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The Coding Pad
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Programming blog, discussions, tutorials, resources, a place for novices and experts, to learn, share, and grow in programming skills.
Recent Posts
From XHTML/CSS to MODx Template – Part 3
In part 3 of this series, we’re continue porting our template into MODx, and the focus here is working with chunks to organize and structure our template and make it more manageable. Useful Links MODx Beginner Tutorials - Working with Chunks...
From XHTML/CSS to MODx Template – Part 2
In part 2 of this series, we start pulling the XHTML/CSS template into the MODx website and using MODx placeholders to dynamically pull in information and settings into our site. I just want to quickly mention that the reason I had to address the iss...
From XHTML/CSS to MODx Template – Part 1
In this first part of a series of five screencasts, we are going to go through the process of porting an XHTML/CSS template into a MODx website. I recorded these screencasts while working on an actual live project so there’s a bit of fumbling...
Introducing Mary’s Corner
Recently I was approached by the good folks at HostColor, a Web Hosting company that is one of the sponsors of this blog, and that is also a gold sponsor of MODx CMS, to write for a new column on their blog. So now I am a contributor over at the Ho...
How to Install MODx CMS – Screencast
In this screencast, we will go through the process of installing MODx CMS. While we will do this install on a local development environment using WampServer, the steps for installing on a remote host are exactly the same with two notable exceptions...
Beginner’s Corner Part 3 – Installing Scripts – Wordpress, Drupal, etc.
In this third installment of the Beginner’s Corner series of screencasts, we’re going to put together what we’ve learned so far and start installing scripts on our local development environment. We will learn the general steps tha...

