In this screencast we go over the basics of what a MODx Revolution template is. We look at the BaseTemplate in detail, discuss the MODx Tag Syntax, and look at commonly used template tags.  We modify several things in our resource and the Base Template and discuss the resulting output.  This overview lays the foundation for working with an actual template.

A couple of things I should note here, while we are modifying the Base Template for demonstration purposes, it's generally a good idea to create your own custom template to ensure that your template changes won't be overwritten during a MODx update.  We will go into this in the next screencast.

Another thing to note is that you need to have some basic knowledge of HTML/CSS to work with MODx templates, and this knowledge is easy to acquire by going over different tutorials on the web. I have linked to some examples in the list below.

In this screencast we go through the process of installing a MODx Revolution install to the latest version.  This particular upgrade was from 2.0.7-pl to 2.1.0-pl but the instructions should be pretty much the same for any versions of Revolution.  I mention some important things to keep in mind before upgrading and give you a list of steps that I follow when doing my upgrades. I have also added this list below the screencast for your reference.  We run into a couple of issues during this live upgrade and do a little troubleshooting.

This screencast goes over how to create a custom system setting in a MODx Revolution site.  It is assumed that you have some basic knowledge of working with MODx Revolution sites, and some basic knowledge of templates.  We create a custom system setting that allows us to add a slogan or tagline to our site that can be implemented site-wide.

In this screencast we look at two methods of using the Package Manager to install addons/extras that you'll need for your MODx Revolution website.  We also go over how to identify what extras are available and which ones to use.

In this screencast we look briefly at how to set or change your site's name in MODx Revolution, as well as other system settings.  We focus mostly on general site settings and see how to change the value of each setting, and some of the results of changing different settings.

We pick up from where we left off in the last screencast and begin to explore the backend manager of our new MODx Revolution install. We go over just the basics, and not too indepth, as we will be encountering these concepts again and again as we work with Revo to build sites.

I think there is a time lag between voice and video in this screencast, not quite sure how that happened, but I do apologize if it's a little annoying. Hope it doesn't cause any confusion.