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Choosing a web CMS and an introduction to Modx March 2010

Choosing a web CMS and an introduction to Modx March 2010. Who is this guy ?. Joe Lee Senior Developer at Artemis 8 Digital Performance Agency Develop mainly in PHP / Mysql Enjoy working with Javascript ...enough about me... NEXT!. What I will be babbling about. What is a Web CMS?

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Choosing a web CMS and an introduction to Modx March 2010

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  1. Choosing a web CMS and an introduction to ModxMarch 2010

  2. Who is this guy ? • Joe Lee • Senior Developer at Artemis 8 • Digital Performance Agency • Develop mainly in PHP / Mysql • Enjoy working with Javascript • ...enough about me... NEXT!

  3. What I will be babbling about... • What is a Web CMS? • CMS or development framework? • What choices are there? • What I wanted from a CMS • Introducing Modx • Building a website in <5mins • Questions?

  4. What is a Web CMS ? • Content management system “…implemented as a Web application , for creating and managing HTML  content. It is used to manage and control a large, dynamic collection of Web material (HTML documents and their associated images). A WCMS facilitates content  creation, content control, editing, and essential Web maintenance functions."

  5. CMS or development framework? • Brochureware = few pages and minimal functionality? CMS • How many ‘types ’ of pages? • All holding copy or media we produce? CMS • What is the content? • Most data driven from and/or aggregated from external source. Dev Framework • How rich is the functionality? • Sounds like a web app? Dev framework • Can’t be bothered with building another admin system ? CMS ;)

  6. What are the choices ? Some choices: Joomla Drupal Wordpress Mambo MojoPortal Umbraco DotNetNuke ....Plus loads more

  7. http://php.opensourcecms.com/

  8. “Where do I start?” What I was looking for…

  9. Designer friendly • Flexible - Good templating system • Easy to pick up - No learning new mark up language • Doesn’t mess with their mark up!

  10. Developer friendly • Easy code integration • Good hook system for future extensibility • Handy core libraries to help with the boring stuff • Flexible content fields • Efficient solution for tiered content structures • Active dev forums

  11. SEO / Content people friendly • Fast way to manage the META tags • Easy to change friendly URLS /Slugs • Flexibility to change meta tags without hassling the developers/designer • Intuitive content management workflow

  12. The solution?

  13. Modx Introduction bit • CMS framework • Written in PHP / Mysql • Two flavours • Evolution – Production ready (1.0.2) • Revolution – Complete rewrite, beta. Full api and OOP based. (2.0)

  14. History lesson bit • Started life as a mashup of another CMS, Etomite 2004 • Modx mention got removed from the forum and got forked. • Won “Most Promising Open Source CMS” Packt award in 2007

  15. Cool modx stuff

  16. Simple template system • Basic markup = “Chunk” • Chunk can be used in templates • Allows the static content to be separated in any way you like • Nice logical separation of content elements • Modx does not try add anything (aka muck up) your tags • Makes it very easy for designers to pick up

  17. Easy to put in code! • Code bits = “Snippet” • Eg snippet called “greeting” <php Echo “Hello “.$person; ?> [[greeting? &person=`joe`]] • Separate admin system to manage code snippets

  18. Great core functionality • Wayfinder – Powerful snippet to build navigation elements eg main nav, sub nav and site map • Ditto – A content aggregator snippet eg blogging and news • Eform – Build forms quickly • WebLogin – Registered user management • Changing content from the public pages

  19. Great core functionality (pt2) • Chunks/snippets can be cached • Scheduled publishing/unpublishing • Full user access level control and defining “roles”

  20. Template variables! • Powerful way to create custom fields • Placed anywhere in a template/chunk • Or as a variable into a snippet

  21. Building a Modx site in < 5 mins

  22. 5 part plan to start on Modx • Download Modx from http://modxcms.com/ • Read through the excellent tutorials from http://codingpad.maryspad.com/beginner-tutorials/ • Bookmark modx cheatsheet http://tinyurl.com/modxCheatsheet • Browse through the plugins/addins available http://modxcms.com/extras/ • Ask questions on the forums - they are a friendly and active bunch! http://modxcms.com/forums/

  23. Questions?

  24. Thank you for listening! twitter: @thiswayup Email: theycallmejoe@gmail.com website : joelee.me.uk

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