<s>
MODX	B-Application
(	O
originally	O
MODx	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
and	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
framework	I-Application
for	O
publishing	O
content	O
on	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
and	O
intranets	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
MODX	B-Application
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
,	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
,	O
and	O
supports	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
MariaDB	B-Application
and	O
Percona	B-Application
Server	I-Application
as	O
the	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
awarded	O
Packt	O
Publishing	O
's	O
Most	O
Promising	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Content	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
Raymond	O
Irving	O
and	O
Ryan	O
Thrash	O
began	O
the	O
MODX	B-Application
CMS	O
project	O
in	O
2004	O
as	O
a	O
mashup	B-Application
of	O
DocVars	O
for	O
Etomite	O
and	O
Raymond	O
's	O
web	O
user	O
add-on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2005	O
,	O
all	O
references	O
to	O
"	O
MODX	B-Application
"	O
were	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Etomite	O
forums	O
,	O
coupled	O
with	O
a	O
request	O
from	O
its	O
founder	O
to	O
cease	O
MODX	B-Application
support	O
activities	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
MODX	B-Application
became	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Etomite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
MODX	B-Application
forums	O
were	O
online	O
and	O
Jason	O
Coward	O
joined	O
the	O
project	O
leadership	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
MODX	B-Application
users	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
logo	O
and	O
branding	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
MODX	B-Application
Revolution	O
,	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
of	O
the	O
CMS	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MODX	B-Application
LLC	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
2010	O
also	O
saw	O
the	O
first	O
official	O
MODX	B-Application
conference	O
,	O
MODXpo	O
Dallas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2012	O
ClipperCMS	O
,	O
an	O
independent	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
MODX	B-Application
Evolution	O
(	O
MODX	B-Application
1	O
)	O
was	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
MODX	B-Application
LLC	O
launched	O
MODX	B-Application
Cloud	O
,	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
hosting	O
service	O
for	O
MODX	B-Application
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
MODX	B-Application
LLC	O
split	O
MODX	B-Application
Cloud	O
into	O
another	O
company	O
,	O
SiphonLabs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
separation	O
was	O
short-lived	O
,	O
and	O
MODX	B-Application
Cloud	O
was	O
re-integrated	O
into	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
in	O
July	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
Mark	O
Hamstra	O
—	O
a	O
well-known	O
developer	O
in	O
the	O
MODX	B-Application
community	O
—	O
launched	O
modmore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
modmore	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
source	O
of	O
premium	O
add-ons	O
for	O
MODX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
MODX	B-Application
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
BitNami	B-General_Concept
installer	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
MODX	B-Application
2.3	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
modmore	O
hosted	O
the	O
first	O
MODX	B-Application
Weekend	O
in	O
Utrecht	O
,	O
The	O
Netherlands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
MODX	B-Application
2.4	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
introduce	O
package	O
dependencies	O
for	O
MODX	B-Application
Extras	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
numerous	O
security	O
,	O
stability	O
and	O
performance	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2015	O
the	O
MODXpo	O
Conference	O
was	O
hosted	O
by	O
Kochan	O
&	O
Partner	O
in	O
Munich	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
with	O
speakers	O
from	O
across	O
Europe	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
engaging	O
in	O
a	O
3-day	O
exposition	O
of	O
MODX	B-Application
and	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2016	O
,	O
MODX	B-Application
2.5	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2017	O
,	O
MODX	B-Application
2.6	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
alpha	O
version	O
of	O
MODX	B-Application
3	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2018	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
Extra	O
called	O
FRED	O
for	O
visual	O
drag-and-drop	O
content	O
editing	O
and	O
creation	O
was	O
released	O
-	O
for	O
versions	O
2.6	O
and	O
3	O
of	O
MODX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
MODX	B-Application
2.7	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2022	O
MODX	B-Application
3.0.0	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
a	O
milestone	O
for	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
version	O
update	O
MODX	B-Application
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MODX	B-Application
allows	O
for	O
full	O
segregation	O
of	O
content	O
(	O
plain	O
HTML	O
)	O
,	O
appearance	O
and	O
behavior	O
(	O
standards	O
compliant	O
CSS	O
and	O
JavaScript	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
logic	O
(	O
PHP	B-Application
snippets	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
MODX	B-Application
features	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
PHP	B-Application
5.6	O
and	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
rich-text	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Manager	O
application	O
works	O
cross-browser	O
and	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
Safari	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
(	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Safari	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
Firefox	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Can	O
be	O
installed	O
under	O
IIS	B-Application
,	O
Apache	B-Application
,	O
Lighttpd	B-Protocol
,	O
Hiawatha	B-Application
,	O
Cherokee	B-Language
,	O
nginx	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Zeus	B-Protocol
web	I-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
any	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
library	O
,	O
including	O
jQuery	B-Language
,	O
MooTools	B-Language
,	O
ExtJS	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Prototype	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recursive	O
parser	B-Language
for	O
nested	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
extensions	O
or	O
modules	O
for	O
MODX	B-Application
(	O
installed	O
to	O
enhance	O
the	O
CMS	O
or	O
add	O
additional	O
features	O
)	O
are	O
called	O
"	O
Extras	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
MODX	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
one	O
"	O
Provider	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
MODX	B-Application
's	O
own	O
core	O
package	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
package	O
providers	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
by	O
administrators	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
providers	O
are	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
MODX	B-Application
forums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MODX	B-Application
has	O
active	O
,	O
global	O
end-user	O
and	O
developer	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
communities	O
have	O
translated	O
MODX	B-Application
into	O
their	O
native	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
Alsatian	O
,	O
Bulgarian	O
,	O
Chinese	O
,	O
Czech	O
,	O
Danish	O
,	O
Dutch	O
,	O
Finnish	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Greek	O
,	O
Hebrew	O
,	O
Italian	O
,	O
Japanese	O
,	O
Norwegian	O
,	O
Persian	O
,	O
Polish	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
(	O
Brazilian	O
and	O
European	O
)	O
,	O
Russian	O
,	O
Serbian	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
Swedish	O
,	O
and	O
Turkish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2007	O
,	O
MODX	B-Application
was	O
awarded	O
Packt	O
Publishing	O
's	O
Most	O
Promising	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Content	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
MODX	B-Application
won	O
CMS	O
Critic	O
's	O
Best	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
CMS	O
(	O
Critic	O
's	O
Choice	O
)	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
it	O
won	O
Best	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
CMS	O
(	O
People	O
's	O
Choice	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux.com	B-Application
reviewed	O
MODX	B-Application
on	O
January	O
14	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
author	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
MODX	B-Application
is	O
an	O
easy-to-use	O
,	O
standards-compliant	O
,	O
search-engine-friendly	O
,	O
functional	O
,	O
and	O
extensible	O
CMS	O
…	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
sitepoint.com	O
reviewed	O
MODX	B-Application
on	O
May	O
13	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MODX	B-Application
is	O
not	O
my	O
recommendation	O
for	O
a	O
non-technical	O
person	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
website	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
’s	O
a	O
great	O
choice	O
for	O
a	O
developer	O
who	O
needs	O
to	O
give	O
clients	O
protected	O
access	O
to	O
editing	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MODX	B-Application
is	O
excellent	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
pretty	O
strait	O
learning	O
curve	O
,	O
if	O
you	O
’re	O
a	O
developer	O
and	O
want	O
freedom	O
to	O
design	O
how	O
you	O
wish.	O
"	O
</s>
