the MODx site was pretty easy, just copy and paste.
You have a basic template that you set up, and then create the pages (documents) of content for each page. It did take a little learning, but the neat thing is the use of "chunks" which are html code, use this for repeating areas, such as footers, headers, etc. You can then use snippets, which are powerful php code to add functionality, such as search with highlighting, etc. The best way to test it out is to download it, use xampp and play around. It is pretty well documented. My MODx site: http://www.unionky911.org Let me know if you need any help too! ---- [email protected] wrote: > ********************************************************************* > WEB STANDARDS GROUP CMS MAIL LIST DIGEST > ********************************************************************* > > Due to an upgrade of SmarterMail, digests seem to have had a problem. > > We are working on it. > > ********************************************************************* > From: "Tee G. Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:02:46 -0700 > Subject: Re: [WSG CMS] RE: WSG CMS Digest > > > On Jul 10, 2007, at 7:38 PM, Susan ~ eVision Media wrote: > > > I'm exploring using a CMS system for a couple of clients but have > > not ventured into that realm yet. > > How difficult is it to transform an already built site into the > > Modx - or do I have to start from > > scratch? > > > > Sue > > > > Hi Sue, question: how proficient your CSS and HTML knowledge are? > For the first Modx site I did, first I got it done in Dreamweaver > because I wasn't sure if I wanted to move to a CMS. It's a fairly > simple site consists of 10 pages, later I decided I want to expand > the site, adding new features etc and decided to give Modx a try > after spending a bit of time on its wiki and forum. > > It took me about 2 hours from installation and migration, I do have > an advantage though, I did two sites in Etomite CMS before, and Modx > core code is based on Etomite. > > Modx is so flexible, powerful with the use of its core snippets such > as Ditto, Wayfinder (a menu snippet) or the combination of other > snippets with these two that it can be double-edge sword that one can > get lost easily if one without a bit of PHP knowledge - this is > what's happening to me. After two sites I am still a newbie and quite > many concepts I still don't get thus can't use it effectively, but I > am improving everyday :) > > Hope this helps! > > tee > > > > > > > > ************************************************************** > Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************** > > ************************************************************** Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************************
