26 Mar 2015
Ecosystem
EvoGallery 1.2 Beta on PHP 5.3: Compatibility Lessons for Evolution CMS
What EvoGallery 1.2 Beta revealed about PHP 5.3 compatibility and mixed-version Evolution CMS environments.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
24 Mar 2015
Guides
Configuring CatalogFill Imports for Structured Resource Creation in Evolution CMS
How to map content fields, TVs, and categories in CatalogFill so spreadsheet imports create usable Evolution CMS resources.
23 Mar 2015
Guides
Making FirstChildRedirect Work Cleanly with Breadcrumbs and Wayfinder
How to avoid navigation inconsistencies when FirstChildRedirect is used together with breadcrumb and menu components.
22 Mar 2015
Guides
Understanding `landingPage` Behavior in AjaxSearch for Evolution CMS
How AjaxSearch landingPage changes result behavior and why the same search can act differently depending on the page context.
21 Mar 2015
Best Practices
Planning a Large Subdomain Architecture in Evolution CMS
What to think about before launching dozens of brand subdomains from one Evolution CMS setup, including crawl rules and robots handling.
20 Mar 2015
Guides
Filtering getResources by a TV That Matches the Current Resource in Evolution CMS
How to filter getResources results by a TV value that should match data from the current resource, and why direct placeholder substitution can fail.
19 Mar 2015
Best Practices
Handling Trailing-Slash Variants Correctly on Nginx with Evolution CMS
Why `/catalog` and `/catalog/` can behave differently on Nginx and how to normalize that behavior for Evolution CMS sites.
26 Feb 2015
Best Practices
Choosing Between `[(site_url)]` and a Dynamic siteUrl Snippet in Evolution CMS
Why base href and site_url handling can break on www, non-www, staging, or AJAX-heavy setups if the wrong value is hardcoded.
26 Feb 2015
Guides
Speeding Up AJAX Teacher Filters in Evolution CMS with Cached TV Logic
How to replace slow TV-heavy getResources filtering with a cached custom resource loop for AJAX-driven filters.
21 Feb 2015
Guides
Sorting getResources by an Integer TV Value in Evolution CMS
How to make getResources sort numerically by a TV instead of treating numeric values as plain text.
20 Feb 2015
Guides
Customizing Breadcrumbs for Unpublished or Hidden Resources in Evolution CMS
How to adapt the Breadcrumbs component when unpublished or hidden resources should still affect navigation output.
19 Feb 2015
Ecosystem
TVCurrencyConverter: Auto-Updating Price TVs from Currency TVs in Evolution CMS
An ecosystem note on the TVCurrencyConverter plugin and how it automated price recalculation from currency-based TV values.
18 Feb 2015
Best Practices
Fixing Weird `?alias` URL Variants and 404 Behavior in Evolution CMS
Why a page can resolve as a normal friendly URL but fail through strange query-style variants, and what that says about routing and rewrites.
15 Feb 2015
Best Practices
Recognizing a Base64 + gzinflate Malware File in an Evolution CMS Site
How to recognize a suspicious PHP file hidden in assets and why base64 plus gzinflate is a serious compromise signal.
14 Feb 2015
Guides
Resetting AjaxForm Correctly Inside Bootstrap Modals
How to keep AjaxForm and Bootstrap modals from getting stuck in a stale state after the modal is closed and reopened.
14 Feb 2015
Guides
Adding Better Captcha Protection to eForm in Evolution CMS
How to replace or extend the default eForm captcha flow with stronger image generation or third-party captcha checks.
13 Feb 2015
Best Practices
Fixing “Class browser not found” in the Evolution File Browser
What to check when the Evolution manager file browser crashes with a missing browser class error after a move or update.
13 Feb 2015
Best Practices
Keeping Landing Text Off Paginated getPage Results
A pagination SEO pattern for Evolution CMS where the main intro text stays on page one and does not get duplicated across every getPage result page.
11 Feb 2015
Guides
Outputting TV Values Reliably in getResources Templates
How to make sure TV values really appear inside a getResources template instead of assuming the placeholder names will just work.
11 Feb 2015
Ecosystem
EvoDashboard: Building a More Useful Welcome Screen in Evolution CMS
An ecosystem snapshot of the EvoDashboard plugin and how it made the manager welcome screen more modular and customizable.