09 Feb 2015
Best Practices
Choosing the Right Sender Address for FormIt and AjaxForm in Evolution CMS
Why emailsender is not always the right from-address for public forms and how to configure safer sender details for FormIt and AjaxForm.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
09 Feb 2015
Guides
Updating TV Values Directly Through the Database in Evolution CMS
When a direct database update of a TV value is acceptable, and what you need to remember about cache and consistency afterward.
05 Feb 2015
Guides
Rendering AJAX Product Details from Resource Data in Evolution CMS
How to load a product resource through the Evolution API, normalize its TV values, and render a popup or detail block through AJAX.
05 Feb 2015
Guides
Making FormIt and Shopkeeper Work Together on Checkout Pages
How to keep FormIt and Shopkeeper aligned on a checkout page so validation, hooks, and order submission do not fight each other.
04 Feb 2015
Guides
Using AjaxSnippet with pdoResources in Evolution CMS Workflows
What to watch for when AjaxSnippet is used to refresh pdoResources output and the trigger parameter starts interfering with the request flow.
30 Jan 2015
Best Practices
Improving phpThumb Cache Paths and Remote URL Handling in Evolution CMS
A safer phpThumb pattern for cleaner cache paths, remote images, and more predictable generated filenames in Evolution CMS.
28 Jan 2015
Ecosystem
MODX Evolution Star Rating with jQuery Raty
An ecosystem note on the Star Rating addon branch that switched to jQuery Raty for a cleaner frontend integration.
28 Jan 2015
Guides
Extending SimpleGallery with Upload, Save, Delete, and Refresh Hooks
How to use SimpleGallery events to generate thumbnails, clean up files, and enrich gallery metadata automatically.
15 Jan 2015
Best Practices
Generating sitemap.xml for Large Evolution CMS Sites Without Timing Out
What to do when sitemap generation times out on a large Evolution CMS site with tens of thousands of resources.
15 Jan 2015
Guides
Keeping Active States Correct in Wayfinder Menus with Dropdowns
How to keep top-level and submenu active states consistent in a Wayfinder menu with nested dropdown markup.
08 Jan 2015
Best Practices
Choosing Between Real Cron and AJAX Cron in Evolution CMS
How to decide whether a scheduled task should run through system cron or an AJAX-triggered pseudo-cron approach in Evolution CMS.
05 Jan 2015
Ecosystem
Importing WordPress Content into Evolution CMS with evo-wpImport
Why a dedicated WordPress import helper mattered for Evolution CMS teams moving editorial content from another platform.
04 Jan 2015
Best Practices
Fixing Ditto Date Output That Falls Back to `-1` in Evolution CMS
Why Ditto can output -1 for dates and how to point the listing at the correct date source field.
29 Dec 2014
Best Practices
Avoiding Duplicate `page/1` Pagination URLs in Evolution CMS
Why `page/1` should not coexist with the base listing URL and how to keep paginated archives canonical in Evolution CMS.
29 Dec 2014
Guides
Building a Large Multi-Level Menu with Wayfinder and DocLister
How to combine Wayfinder and DocLister for large multi-level menus, and when DLBuildMenu is the cleaner replacement.
25 Dec 2014
Guides
Switching Shopkeeper Prices by Quantity with `OnSHKcalcTotalPrice`
How to swap between two TV-based prices in Shopkeeper depending on the ordered quantity.
19 Dec 2014
Best Practices
Fixing KCFinder Path and Permission Problems in Evolution CMS
A practical checklist for KCFinder when the file browser stops showing the right assets directory or fails on uploads.
17 Dec 2014
Best Practices
Fixing ajaxSubmit 500 Errors Caused by Missing Zend Files in Evolution CMS
How to diagnose ajaxSubmit 500 errors when the plugin fails because a Zend dependency is missing.
14 Dec 2014
Guides
Showing TV-Based Images in AjaxSearch Results with phpThumb
How to render TV-based images in AjaxSearch result templates and when phpThumb processing needs extra care.
11 Dec 2014
Best Practices
Avoiding Unwanted 404 Responses from `getDocumentObject()` in Evolution CMS
Why getDocumentObject can trigger a 404 flow when the document is missing, and how to guard custom logic against that behavior.