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May, 2010

equitas

// posted by: Des //

Equitas, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Charlotte, North Carolina that provides resources for people groups in developing nations to assist them in becoming sustainable communities.

I’ve been involved with Equitas for a while now – including some guest blogging spots.  It’s an impressive organization with an impressive mission of developing communities, using water and education, with the goal of helping them became sustainable.  So when the director came to me and asked if I’d help with some minor design tweaks and installing a content management system, I naturally jumped at the opportunity.

Equitas Screenshot

I also jumped at the opportunity to use MODx 2.0 Revo.  Even at this point as a “Release Candidate” this is the best CMS I’ve ever used.  It’s incredibly powerful and allows me to quickly build in the logic that is needed to make this site work.

Take a look at the site – and let me know what you think.  And, maybe even consider getting involved with the mission of Equitas.

http://www.equitas.cc

update: I’ve added some jQuery Tools work – using the scrollable tool to build the slideshow on the homepage. Let me know what you think.

MODx 2.0

// posted by: Des //

Last week I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to Dallas, TX and meet with about 60 other MODx fanatics – including most of the core team – and talk about where MODx is currently and where it’s going in the near future.  Part of this process was in introduction to MODx 2.0 – Revolution.

I first started working with MODx when I needed to build a very large site for The Salvation Army in Charlotte, NC.  MODx, at that point, made the most sense because so much of what we wanted to to relied on our own custom code and none of the other platforms could deliver the openness and flexibility that MODx did.

And if that was the case – that I was enamored by MODx’s openness and flexibility – then MODx 2.0 will probably cause my head to explode!  I was amazed at how much MORE open the platform now is, how much more easily it can be bent and shaped into exactly what you want it to be and …. contexts …. sweet, sweet contexts.

I’ll be writing much more about the pleasures of working with this platform as I start diving into it.  Know that it’s an incredible Content Management system that is positioning itself to be the next big thing in the CMS world.