Which one is better Modx or Joomla?

[andrewmar123]

I just heard about Modx and I heard they're pretty good in SEO, Is it true??

[onicroster98]

Joomla has adopted a "one-click philosophy" which means you can install extensions easily, and themes too and there are a lot of both around. It makes building feature-rich websites a breeze, it's true but also makes it a real pain to customize. Another strong suit of Joomla is the polished "windows like" admin many come to like.

On the downside, though a lot of work has been done in that department, there are lots of hardcoded elements of presentation in the core code an extension's code.

It make the webdesigner's life a misery when it comes to fully customizing the look of a website using modern CSS approach (and, even if a lot of efforts have been made, validating your sites). Of course, you'll point me towards counter-examples, exquisite, customized and standard compliant Joomla websites, but how long did it takes to hack into those harcoded styles and html ? Seems like it's hard severing the ties to the Mambo past, despite great efforts to modernize the code.

Now MODx. When I discovered MODx I really felt like I had gotten a “Get out of jail” card : you are not bound by the system the way you are by most content management applications, the systems works for you, not the other way around and it feels good.

[johnmite123]

one that has impressed me most is clearly MODx, a lot of the stuff in MODx is pure genius and I wish I had thought of some of these things myself. During the past days I’ve setup a site in no time doing things with ease that would be awkard to do in for instance Joomla.