10 Dec 2014
Guides
Preselecting the Resource Template on New Document Creation in Evolution CMS
How to prefill the template field when opening the new document form in Evolution CMS.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
06 Dec 2014
Best Practices
Fixing “Maximum Function Nesting Level Reached” in Evolution CMS Cache Sync
Why Evolution CMS can hit a maximum function nesting error during cache sync and what that usually means in local development.
05 Dec 2014
Guides
Filtering Ditto Listings with AJAX Category Selection in Evolution CMS
How to reload Ditto results through AJAX when the visitor changes a category selector, and what to watch for with pagination.
03 Dec 2014
Guides
Using Language-Specific TV Names in Multilingual Evolution CMS Projects
A practical approach to multilingual TV values using suffixed field names such as tvname_ru and tvname_en.
30 Nov 2014
Guides
Working with `documentObject` and TV Output Through the Evolution CMS API
A practical guide to reading core document fields and TV values through the Evolution API without losing track of where the data lives.
28 Nov 2014
Best Practices
Preventing evoSearch Memory Exhaustion on Large Evolution CMS Sites
Why evoSearch can exhaust memory on large sites and what to review before search traffic turns into a stability problem.
24 Nov 2014
Guides
Handling Multiple File Uploads in eForm for Evolution CMS
What to change when a single-file eForm workflow needs to accept several uploaded files in one submission.
23 Nov 2014
Guides
Querying Resources by TV Value with xPDO in Evolution CMS
How to join modTemplateVarResource and find resources by a specific TV value through an xPDO query.
21 Nov 2014
Best Practices
Fixing 301 Redirects That Append `?q=` in Evolution CMS
Why a manual 301 redirect can unexpectedly append a q parameter in Evolution CMS and how to write the rule safely.
21 Nov 2014
Guides
Validating Uploaded File Size in eForm Before Accepting the File
How to add a custom eForm validation rule that rejects uploaded files once they exceed the allowed size.
20 Nov 2014
Best Practices
Fixing “Could Not Instantiate Mail Function” in Evolution CMS eForm
What to check when eForm throws a “Could not instantiate mail function” error even though the site itself still appears healthy.
20 Nov 2014
Guides
Building Tag Links for `getResourcesTag` in Evolution CMS
A practical pattern for turning TV-based tags into links and using getResourcesTag to render filtered archive pages.
19 Nov 2014
Guides
Using `@SELECT` Dropdowns Inside MultiTV Configs in Evolution CMS
How to populate a MultiTV dropdown from site_content with an @SELECT query and what to watch for when the list does not behave as expected.
18 Nov 2014
Guides
Generating PDF Versions of Evolution CMS Resources with TCPDF
A practical pattern for rendering an Evolution CMS resource as HTML or exporting the same content as a PDF through TCPDF.
14 Nov 2014
Best Practices
Using Last-Modified and 304 Responses in Evolution CMS
How to add Last-Modified headers and conditional 304 responses in Evolution CMS without breaking content freshness.
11 Nov 2014
Ecosystem
Moving Evolution CMS Elements into Files for IDE-Based Editing
Why teams moved templates and other elements into files, and what breaks if include-based workflows are set up carelessly.
11 Nov 2014
Best Practices
Normalizing `.html` and Trailing-Slash URLs in Evolution CMS
How to stop mixed `.html` and trailing-slash URL variants from producing duplicate or broken routes in Evolution CMS.
06 Nov 2014
Releases
MODX Evolution 1.0.15: Security Fixes and Hardened Cookies
Release notes for MODX Evolution 1.0.15, focused on security hardening, cookie protection, and XSS and SQL injection fixes.
06 Nov 2014
Ecosystem
MODxSecure: Hiding the Evolution Manager Login Behind a Secret Parameter
A small security helper that hides the Evolution CMS manager login form unless a secret query parameter is present.
04 Nov 2014
Best Practices
Why phpThumb Cache Image Folders Keep Reappearing in Evolution CMS
What it means when cache image folders keep showing up under assets/cache/images and when that behavior is normal.