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What are your thoughts about MODX? Do you use it? Will you use it in future?

For those who don't know what MODX is, look [url=http://www.phpbb.com/mods/modx/]here[/url].

nah will look into it later, probably if it becomes manditory

I like the idea. It allows you to stylize you MOD file. It creates a clearer standard.

What i like about the text template, is that its easy to write by hand. Just copy and paste without much around it. So i guess i'll be using either MOD studio (that allows you to save your files as modx btw), or the [url=http://www.phpbb.com/mods/modx/template_converter.php]MOD to MODX convertor[/url].

I have never used it for a MOD, but i intend to do so!

I don't really care.

What I have done is create a database system for managing my MODs. One of the features is the ability to extract the information in a variety of formats, including BBCode, the standard text MOD template, and - eventually - MODX as well. I made a blog post about it [url=http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=24]here[/url].

[ot] I've seen that post. That MOD manager looks awesome! [/ot]

[ot] You haven't even seen a tenth of it yet. I will be mentioning some other features in future posts. [/ot]

To be honest, I have an reaction to MODX. The text format has "legacy support", the MODX will make things easier for EasyMOD as things are more structured. But either way you look at it, both formats are simply a set of instructions to be applied. What is different is the format. Someone that was unable to figure out the text format might have a better shot at the MODX format, I don't know.

I find it a bit more complex. I'll be sticking with the basic text versions for the time

I was releasing my mods in MODX for a while, but i just found it to be too much of a pain in the ass to continue so i went back to text.

I personally don't understand what modx does other than make your install templates look cooler... It's just a wee-bit of a waste of time.

It's more structured, and is supposed to make things easier for EasyMOD. It's also easier to read than the text template, assuming you have the xsl and xml and so on set up correctly.

But at the moment easymod can't read modx templates. Or am I wrong in saying that?

The public information in the MODX Resource center [url=http://www.phpbb.com/mods/modx/faq.php]FAQ[/url] says that there is no automatic installer yet, but you have to expect that someone is working on updating EasyMOD.

I suspect they are waiting for phpBB3 before rewriting easymod for MODX.