Using ModX for your website

Over the past month or two I have been tasked with designing and creating a new website. The old version was running on Joomla but this, along with other similar systems such as Wordpress, did not give me the ability to make the changes and improvements that I needed.

Whilst both Joomla and Wordpress and very capable systems I am not a Joomla nor a Wordpress developer and am, therefore, stuck with the options that those systems offer.

As I am more familiar with HTML and CSS I had a look around and found the ModX content management system.

ModX allows the developer to use HTML, CSS and Javascript (along with some PHP code if needed) to create the site the way they want it created. It also doesn't add lots of extra code which slows down your website.

This also means that sites that use the ModX content management system tend to be much faster than sites using other systems (with the exception of static sites of course!)

ModX isn't going to be the right system for everyone. In order to use it you must be familiar with HTML, CSS and a bit of Javascript.

There are lots of PHP scripts that can be added for free in order to add further features. If you do know PHP you can also add your own quite easily.

All in all ModX is well worth looking in to and is a great alternative to other content management systems such as Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal.