I came across MODx a couple of years ago and loved it's lightweight approach, flexibility and friendly community.
Quite a steep learning curve ensued, as unlike many Content Management solutions, MODx has fewer out of the box modules for instant deployment. It does however offer complete flexibility and customisation, assuming you have some basic skills to start with!
I now use it for nearly all my site development, even if the client is unlikely to want to update the site themselves. Although this is perhaps overkill, ultimately I feel it saves development time and offers more long term flexibility.
Through MODx and the community I have improved my PHP & MySQL skills to the extent that I now undertake contract custom coding work for MODx installations.
I have completed work for sites in China, Canada, U.S.A. and all over the U.K. The types of work I have covered to date include:
Menu design and Wayfinder customisation
WC3 validation work
Template conversion
Custom database coding
Ditto tagging and searching functions
If there is anything you'd like me to have a look at or quote on, please get in touch.
