Using MODX CMS to Build Websites- A Beginner Guide

Using MODX CMS to Build Websites: A Beginners Guide, available at $34.99, has an average rating of 4, with 20 lectures, based on 73 reviews, and has 1064 subscribers.

You will learn about An understanding of the versatility, power and ease of use of MODX The knowledge of how to build an attractive, functional, and responsive website step-by-step with MODX This course is ideal for individuals who are Those wanting to develop a website with complete creative control or Web developers who use other content management systems or Artist, designers, photogrophers who want control of their website or Anyone who is ready to take the next steps after studying HTML and CSS or Those wanting to earn money by building websites It is particularly useful for Those wanting to develop a website with complete creative control or Web developers who use other content management systems or Artist, designers, photogrophers who want control of their website or Anyone who is ready to take the next steps after studying HTML and CSS or Those wanting to earn money by building websites.

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Summary

Title: Using MODX CMS to Build Websites: A Beginners Guide

Price: $34.99

Average Rating: 4

Number of Lectures: 20

Number of Published Lectures: 20

Number of Curriculum Items: 20

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 20

Original Price: $34.99

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What You Will Learn

An understanding of the versatility, power and ease of use of MODX

The knowledge of how to build an attractive, functional, and responsive website step-by-step with MODX

Who Should Attend

Those wanting to develop a website with complete creative control

Web developers who use other content management systems

Artist, designers, photogrophers who want control of their website

Anyone who is ready to take the next steps after studying HTML and CSS

Those wanting to earn money by building websites

Target Audiences

Those wanting to develop a website with complete creative control

Web developers who use other content management systems

Artist, designers, photogrophers who want control of their website

Anyone who is ready to take the next steps after studying HTML and CSS

Those wanting to earn money by building websites

Content Management Systems (CMSs) help you create and manage your website on-line. This course will guide you through using MODXto build and maintain your website with total creative freedom.

Why does MODX win out over other CMSs? Too often they get in the way. You want to add something but you have to add it as a widget or a block. You want to change the layout of your site but you dont have access to the code. MODXchanges all that, you have total control over the code.

You may be familiar with Drupal, Joomla and WordPress,while these are good at what they do, they all have their limitations. MODXis different, you are unrestrained, you can design your website exactly how you want, to look like you want it to look and do what you want it to do.

This course introduces you to the basic concepts of the MODX content management systemso you can get up and running with a website that is totally under your control in no time at all. You will learn:

how to download MODX

how to host MODX

how to create the required database

how to install MODX

what are the key concepts for using MODX

finding and using a free website theme

adapting a theme to your requirements

collecting data from your users

how to implement search engine optimisation best practices

how to set up Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools to help optimise your site

how to make your website social media friendly

The objectives are to:

Use MODX with power, ease, and flexibility

Build an attractive, functional, and responsive website step-by-step with MODX.

MODX is an open source CMSsoftwareproject which means it has been developed by a community of programmers around the world and is given away for free.

The course is made up of step-by-step video lessons in which a responsive website is built using the MODX system and a free template.

A basic understanding of HTML and CSS is all that is required to discover the power of MODX.

You can learn all you need to know to start using MODX in just two and a half hours.

You should take this course if:

You have just completed one of the many HTML and CSS courses and want to check out the different CMS options open to you.

You use another content management system such as Joomla, Drupal or WordPress and you want to compare it to MODX.

The instructor will be available to answer any questions you have during the course.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction To The Course

Lecture 1: Course Goals

Chapter 2: Setting Up For Development

Lecture 1: Downloading MODX

Lecture 2: Hosting

Lecture 3: Creating a Database

Lecture 4: Installing MODX

Lecture 5: Key Concepts

Chapter 3: Building Your Website

Lecture 1: Finding a Theme

Lecture 2: Your Web Page Templates

Lecture 3: Website Assets

Lecture 4: Creating Pages

Lecture 5: Working With Reusable Code And Navigation

Lecture 6: Adapting Templates For Your Website

Lecture 7: Getting User Data: The Contact Us Page

Lecture 8: Summary

Chapter 4: Search Engine Optimisation

Lecture 1: SEO Settings And Best Practices

Lecture 2: Improve Your Websites Crawlability With A Sitemap

Lecture 3: Get Statistics With Google Analytics

Lecture 4: Webmaster Tools

Chapter 5: Social Media

Lecture 1: Improve The Quality Of Shares By Social Media

Chapter 6: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Conclusion

Instructors

Mike Nuttall
Web Application Developer

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2 stars: 3 votes

3 stars: 9 votes

4 stars: 23 votes

5 stars: 36 votes

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