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Modx CMS - Key Features

Although we list some of the key features, MODx is not a typical plug-and-play CMS. It's liberating and different and designed to give us the design and rapid coding flexibility to make MODx work the way you need it to and not just restrict you to the default features provided.

  • Strong Web Standards Support – We build you MODx site to be standards and accessibility compliant.
  • Web 2.0 Features (yes, that means Ajax) – MODx includes an API that fully supports Web 2.0 Ajax technology to provide features such as live search, web effects (hide, slide, fade), Ajax communications and more.
  • PHP Application Framework – a flexible API and a event model means that you get both tremendous flexibility, but also the ability to have Modx further customised to your needs
  • Simple upgrade path. When new version are available, these can be insallated quickly and cost-effectivly (typically £60)
  • Works in your favorite browser –Manage your website from anywhere in the world with an internet connection and Internet Explorer, Safari 1.3+, Firefox or Google Chrome.
  • Improved Rich Text Editors – Upload files and images and Edit text, grahics and links with a easy to use editor similar to using MS Word.
  • Better Search Optimisation –  With Meta-tag and keywords controls – consider MODx your #1 free Search Engine Optimization CMS. MODx helps your SEO efforts by making it easier to adjust meta-content of your site on a per-page basis. Search Engine Friendly aliases are automatically created from the page titles and the system will check for alias conflicts before saving a page.
  • Menus built automatically - When you add new pages and sections, the website menus automatically take account of the new documents where you have indicated you want these shown in the menus.
  • Configure snippets - automatically add summary descriptions, titles and links into other pages such as "The latest news summary" page without the need to add this manually and link the the actual news article page.
  • Separate Manager and Web User sessions – simplify your testing and development workflow. 
  • Custom Content Types – use MODx documents to manage your linked Style Sheets, Images and Javascript. Transform them into XML, PDF, Excel or Word documents with snippets and this handy new feature.
  • Document Permissions - Create web user groups and specify which people/groups are the only ones who can access private web pages/documents when they have logged in.