Udemy – Using MODX CMS to Build Websites: A Beginner's Guide

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Content Management Systems (CMS's) help you create and manage your website on-line. This course will guide you through using MODX to build and maintain your website with total creative freedom.Why does MODX win out over other CMS's? 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 don't have access to the code. MODX changes 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. MODX is 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 system so 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 CMS

softwareproject 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.

What are the requirements?

Knowledge of HTML

Knowledge of CSS

Familiarity using computers on-line

What am I going to get from this course?

Over 20 lectures and 2 hours of content!

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

What is the target audience?

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