Comments on: MODx http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/cms-list/modx/ Resources & inspiration for designers who use content management systems Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:21:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jenell Garrabrant http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/cms-list/modx/#comment-427 Jenell Garrabrant Sat, 06 Aug 2011 03:13:59 +0000 http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/?p=369#comment-427 I do enjoy the manner in which you have framed this particular situation plus it does indeed give me personally a lot of fodder for consideration. However, coming from what precisely I have observed, I just hope when the remarks pack on that people today remain on point and in no way get started upon a tirade associated with the news du jour. Yet, thank you for this outstanding piece and while I do not really agree with the idea in totality, I value the perspective. I do enjoy the manner in which you have framed this particular situation plus it does indeed give me personally a lot of fodder for consideration. However, coming from what precisely I have observed, I just hope when the remarks pack on that people today remain on point and in no way get started upon a tirade associated with the news du jour. Yet, thank you for this outstanding piece and while I do not really agree with the idea in totality, I value the perspective.

]]> By: Maxim http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/cms-list/modx/#comment-411 Maxim Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:54:56 +0000 http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/?p=369#comment-411 <strong>Strengths</strong>: ModX Revolution CMS may be well designed, but it is done very badly. Maybe just one good feature is relative easy design. Everything else does not deserve mention. <strong>Weaknesses:</strong> SLOW, SLOW, SLOW and SLOW administration, based on Ext JS. Lots of bugs in CMS. I have to agree with previous comments. Well noticed: time wasting community a bunch of arrogant core developers After several months of use, I can feel like a big failure. Strengths: ModX Revolution CMS may be well designed, but it is done very badly.
Maybe just one good feature is relative easy design. Everything else does not deserve mention.

Weaknesses: SLOW, SLOW, SLOW and SLOW administration, based on Ext JS.
Lots of bugs in CMS.
I have to agree with previous comments. Well noticed:
time wasting community
a bunch of arrogant core developers
After several months of use, I can feel like a big failure.

]]> By: Pete http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/cms-list/modx/#comment-378 Pete Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:50:34 +0000 http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/?p=369#comment-378 <strong>Strengths</strong>: good marketing <strong>Weaknesses:</strong> MODX CMS - the best CMS to destroy your sites! Take: • a bunch of arrogant core developers • create anything you like • call it the most advanced CMS Mix it with: • great sounding marketing slogans • nice looking wrapping • empty promises • time wasting community Offer it: FOR FREE and you get? A totally stuffed up code disaster that would bury itself in the root, turn itself immortal, crashes your server, let's you delete - whatever you have on the server - just to get a chance to get rid of the FREE disaster Welcome to MODX CMS - YOUR HELL OF EXPERIENCE AND GREATEST NIGHTMARE! Never complain, it's a community driven, god-fearing CMS. Nobody forces you to use it. It's all your problem if you do! Go to hell, MODx! Strengths: good marketing

Weaknesses: MODX CMS – the best CMS to destroy your sites!

Take:
• a bunch of arrogant core developers
• create anything you like
• call it the most advanced CMS

Mix it with:
• great sounding marketing slogans
• nice looking wrapping
• empty promises
• time wasting community

Offer it: FOR FREE

and you get?

A totally stuffed up code disaster that would bury itself in the root, turn itself immortal, crashes your server, let’s you delete – whatever you have on the server – just to get a chance to get rid of the FREE disaster

Welcome to MODX CMS – YOUR HELL OF EXPERIENCE AND GREATEST NIGHTMARE!

Never complain, it’s a community driven, god-fearing CMS. Nobody forces you to use it. It’s all your problem if you do! Go to hell, MODx!

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/cms-list/modx/#comment-346 Sebastian Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:29:06 +0000 http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/?p=369#comment-346 <strong>Strengths</strong>: Excellent CMS, the hierarchical structure for content that it uses is just so logical, very easy to understand from the beginning. I have used Joomla, ExpressionEngine and ModX. And ModX is by far the easiest to understand and use. It has a big community with lots of free plug-ins. The core installation comes with an html editor that is fantastic, clients love this, you can edit pages directly in context as long as you are logged in. <strong>Weaknesses:</strong> The biggest weakness is the lack of important feature in the core installation. As many common things are not part of the core installation you will need to rely on the plug-ins (e.g. mailing lists). This is good and bad. Good because there are many plug-in choices but bad because many plug-ins are half done and a bit difficult to implement. The documentation for some plug-ins is not very good as well, but is better that some paid options (i.e. ExpressionEngine) Strengths: Excellent CMS, the hierarchical structure for content that it uses is just so logical, very easy to understand from the beginning. I have used Joomla, ExpressionEngine and ModX. And ModX is by far the easiest to understand and use.

It has a big community with lots of free plug-ins. The core installation comes with an html editor that is fantastic, clients love this, you can edit pages directly in context as long as you are logged in.

Weaknesses: The biggest weakness is the lack of important feature in the core installation.

As many common things are not part of the core installation you will need to rely on the plug-ins (e.g. mailing lists). This is good and bad. Good because there are many plug-in choices but bad because many plug-ins are half done and a bit difficult to implement.

The documentation for some plug-ins is not very good as well, but is better that some paid options (i.e. ExpressionEngine)

]]> By: Ignaty Nikulin http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/cms-list/modx/#comment-247 Ignaty Nikulin Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:02:11 +0000 http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/?p=369#comment-247 <strong>Strengths</strong>: Big community. Mega easy for designers. Ditto is a rockstar. Many modules (Starting from website redesign, now they have modeule database). Strong Web Standards Support. <strong>Weaknesses:</strong> None found afrer 1.0 Release. Strengths: Big community. Mega easy for designers. Ditto is a rockstar. Many modules (Starting from website redesign, now they have modeule database). Strong Web Standards Support.

Weaknesses: None found afrer 1.0 Release.

]]> By: Everett http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/cms-list/modx/#comment-229 Everett Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:11:08 +0000 http://www.cmsdesignresource.com/?p=369#comment-229 <strong>Strengths</strong>: Templating. Hands down, MODx is one of the easiest CMS's for designers to work with. Many CMS's operate within a rigid box, and they offer only minimal settings for designers to tweak the look and appearance. MODx is different -- it lets designers take existing HTML and CSS and then you can pop in a few simple placeholders to get the CMS functionality (e.g. [*pagetitle*]). *ANY* existing HTML can be ported to MODx quickly, and it's trivial to give each page its own look and feel. MODx is an excellent choice if you want to add CMS functionality to a static site. MODx makes it easy for developers to add their own PHP scripts. MODx has few limitations -- most everything is possible. <strong>Weaknesses:</strong> It's a small dev team, and sometimes documentation is limited. The number of 3rd party additions is limited too, and MODx may not be the ideal choice for certain applications. Although most everything is possible in MODx, not everything is practical. Strengths: Templating. Hands down, MODx is one of the easiest CMS’s for designers to work with. Many CMS’s operate within a rigid box, and they offer only minimal settings for designers to tweak the look and appearance. MODx is different — it lets designers take existing HTML and CSS and then you can pop in a few simple placeholders to get the CMS functionality (e.g. [*pagetitle*]). *ANY* existing HTML can be ported to MODx quickly, and it’s trivial to give each page its own look and feel.

MODx is an excellent choice if you want to add CMS functionality to a static site.

MODx makes it easy for developers to add their own PHP scripts.

MODx has few limitations — most everything is possible.

Weaknesses: It’s a small dev team, and sometimes documentation is limited. The number of 3rd party additions is limited too, and MODx may not be the ideal choice for certain applications. Although most everything is possible in MODx, not everything is practical.

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