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Comment on WordPress 3 vs ModX Revolution by Brian Larson

Brian Larson — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:41:57 +0000

Landon, your post is fantastic. It’s exactly what I was looking for since I’m running into agencies that seem to extensive use WordPress only for all CMS projects. I’m an Evolution user but have used Revolution for a couple of projects now. I’m still clinging to Evolution as Revolution matures and evolves more. The ACL stuff sounds like it’s working perfectly though for one of your projects currently.

For anyone else out there reading this, I will say that moving from Evolution to Revolution is very easy in terms of templating. However, customizing the Manager UI for the client is way harder than it is in Evolution. In time though… all will be good.

Again, great post!

Comment on WordPress 3 vs ModX Revolution by Landon Poburan

Landon Poburan — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:25:11 +0000

MODx’s templating is a breeze to work with. There is not strict guidelines you have to adhere to like WP. You simply make it work with YOUR HTML, its great.

Comment on WordPress 3 vs ModX Revolution by Janice

Janice — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:18:09 +0000

Thanks so much for the insightful comparison of WP vs MODx. I have been creating websites in Dreamweaver for 10 years but am finding my clients want to be able to make their own updates as well as incorporate a blog. Can DW pages and templates be easily converted into the MODx interface? This would be sweet indeed! I have been trying to do this in WP however tables and my HTML are not meshing and take lots of tweaking. I would love some feed back and thoughts on this.

Comment on WordPress 3 vs ModX Revolution by Landon Poburan

Landon Poburan — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:48:39 +0000

Thanks Heath, I do understand that new CMSs can be daunting when you are first getting into them. But all I can say is practice makes perfect. For a new project just make a goal of using ModX Revo and learn as you go. You will quickly see how simple it is to work with.

Comment on WordPress 3 vs ModX Revolution by Heath

Heath — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:13:22 +0000

Hi Landon,

Thank you for the insightful comparison. This has come just at the right time for me.

I have been actively looking for a powerful, client-friendly CMS that would allow me to create designs without having to give a second thought to the CMS’s templating system. I love WordPress, but being relatively new to developing, have found somewhat hemmed in by it for non-blog projects.

I have found the Revolution documentation somewhat lacking for my skill level (especially since I’ve never tried Evolution, either) – but have heard enough good things that it seems worth my while to dedicate the time necessary for figuring it out.

You mention you’ve made some sites using Revolution – I’d be most interested in seeing some of them if you cared to share.

I am excited about the prospect of working with ModX on future projects!

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Comment on WordPress 3 vs ModX Revolution by Landon Poburan

Landon Poburan — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:25:27 +0000

Thanks for the comment Robert. WP has treated me well but I definitely think you should give Revolution a go. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding it. I have built quite a few sites with it now and just love it. Revolution is so nice compared to everything else out there. You have endless control. If you have your HTML ready to go, you can literally get you site powered by ModX in mere hours!

Comment on WordPress 3 vs ModX Revolution by Robert Witham

Robert Witham — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:28:26 +0000

Interesting and helpful comparison. I am actually having this debate myself at the moment. I have been using WP for my own site (set up as a blog) and for client sites (set up as a CMS). WP did what I needed as a CMS, but it always seemed like it was harder than it needed to be. I don’t think WP can be beat for a blog site. Unfortunately, there seems to be a trend amongst CMS developers that assumes everyone wants either a blog or a simple, static-type brochure site. Revolution seems to offer the promise of letting developers make it work however they want. I can make WP do lots of stuff – but it isn’t always very fun. I may just give Revolution a try and see how it goes.

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Comment on WordPress 3 vs ModX Revolution by W. Shawn Wilkerson

W. Shawn Wilkerson — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:10:03 +0000

To be honest, I do not know how these applications can even be compared. Wordpress is typically for single users wanting a simple web application. Revolution on the other hand, can be extended from Wordpress functionality (i.e. blog) to any application you can dream up. Also, I do not know if you have seen how a Wordpress site was converted to a Revolution site: WordPress to MODx Migration

Comment on WordPress 3 vs ModX Revolution by web design company

web design company — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:23:02 +0000

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