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11.08.2009

MODx Evolution 1.0 published

Tags: MODx | last edited: 11.08.2009

MODx Evolution 1.0 published

Finally MODx Evolution 1.0 is out, which is an important update for many MODx users. Here you can find a quick update on what’s new in MODx Evolution 1.0.

21.06.2009

MODx Revolution 2.0 Beta published

Tags: MODx | last edited: 31.07.2009

MODx Revolution 2.0 Beta published

The beta version of MODx Revolution is out. Time to take a closer look at the future of MODx CMS.

14.05.2009

Wallpaper: Tangled Green

Tags: Wallpaper, Photoshop | last edited: 14.05.2009

Wallpaper: Tangled Green

Tangled Version in Green – currently my favorite colour.

30.03.2009

The Green Sofa Phenomenon

Tags: Sehenswert | last edited: 30.03.2009

The Green Sofa Phenomenon

There is a strange phenomenon to be seen with more and more of my colleagues: the green sofa syndrome!

28.03.2009

MODx tutorial

Tags: HTML, MODx | last edited: 11.08.2009

MODx tutorial

Web developer and MODx enthusiast Shane Sponagle has published a very useful MODx tutorial on nettuts.con which I want to recommend to all of you looking for a starting point learning MODx.

15.02.2009

SmoothScroll for jQuery

Tags: JavaScript | last edited: 02.11.2009

SmoothScroll for jQuery

Smooth scrolling from anchor to anchor with SmoothScroll for jQuery.

28.01.2009

MooTools plugin collections you should know

Tags: JavaScript, MooTools, AJAX | last edited: 14.02.2009

MooTools plugin collections you should know

Before you, as a MooTools user, start to invest time into developing your own, new and seemingly missing MooTools function, you should definitely have a look at the following plugin-libraries for MooTools first.

25.12.2008

Campaign Monitor offering more flexibility, more functions and a revised user interface

Tags: Campaign Monitor, E-Mailings | last edited: 11.06.2009

Campaign Monitor offering more flexibility, more functions and a revised user interface

In December, Campaign Monitor has been updated greatly and my favourite solution for ASP e-mail campaigns actually got even better and more flexible.

10.11.2008

MODx-Feature: MODx API Cheat Sheet

Tags: MODx, Snippets | last edited: 11.08.2009

MODx-Feature: MODx API Cheat Sheet

A simple cheat sheet for the MODx-API makes the writing of your own snippets or modules much more enjoyable.

10.11.2008

Workaround:
Automatic FTP-Backups in Plesk 8.x

Tags: Plesk | last edited: 26.02.2009

Workaround: Automatic FTP-Backups in Plesk 8.x

Plesk 8.x has got a problem with automatic FTP-backups which can be eased with an easy workaround.

20.10.2008

Template: Sliding Pages Basic

Tags: JavaScript, HTML, MooTools, CSS, ThemeForest | last edited: 26.10.2008

Template: Sliding Pages Basic

Sliding Pages Basic is a clean and fresh looking template that takes the SmoothScroll of MooTools to the next level.

16.09.2008

Wallpaper: Autumn Sunset

Tags: Wallpaper, Photoshop | last edited: 14.05.2009

Wallpaper: Autumn Sunset

The autumn is coming, it is only about 15 degrees outside and the sky is more grey than blue. It is time for a new, warming wallpaper!

15.09.2008

MODx: Publication of Doc Finder 1.5

Tags: MODx, AJAX, Doc Finder | last edited: 11.01.2009

MODx: Publication of Doc Finder 1.5

In version 1.5 Doc Finder searches and replaces resources such as chunks or snippets and provides the opportunity to limit the results by the dates of creation or modification.

14.07.2008

Wallpaper: Tangled Cyan

Tags: Wallpaper, Illustrator | last edited: 04.11.2009

Wallpaper: Tangled Cyan

I really like these fractals. Here is a cool version for the hot summer days.

06.07.2008

trymodx.com: A quick MODx demo site for web designers and editors

Tags: MODx | last edited: 11.08.2009

trymodx.com: A quick MODx demo site for web designers and editors

On trymodx.com you can quickly throw a glance at the MODx manager and test the look and feel of the MODx admin environment.

23.06.2008

MODx: Search and Replace with Doc Finder 1.2

Tags: MODx, AJAX, Doc Finder | last edited: 11.01.2009

MODx: Search and Replace with Doc Finder 1.2

You can now use Doc Finder to search and replace texts in all documents and template variables in a quick and uncomplicated manner.

23.06.2008

Realising e-mail campaigns with the ASP provider Campaign Monitor

Tags: Campaign Monitor, E-Mailings | last edited: 12.04.2009

Realising e-mail campaigns with the ASP provider Campaign Monitor

How to send 180.000 e-mails in a professional and safe manner? It’s best to choose a good provider. Let’s have a look on the ASP solution of Campaign Monitor.

29.05.2008

AJAX loader-GIFs at ajaxload.info

Tags: JavaScript, MODx, Doc Finder | last edited: 26.02.2009

AJAX loader-GIFs at ajaxload.info

For all those web designers who do not want to use the same AJAX loader GIF over and over again or feel a bit uneasy about “borrowing” AJAX loader GIFs from other sites, ajaxload.info is literally the right address.

20.04.2008

MODx-Feature: Snippets – all rounders

Tags: MODx, Snippets | last edited: 11.08.2009

MODx-Feature: Snippets – all rounders

Building upon the MODx framework and thanks to API and DBAPI, snippets provide web developers with endless opportunities to develop individual functions for a website or entire web applications.

13.04.2008

CNET Mootorial:
An introduction to MooTools made easy

Tags: JavaScript, MooTools | last edited: 26.02.2009

CNET Mootorial: An introduction to MooTools made easy

The Mootorial from CNET is a hot tip for everyone who is toying with the idea of MooTools but struggles with using the JavaScript framework.

05.04.2008

MODx: search better and find quicker
with the Doc Finder

Tags: MODx, Doc Finder | last edited: 11.01.2009

MODx: search better and find quicker  with the Doc Finder

Today is the day: after a longer period of development and beta testing, I am publishing the MODx module Doc Finder 1.0. I have developed it myself and it allows MODx users a quick AJAX driven search in the manager.

23.03.2008

MooTools: Nested accordion

Tags: JavaScript, MooTools | last edited: 30.06.2009

MooTools: Nested accordion

This is my development of an endlessly nested MooTools accordion, which deals semantically correct with DL-, DT-, und DL tags and a handful of CSS classes.

16.03.2008

MODx-Feature:
Expanding documents with template variables

Tags: MODx, Template Variable | last edited: 11.08.2009

MODx-Feature: Expanding documents with template variables

MODx documents can be flexibly upgraded with template variables so that not only classic website content can be presented, but also your own, freely definable data sets such as products, articles, addresses and so forth. This enables MODx users to save and then dynamically display information.

13.03.2008

Wallpaper: Tangled

Tags: Wallpaper, Illustrator | last edited: 04.11.2009

Wallpaper: Tangled

Again, I have discovered a great tutorial and an exciting freeware and I immediately created a new wallpaper.

12.03.2008

Nicer sourcecode output
with Google Code Prettify

Tags: JavaScript, HTML | last edited: 26.02.2009

Nicer sourcecode output with Google Code Prettify

Thanks to Google Code Prettify the syntax highlighting of sourcecode on a website is a piece of cake. The little helper, consisting of a JavaScript and a CSS file is embedded quickly and easy to use.

11.03.2008

MODx-Feature:
Having full control over the HTML output

Tags: HTML, MODx | last edited: 11.08.2009

MODx-Feature: Having full control over the HTML output

In contrast to many other Content Management Systems, MODx is constructed in a way to give the web designer the control over the HTML output without having to put in much effort. Web designers who, like me, set a high value on clean and semantic HTML know how horrific it can be to be helplessly forced to watch $CMS creating vast masses of tables or Div brews that then have to be “prettyfied” with CSS.

01.03.2008

Wallpaper: Spring Feelings

Tags: Wallpaper, Illustrator | last edited: 14.05.2009

Wallpaper: Spring Feelings

… with the weather we are having at the moment, I am not getting that spring feeling yet, but it was time for a new and fresh wallpaper.