Modx

By Joe Gardiner Wednesday, 28th April 2010

What you will need:

All the information from you vCluster Details page and Database Settings page. This includes: access server, public IP, database server, username, database name (the same as your username), and your database password. For quick reference during the Modx install, you may find it useful to copy these details into a text file.

The newest version of Modx, available to download from http://modxcms.com/download/

A file extractor that is compatible with the .zip format. OSX and Windows handle this format natively.

An FTP program. You can use a program like FileZilla, or if you use Firefox web browser, there is an FTP add on available called Fire FTP. If your not sure which client to use have a look at this article.

A text editor. Notepad or Text Edit will both be fine.

A web browser. We like Firefox.

The official Modx install guide can be found at http://svn.modxcms.com/docs/display/Evo1/Basic+Installation

Extracting Modx

Unzip your downloaded Modx install to a folder on your desktop.

Uploading

To upload Modx files to the root directory of your vCluster follow the FTP upload guide.

To upload Modx files to a sub-domain on your vCluster follow the vHosting guide.

Installing Modx

Now we’re going to install Modx CMS using your web browser. Fire it up and navigate to the directory name we just created: modx.username.group.vc.catn.com/

Modx CMS will let you know it isn’t installed:

Click install now and choose your language and then click next. Then select new installation and click next again.

Enter in the database information and click Test Database.

Now you can enter the further database information and test that.

You can then go ahead and enter in the administrator’s details:

Now click next, select any plugins you want and click install. On this page it lets you know all the plugins are ready to be installed, and you need to accept the license terms. Click the checkbox and click install.