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#1: 22-Mar-2009, 11:29 PM

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Hello,

Please find attached the First Edition of a Wayfinder 2.0 e-book titled

"The (almost) Complete Guide to Creating Menus in MODx Using Wayfinder"

written by myself, Kongondo.

Those who know me from the forums probably know that my favourite snippet is Wayfinder. This e-book  started out as a tutorial that I thought I'd post in the wiki but it ended up as an e-book! This is the culmination of about 5-6 months writing and is quite detailed. The e-book explains the logic behind and the workings of almost all the Wayfinder parameters. This is all done practically by building a fictitious Restaurant website. The e-book also provides examples of building some common menus such as an accordion menu, using UltimateParent with Wayfinder, etc. Because of this, it makes for quite some long reading, 148 pages! However, there's lots of graphics so it is not all text and boring, at least I hope not. I hope it serves newbies and experts a like, either as a guide, a reference, an inspiration or just a challenge to contribute to the MODx project in one way or the other.

Comments and feedback are welcome.


I dedicate the ebook to the MODx community


Cheers/k
« Last Edit: 22-Mar-2009, 11:34 PM by kongondo »
Wayfinder Lessons: The (almost) Complete Guide to Creating Menus in MODx Using Wayfinder

#2: 23-Mar-2009, 12:54 AM


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I just briefly looked through some of the documentation and all I can say is AMAZING!

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#3: 23-Mar-2009, 01:00 AM


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#4: 23-Mar-2009, 01:11 AM


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This is the very best freeprog CMS/CMF documentation I've ever seen! Thanks for sharing this with the community.  Cheesy

#5: 23-Mar-2009, 01:29 AM


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 Cheesy thank you very much!!!
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#6: 23-Mar-2009, 02:56 AM


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You did an awesome job! This is really great  Smiley

Guess I have some reading to do...  Roll Eyes
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#7: 23-Mar-2009, 03:17 AM


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#8: 23-Mar-2009, 03:32 AM

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Indeed kudos for a great job !

Just tweetted this to let people know Smiley
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#9: 23-Mar-2009, 03:39 AM


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AWESOME!

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#10: 23-Mar-2009, 03:53 AM


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wow. that is phenomenal. I learned quite a few new things.

thanks man.
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#11: 23-Mar-2009, 04:23 AM

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Quote from: goldsky on 23-Mar-2009, 03:39 AM
AWESOME!
Sticky this topic, please?

Good idea !

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#12: 23-Mar-2009, 06:10 AM

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Unbelievable!! Shocked This is fantastic, you did a great job. It is clear that a lot of effort went into it. Seriously there is even an index!

Kudos to you, great job. Where can I buy you a beer  Grin
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#13: 23-Mar-2009, 06:50 AM

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Great job kongondo, and thank you for sharing. Impressive stuff to say the least.
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#14: 23-Mar-2009, 07:24 AM

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Awesome job.  I will have to spend some time going through this. 
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#15: 23-Mar-2009, 07:50 AM

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@kyle: Thx. Please do, I appreciate it. A couple of parameters/values were not very straightforward for me so there might be some errors in there(?).

@David: Thx for tweeting this & stickying it

@everyone: Thank u very much for your very kind words. Cheesy

cheers/k
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#16: 23-Mar-2009, 08:55 AM

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Way to go! Looks awesome. That was a pile of work for sure. Thanks for the efforts.

#17: 23-Mar-2009, 09:38 AM


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Awesome work! Saying this will be tremendously helpful is a gross understatement.

#18: 23-Mar-2009, 11:38 AM

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Great work! Many many pages, for just one snippet... Read a few pages and it looks pretty clear to me Smiley

Keep up the good work!!!
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#19: 23-Mar-2009, 12:26 PM

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A splendid piece of work, it looks like I'll be awarding the Knight Imperial Cross Kamaraderie for Assured Superlative Services to the community, since the tome does just that.

Well played.

Regards

#20: 23-Mar-2009, 02:09 PM

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Looks like a fantastic reference. Kudos to Kongondo for putting together such a professional resource.
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