Video Quick-Start Series

[!WARNING] The series was recorded in 2013 for MODX 2.x. Every video shows the manager and the installer of MODX 2.x. The principles of the elements are the same in MODX 3. The interface of the manager and the installer of the current version looks different.

Installing MODX¶

Getting Started with MODX — using MODX Cloud¶

MODX Cloud is a service of its own, outside of MODX: it makes tasks like installation, upgrading and migrating of MODX sites a one-button affair. The video shows how to sign up for an account and get started. The interface of the service in the video is the one of 2013.

MODX “Advanced” Installation¶

MODX’s default installer deploys on almost any server that meets the minimum requirements. The video shows how to install MODX on a common cPanel-enabled hosting account in just a few minutes.

Importing Your HTML Into MODX¶

This series walks step by step through the integration of web pages of your own design into MODX. A static site becomes a site whose content is edited in the manager.

Your First MODX Template¶

How to put your own HTML/CSS/JavaScript into a MODX Template, with simple-to-use placeholders for dynamic content.

Using Chunks¶

How to manage your own front-end code with Chunks.

PHP Snippets¶

How to write your own PHP Snippets, and how to use the library of pre-packaged Snippets that extend MODX’s core on demand. Take only what your site needs.

Template Variables¶

A TV is a custom field: an input field for site admins and content editors, with full control for designers and developers.

MODX Elements Combined¶

How to combine the Elements of the previous videos — Snippets, TVs, Chunks and Templates — into a working site.

See Also¶

1. Integrating Templates
2. Video Quick-Start Series
3. Named Anchor
4. Templates
5. Chunks
6. Snippets