04 May 2020
Best Practices
Fixing templatealias SQL Errors After Updating from Evolution 1.4.5 to 2.0.2
How to understand and fix templatealias SQL errors after moving from Evolution 1.4.5 to 2.0.2.
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Blog
Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
28 Apr 2020
Guides
Pinning Selected Documents to the Top of a DocLister Listing
How to keep a normal DocLister order but force selected resources to appear at the top of the listing.
24 Apr 2020
Guides
Counting Resources by Multi-Value TV Selections in Evolution CMS
A practical strategy for counting resources that match specific values inside a multi-value TV field.
08 Apr 2020
Best Practices
Choosing a Lightweight Admin Layer for Single-Page Sites
How to think about lightweight admin interfaces for landing pages and when Evolution CMS is or is not the right fit.
06 Apr 2020
Ecosystem
evocms-pwa: A Progressive Web App Starter for Evolution CMS 2.0
An ecosystem post about evocms-pwa as an early Progressive Web App starter direction for Evolution CMS 2.0.
29 Mar 2020
Best Practices
Splitting a Large Sitemap into Multiple XML Files
How to generate a sitemap index and split large XML sitemaps into multiple files in Evolution CMS using a snippet, a route document, and an OnPageNotFound plugin.
22 Mar 2020
Guides
Using DocLister prepare to Build Image Paths from Resource IDs
A practical DocLister pattern for computing per-item image paths inside prepare when files follow an id-based directory layout.
17 Mar 2020
Ecosystem
Evolution CMS 2.0.1 and Shopkeeper 1.3.6: Early Compatibility Notes
Compatibility notes for Evolution CMS 2.0.1 and Shopkeeper 1.3.6 during the early Evo 2 migration period.
13 Mar 2020
Releases
Evolution CMS 2.0.2
Evolution CMS 2.0.2 is a maintenance release focused on compatibility and upgrade safety and theme and interface polish.
13 Mar 2020
Releases
Evolution CMS 1.4.11
Evolution CMS 1.4.11 is a maintenance release focused on manager usability and theme and interface polish.
13 Mar 2020
Ecosystem
Mapping Site Categories to Marketplace Categories in miniShop2 Feeds
How to approach marketplace feed category mapping when your store categories do not match the external taxonomy.
08 Mar 2020
Guides
Getting PageBuilder Block Fields to Appear in Evolution CMS
How to reason about PageBuilder setups where the block tab exists but no editable fields appear in Evolution CMS.
28 Feb 2020
Best Practices
Keeping a Form Visible After Successful Submission in FormLister
Show the success message below a FormLister form without replacing the form itself after submit.
28 Feb 2020
Best Practices
Preserving Checkbox Values in FormLister After Validation Errors
Keep FormLister checkbox selections intact when a form is re-rendered after validation errors.
26 Feb 2020
Guides
Counting Published Child Documents with DocLister in Evolution CMS
How to think about counting published child resources when rendering a section through DocLister.
24 Feb 2020
Guides
Uploading Multiple Images with FormLister During Resource Creation
How to structure multiple image uploads in FormLister when a frontend form needs to create content and keep uploaded files organized.
16 Feb 2020
Ecosystem
Dynamic Filter Configuration in mFilter2 for Auto-Synced Product Options
How to think about dynamic filter generation in mFilter2 when product options are created automatically from external syncs.
13 Feb 2020
Best Practices
Passwordless Login Patterns for Evolution CMS
A best-practices article on passwordless login ideas for Evolution CMS, using existing password-reset style flows as the practical base.
29 Jan 2020
Community
MODX Revolution and Evolution CMS: Two Products, One Philosophy
A community-oriented article about how MODX Revolution and Evolution CMS relate, differ, and still share part of the same philosophy.
27 Dec 2019
Best Practices
When phpThumb and Ad Blockers Break Image Previews
How to diagnose image previews disappearing because phpThumb-generated cache names trigger ad blockers, and what to change in thumbnail generation strategy.