13 Aug 2014
Guides
Building Breadcrumbs That Preserve Hierarchy Without Nested URLs
How to keep logical page hierarchy visible in breadcrumbs and menus even when the project does not use nested URLs in the address bar.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
13 Aug 2014
Guides
Bulk Assigning TV Values Across Many Resources More Efficiently
How to handle large-scale TV assignments when MetaQuickEdit is not enough and editors need a faster way to apply values across many documents.
13 Aug 2014
Best Practices
Restoring the Blank Resource Editor in Evolution CMS
What to check when documents open to a blank editing pane while chunks, snippets, plugins, and templates still edit normally.
13 Aug 2014
Best Practices
Providing Placeholder Images for Products Without Uploaded Photos
A practical way to keep catalog pages visually consistent by showing fallback image previews when many products have no uploaded photos yet.
13 Aug 2014
Guides
Preserving Entered Values After eForm Validation Errors
How to keep user-entered field values visible after an eForm validation failure instead of forcing people to retype the entire form.
12 Aug 2014
Best Practices
Fixing Easy2Gallery Installation SQL Errors on Older MySQL Hosts
How to diagnose Easy2Gallery installation failures when older MySQL servers reject table creation syntax such as ENGINE clauses.
10 Aug 2014
Guides
Running Multiple Subdomain Sites from One Evolution CMS Installation
A practical outline for managing several same-design subdomain sites from one Evolution CMS backend without losing control of files or content boundaries.
08 Aug 2014
Best Practices
Recognizing Shared Attack Vectors on Hacked Evolution CMS Sites
How to reason about two hacked Evolution CMS sites by comparing their shared extras, legacy version history, and file-upload surface.
08 Aug 2014
Best Practices
Investigating Suspicious Files in manager/media/browser/mcpuk/
A practical security response for Evolution CMS sites where a random PHP file appears inside the old mcpuk file-browser directory.
08 Aug 2014
Best Practices
Fixing Quip Threaded Comment Errors and Prerender Notices
What to check when threaded comments suddenly start throwing parser notices, undefined indexes, or invalid makeUrl errors.
07 Aug 2014
Guides
Localizing eForm Validation Messages for Spanish-Speaking Sites
How to replace default validation text in eForm so editors and visitors see consistent Spanish-language error messages instead of the stock output.
06 Aug 2014
Ecosystem
Using Different SMTP Servers for Different FormIt Forms
A clean pattern for switching SMTP hosts and credentials per form when one project must deliver different classes of email through different providers.
06 Aug 2014
Guides
Designing Separate Performer and Moderator Account Areas in Evolution CMS
A practical way to structure personal account areas for moderators and performers without turning the project into an unmaintainable role maze.
06 Aug 2014
Best Practices
Fixing getResourcesTag Output After an Update
How to restore tag-based getResourcesTag listings when an update changes placeholder handling or tag output stops rendering.
05 Aug 2014
Best Practices
Why Newly Created Resources Can Return 404 Until the Environment Catches Up
How to troubleshoot new Evolution CMS resources that seem to save correctly but still return 404 errors on the frontend for a while.
05 Aug 2014
Guides
Building Alphabetical A–Z Document Listings in Evolution CMS
How to organize document output alphabetically when a site needs an A–Z-style listing instead of simple date-based or menuindex-based ordering.
04 Aug 2014
Guides
Using customRoute with DocLister in Evolution CMS
How to think through customRoute-style URL handling when DocLister output needs custom route logic beyond the default Evo path rules.
03 Aug 2014
Guides
Using a Custom Template with JotX Output
How to point JotX to a custom frontend template so the comments block fits the project layout instead of relying on stock markup.
03 Aug 2014
Guides
Checking Whether Specific TV Fields Are Empty Before Output
How to test TV values safely in Evolution CMS before rendering dependent markup, especially when not every resource fills the same fields.
01 Aug 2014
Guides
Displaying an Admin Name in Jot Comment Output
How to customize Jot output so manager-written or site-admin comments display a more useful author label than the default raw value.