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MODX Cloud NGINX Rule for ssl and www redirect

MODX Cloud NGINX Rule for ssl and www redirect

Replace "domain.com" with your domain. This example uses www as the end point, if you prefer non-www just change the two domain variations around in the first if statement. if ($host = "domain.com") { return 301 $scheme://www.domain.com$request_uri;

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PDF From Adobe Illustrator not showing a mask transparency right on macOS Preview or Windows? Here is the fix

PDF From Adobe Illustrator not showing a mask transparency right on macOS Preview or Windows? Here is the fix

So you sent a small preview PDF to the client, it looks great. Then you export the Press Quality version and it looks different, why? Let's dig in.

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Improving MODX Page Speed for Google

Improving MODX Page Speed for Google

Your website speed is impacting your bottom line , here are a few ways to improve it through browser caching, asynchronous loading of resources and other tips and tricks.

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The Status of Liquid Web Cloud Sites  Formerly of Rackspace in 2018

The Status of Liquid Web Cloud Sites Formerly of Rackspace in 2018

We've been a cloudsites customer since our inception, it's had ups and downs, here is what we think about it now.

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OG Image Branding with phpThumb and MODX

OG Image Branding with phpThumb and MODX

Some of our clients have wanted to make sure their logo and branding appear in facebook, twitter, or messaging apps when shared. We came up with a clever solution.

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Photography for the web

Photography for the web

Did someone send you this link? First: Know that it is meant only as a guide. It's not that you can't shoot great photos, this is just to help you capture the best photography possible to be used in marketing. Photos M

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Foundation Text Expander Snippets

We've been long time users of Foundation by the amazing folks at Zurb, but when working in a variety of applications we find ourselves typing the same code. This Foundation Text Expander snippet should help.

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Caller –

Caller – "Hi I'd like to help you update your Google listing"

Heard this before? Yeah me too. at least once a month a nice friendly voice claiming to be from Google calls me wanting help me update my Google listing.

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MODx Plugin for Resource Redirecting

We had a client want to have two methods of accessing a page. The normal long URL was fine, but they also wanted a very short one to use over the phone or in text.

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getContext Snippet for MODx Multilingual Site

We've been doing more multiligual sites, and we needed a quick way to output the context (language) we're currently in.

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