MODx

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MODx
Developed by	MODx team
Latest release	0.9.6.1 / November 8, 2007
OS	Cross-platform
Genre	Content Management System
License	GPL
Website	modxcms.com

MODx is a free, open source content management system and Application Framework for publishing content on the world wide web and intranets. MODx is licensed under the GPL.

MODx is written with the PHP programming language and uses the MySQL database.

1 History
2 Features
3 Community
4 Usage
5 Public Recognition
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

MODx came into being as the result of a fork of Etomite

[edit] Features

MODx provides a development framework on which to deploy and secure website and web applications. The full segregation of content (plain HTML), appearance (compliant CSS) and functions (PHP, snippets) is one of MODx's strong assets and seems quite unique.

[edit] Community

MODX has an active community. As of December 2007, almost 10,000 members participate in applying and developing the software. The MODx forums serve more than 1.5 million page views monthly, with cumulative page views since inception approaching 30-billion.

[edit] Usage

As of December 2007, the software has been downloaded more than 200,000 times.

[edit] Public Recognition

In July 2007, Packt launched the Open Source Content Management System(CMS) Award. Amongst many others in fierce competition, MODx received the "Most Promising Open Source CMS" award^[1].