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.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
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.
03 Nov 2014
Guides
Saving Yandex Geocoder Coordinates into a TV in Evolution CMS
A reusable pattern for turning an address into Yandex coordinates and saving the result into a template variable.
01 Nov 2014
Ecosystem
templatesEdit2: A Safer Successor to templatesEdit for Evolution CMS
Why templatesEdit2 appeared, what it improved over templatesEdit, and why it mattered for real Evolution CMS workflows.
29 Oct 2014
Best Practices
Eliminating Duplicate `index.php?q=` URLs in Evolution CMS
How to remove duplicate friendly and index.php?q URL variants in Evolution CMS and keep one canonical address.
27 Oct 2014
Best Practices
Fixing DocLister White Screens After Saving a Resource
How to troubleshoot the blank central pane that can appear after installing DocLister on certain Evolution builds and saving a resource.
26 Oct 2014
Ecosystem
Testing the MySQLi Extender Path for Evolution CMS
Why the MySQLi extender mattered as a practical maintenance step, and what teams needed to patch when moving away from older mysql functions.
20 Oct 2014
Guides
Keeping Ditto Summary Output Clean When News Starts with Images or Heavy HTML
How to make Ditto summaries behave when introtext begins with images or contains markup that should not leak into listing excerpts.
19 Oct 2014
Best Practices
Fixing Empty Frontend Pages After Updating to Evolution 1.0.14-d6.16
What to check when an update appears successful but the site begins returning blank pages while the offline message still renders correctly.
18 Oct 2014
Best Practices
Planning Evolution CMS Catalogs for 10,000–20,000 Products
How to think about large-product-count architecture in Evolution CMS before the catalog outgrows ad hoc TVs, snippets, and one-server assumptions.