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Recently I read this article on how to create custom "meta boxes", or places to input custom data, on your posts in WordPress. It's a pretty long process, with lots of steps, custom PHP code, and more.

So, I figured, why not show how to do that in MODX? In fact, why not show how much less work it takes? Or how it takes exactly 0 lines of PHP code? And how it's already in the core of MODX, and much more seamlessly done? And do it in less than 1 minute?

Sure, why not? Sounds fun!

Okay, so it's been a bit quiet at MODX since the new modx.com site launch. We've been busy. Very busy. Personally, I've been working on a complete rewrite of the Extras section for MODX. Read on for a sneak peek.

Often times you'll need to send an email in a CMS in something you're building, or a contact form, or whatever. Often times you just want to send emails via a script, but have to deal with PHP's messy mail() function, as well as other factors. No longer. Sending mail in in MODx Revolution is a cinch. Just use the modMail class.

At the middle of my footer on this site, you've probably seen the list of tags. These are dynamically loaded by the tags I put in each blog post. How'd I do that? Pretty simple, actually - using the new snippet called "tagLister".

So you want to add a Twitter feed to your site, similar to how I did it on the right-hand navigation of this site? It's actually quite simple in MODx Revolution.

A few people have asked how I did the reCaptcha support in my comments section of the site. It was actually pretty simple, and didn't require any coding at all. Thanks Quip.

Well, MODxpo 2010 was a huge success. I'll have more on it later, but for those interested, below the jump are my slides for the 2 presentations I did on Revolution.

So, you might ask, how did I do the tagging in this blog? In this post, I'll show some of the snippets and code that got the sleek tagging on splittingred.com.

You might ask how I did the archives section on the right when you're viewing a blog post. It was pretty simple, actually, and just required a little bit of a smart Resource structure and a Wayfinder call.