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Say hello to Suzanna Margaux McCormick, born October 17th at 6:17pm, 7lbs 5oz, 21in!

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.

The girl is jazz, they say; soft to the touch
of note to ear, unresolving, 
like rooms muted with blue and maroon lights
where one can taste the color
of C minor to f major seven, the gentle drawl
of piano keys painted against a hushed snare.
I smell the smoke in her voice,
see a maduro cigar drawing a line
between index and thumb,
and ride…

Overheard: "The MODx team doesn't care." "There's no support." "They never got back to me!" "My site is failing because of X bug and the developer isn't responding. My client's going to kill me!" "MODx isn't stable." "This product is going to fail."