I have been an avid user of Mambo and now Joomla since 2001.我一直热爱的用户曼波和现在joomla自2001年以来。 taragana.com is designed using Joomla.设计使用joomla 。 Unfortunately we haven’t been able to maintain the site very well, our fault not Joomla’s.不幸的是，我们尚未能维持网站非常好，我们的过错不joomla的。

I wanted to re-design the site to highlight our products and service, and to cope up with our plan for several micro-site development in 2008 in addition to delivering a nice look.我想重新设计网站突出我们的产品和服务，以应付与我们的计划数微网站的发展在2008年，在除了提供良好的外观。 Let’s look at my 5 simple requirements for CMS:让我们看看我的五简单的要求，细胞质雄性不育：
1. 1 。 We should be able to easily embed custom code (php) to embed widgets (or snippets as Modx likes to call them) in certain pages.我们应该能够轻松嵌入自定义代码（ PHP的）嵌入工具（或片段作为modx喜欢称他们为）在某些页面。
2. 2 。 We should be able to easily modify the pages, preferably from the page itself (think AJAX editing).我们应该可以轻松修改网页，最好是从网页本身的（认为阿贾克斯编辑） 。
3. 3 。 Ability to create micro-sites which differ structurally and functionally from main sites能够创建小型网站的不同结构和功能上，从主要网站
4. 4 。 Flexible hierarchy and menus灵活的等级和菜单
5. 5 。 Automate Sitemap (Google & regular) & RSS feed generation, nice permalinks & SEO optimized URL自动化网站（ Google和定期） ＆ RSS馈送的一代，尼斯永久＆徐优化网址

Joomla as always is pretty inflexible if you want to think outside Joomla box. joomla一如既往地是相当弹性，如果您想要认为外界joomla方块。 To incorporate php code in Joomla you will have to use a plugin like Jumi, which works pretty strangely when it works.把PHP代码在joomla你将不得不使用插件一样， jumi ，工程相当奇怪时，它的工程。 Personally I would like something simple & reusable.我个人想一些简单及可重复使用。 Modx allows you to incorporate (and reuse) snippets in documents which are essentially PHP code. modx让您把（和重用）片段在文件本质上属于PHP代码。 Similarly you can use chunks to incorporate to embed static reusable html content in your documents.同样您可以使用块把嵌入的静态可重复使用的HTML内容在您的文件。 Chunks can contain snippets too.块可以包含片段。

Modx modx allows you to edit a page directly from the page itself along with other functionalities by automatically adding moo Javascript library for logged in users.可以让您编辑的网页直接从网页本身随着其他功能自动加入总统对于将JavaScript库中记录了用户。 This is a nicety I never had in Joomla / Mambo.这是一个准确我从来没有在joomla /曼波。 You will love it once you get a hang of it.你一定会喜欢上它后，您会获得一个坑的。

Writing custom Joomla /编写自定义的joomla / Mambo曼波 code is no-mean task for a newbie.代码是没有意思的任务，为一新手。 The documentation is often out of date and it often looks Martian even to a veteran like me.文件往往是不合时宜，它常常看起来火星，甚至一位资深的和我一样。 I wouldn’t ask a web designer to touch it with a 10 feet pole.我不会问一个网页设计师触摸它与10英尺极点。 Mambo / Joomla reeks of over-design and is heavily over architected (feedback welcome).曼波/ joomla reeks超过设计和大量超过设计（欢迎反馈） 。 What lured me to Modx was simplicity.是什么诱惑，我modx是简单。 With two major versions and drastically changed style of developing templates, Joomla have become much more complex.与两个主要版本，并大大改变了作风，发展中国家的模板， joomla已经变得更加复杂。 Personally the new template tags were my single biggest turn-off.个人新模板标记是我的最大单一转小康。 However that is just one of many in the bigger scale.不过，这只是众多功能之一，在更大的规模。

Modx doesn’t have all the add-ons that Joomla has. modx没有所有的加载项joomla已。 However it compensates for it with its simplicity & ease of use.但它弥补了它与简单＆使用起来非常方便。

Modx is SEO optimized from ground-up. modx是徐优化从地面行动。 The pages are SEOized (title is hypenated to form the page url) like WordPress nice permalink mode.网页seoized （标题是hypenated形成网页）一样，在WordPress尼斯的永久模式。 You can individually customize the meta tags for each page.您可以单独自定义META标记的每一页。

The pages in modx uses a template which can be different for each page.网页在modx使用一个模板可以有不同的每一页。 This allows you to easily create micro-sites within your main site.这可以让您轻松建立微型网站您的主要网站。

As soon as I hit the limitations of Joomla, I started looking for alternatives and Modx stood out among hundreds of others because of user enthusiasm of this product.尽快我击的局限性， joomla ，我开始寻找替代品和modx站出来，其中数百个他人的，因为用户的积极性，这项产品。 I decided to try Joomla and I am happy to say my designer is happy with it and so am I.我决定尝试joomla和我很高兴地说我的设计师，很高兴与它，所以一上午

In Modx, like Magnolia, you can see a view of the hierarchy and you can perform actions on the items from there.在modx一样，厚朴，您可以看到，鉴于层次和可以执行的行动，就这些项目从那里。 Modx containers are much easier to understand than Mambo section and category. modx容器更容易理解，比曼波科和类别。

Compared to Modx, learning Mambo /相比modx ，学习曼波/ Joomla joomla looks like rocket science; I kid you not.看起来像火箭科学，我的孩子，你没有。 Try it and you will know what I mean.尝试它，你会明白我的意思。 Modx also has plugin, but I haven’t needed it yet. modx也有插件，但我并不需要它。 As far as taragana.com is concerned modx rocks my boat.据taragana.com关注modx岩石，我坐一条船。

I can safely predict Modx will be the我可以安全地预测modx将成为 CMS of the future细胞质雄性不育的未来 , leaving Joomla / Mambo far behind unless they catch up with documentation and focus on simplicity instead of complex design as it is now. ，离开joomla /曼波远远落后，除非他们赶上与文件和注重简单而不是复杂的设计，因为这是现在。 Modx is Ajax all the way. modx是Ajax的所有方式。 All it needs now is a super-strong community like Mambo / Joomla to fast-forward it to the future.所有它需要现在是一个超级强大的社会一样，曼波/ joomla迅速转发给未来。