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I am a part time web developer and full time web enthusiast who is very committed to open source technologies and promoting their potential for use across the web. Some of the technologies that I am involved in are MODx CMS and Drupal. I am also a fan of Wordpress, SMF, phpBB, and any and all open source endeavors. I enjoy learning new things and teaching people what I know in ways that are simple (I hope) to understand. You can find me on the HostColor forums (username is mary), at my blog (http://codingpad.maryspad.com) or follow me on twitter (@einsteinsboi).

In the last post on Mary’s Column, we talked a bit about the Simple Machines Forum and it’s potential use in creating a user community or forum. We talked about features, advantages, requirements, etc. In today’s article, we’re going to start creating a forum using SMF on a Host Color hosting account. I am going [...]

So far on Mary’s Corner we’ve started looking at how to build a website on your Host Color account, and we’ve specifically looked at how to do this using the MODx CMS. However, what if  instead of building a content based website you want to build a user forum for people to gather and discuss [...]

In the last several posts on Mary’s Column, we started looking at the MODx CMS.  We have installed MODx Evolution 1.0.2 on our HostColor account and explored the backend manager.  In this post, we’re going to go through how to create and manage pages, also known as “resources” on our MODx website.
To start off, as [...]

In the last post in this column we walked talked about how to install MODx on your HostColor account.   Before we can actually start building our website, it’s important to have a good understanding of the MODx backend manager area as this is where you, as the site developer, will spend most of your time [...]

In the previous article on this column, I introduced you to the MODx CMS and it’s benefits.  In this tutorial, we are going to walk through the process of installing the MODx CMS on your Host Color web hosting account. I am going to assume that you already have your hosting account set up and [...]

In the last post where I introduced this column, I mentioned that I was going to focus on content management systems and how to get started using them to build and maintain websites. In today’s post, I am going to start talking about one of my favorite content management systems - MODx CMS. Host Color [...]

Welcome to Mary’s Corner, a new column on the Host Color blog that is intended to be both informative and educative, and to help you make the best use of your Host Color hosting account and to exploit all the features available to you when building your websites and creating your online presence.
There are many [...]