MODX
MODX: Page Templates
It is fairly straightforward to change the template you use for any page on MODX. The trick is to ensure that you use the correct template for your website and that, if you are changing from one page to another, you check a few things before you do. ...
MODX: Managing Social Media Links
Links For YouTube, Facebook, And Twitter You can add site-wide links for social media pages in your Context Settings by asking the support team to update the relevant links to your YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages. If you don’t have your own ...
MODX: Problems Saving A Page
If you have problems saving a page, there are a number of well-known causes which are worth investigating as you may be able to solve the problem yourself: oversize images: make sure that, apart from Splash Banners, none of the images you have ...
MODX: Working With Images & Files
Images Folder A web page is not like a document; you cannot copy and paste images into it. Instead, you must copy your images to a folder on the website and then add a link from the web page to the folder which holds the images. Every Local Party has ...
MODX: Adding & Managing News Stories
The news page for your website displays a date ordered list of all of the news stories that you create. As well as displaying on your news page the top four or five stories also appear on the Home Page of your website. Each story is displayed with a ...
MODX: Creating & Managing Pages
You can create a new page from the Document Tree. To create a page in the top directory simply right-click on your website name. This will display a series of options which you can rollover to select. (Some options will only appear if you are an ...
MODX: Managing Footer Links
You can manage the links you find at the footer of every page from your Home Page. If you navigate to Home Page->Template Variables->All Site Settings you can amend the four columns of links such as this example from Stroud Green Party. Where you ...
MODX: Managing The Right-Hand Column
You manage all your Right Hand Columns and their items from your Home Page. When you create a new Right Hand Column Item on your Home Page it is available on all pages on your website by selecting a checkbox. So you can have different items in the ...
MODX: Adding Banners & Buttons
Splash Banners On the Home Page of your website we encourage you to add at least one large Splash Banner image to grab the attention of your website visitors. You can also add these Splash Banners on normal website pages as well if you like, although ...
MODX: Template Variables
Each of the pages on your website have a tab in the Editor pane called Template Variables. This tab allows you to customise the basic website template for your own Local Party. In most cases this is where you will specify what options are displayed ...
MODX: Editing Your Homepage
Each part of your website can be easily amended and configured from the Manager Page. The front page of you website brings together most of the key elements of your website — and each relevant section is simply described below. Website Address Your ...
MODX: Context Settings
Context Settings are where one can specify certain website wide settings. Unfortunately, you cannot access the Context Settings because a bug in MODX causes other local and regional parties’ settings to be changed if a local or regional party editor ...
MODX: Managing Pages Using The Document Tree
The Document Tree on the left hand side of the Manager Home page is where you manage all of the content on your website. Managing Your Pages You open the document tree by clicking on the the small house image. Right clicking on the website name and ...
MODX: An Introduction
Why Have A Website? Every Local Green Party should have a website visible to the local community if they are active and fighting elections. As an active local party your website can be a useful campaigning tool to let members and supporters know what ...