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Send Registration Email to the Admin

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: registration, email, admin

Send registration email to the admin (or anyone else) rather than the user

Read more | Comments (0) | Jul 08, 2016

Path Troubles

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: paths, urls, include, MODX constants

Using the correct path and URL references to CSS, image, JS, PHP, and other files in code and in HTML

Read more | Comments (0) | Jun 30, 2016

Missing DB Fields (Unknown Column)

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: missing, db, database, fields

How to avoid and fix problems caused by making too big a jump in MODX versions.

Read more | Comments (2) | Jun 27, 2016

The MODX Config Files

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: config, files, path

Exploring the MODX config file and MODX path issues

Read more | Comments (0) | Jun 05, 2016

Bypassing the MODX Manager Login III

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: manager, login, bypassing

Using a single plugin to create and authenticate users

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 15, 2016

Bypassing the MODX Manager Login II

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: manager, login, bypassing

Second in a series of articles about bypassing the Manager Login process

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 09, 2016

Bypassing the MODX Manager Login I

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: bypassing, manager, login

Use your own code, or an external service to authenticate users

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 06, 2016

Using Namespaces with an Autoloader

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: namespaces, autoloader

Letting your autoloader use your namespaces to locate class files

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 04, 2016

Using Namespaces to Avoid Class-name Collisions

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: namespaces, class, use

PHP namespaces explained, with some examples

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 02, 2016

Using an Autoloader to Load Classes

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: autoload, autoloader, class

How autoloaders work and several example autoload.php files

Read more | Comments (0) | Mar 29, 2016




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For information on how to use MODX to create a web site (and other topics), see my main web site, Bob's Guides, or better yet, buy my book: MODX: The Official Guide.

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