01 Aug 2014
Guides
Showing a Link Only to a Specific User Group in Evolution CMS
How to render frontend links only for certain authorized users by checking group membership instead of relying on visible-but-unsafe UI tricks.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
31 Jul 2014
Guides
Uploading Multiple Files with eForm in Evolution CMS
How to handle several uploaded files in one Evolution CMS eForm submission without breaking validation or PHP upload processing.
31 Jul 2014
Ecosystem
Faster Evolution CMS Updates and Better New-Version Notifications
A historical ecosystem note on making Evolution CMS updates easier to discover and apply through a more package-oriented update flow.
31 Jul 2014
Best Practices
Fixing ajaxSubmit and eForm 500 Errors in Evolution CMS
How to troubleshoot AJAX form submissions that trigger a 500 error when ajaxSubmit and eForm are combined in an Evolution CMS project.
31 Jul 2014
Guides
Getting a Resource Title and TV Value by Document ID
How to fetch another document’s title or TV value in Evolution CMS when you only have the resource ID available in the current template logic.
30 Jul 2014
Ecosystem
Rethinking menuindex Increments for Large Evolution CMS Trees
Why larger menuindex steps such as +5 or +10 can make manager reordering easier on large Evolution CMS trees.
29 Jul 2014
Best Practices
Fixing Errors After Restoring a Database Backup
How to approach Evolution CMS errors that appear only after a database restore, especially when the manager starts failing but the root cause is a mismatch in environment assumptions.
29 Jul 2014
Best Practices
Running MultiTV on cp1251 Sites Without Breaking Output
How to reason about MultiTV behavior on older cp1251 Evolution CMS sites and why encoding assumptions often cause the visible breakage.
29 Jul 2014
Guides
Why MODX API Mode Can Still Leave You with an Empty Config Array
How to troubleshoot API bootstrap scripts when MODX_API_MODE is enabled but the expected Evolution CMS config values still do not appear.
29 Jul 2014
Ecosystem
bDebug: A Lightweight Debugging Tool for Evolution CMS Projects
Why bDebug mattered as a lightweight debugging aid for Evolution CMS teams who wanted quick visibility into arrays, session data, and query behavior.
29 Jul 2014
Guides
Changing Link Text Based on the Current Parent Section
How to vary link text or UI labels depending on the current parent section by using UltimateParent-style logic in Evolution CMS.
25 Jul 2014
Guides
Making TinyMCE Output Styles Instead of Deprecated Tags
How to configure TinyMCE so formatting actions generate style-based markup instead of older presentational tags where possible.
24 Jul 2014
Guides
Customizing Ditto Pagination Markup for Carousel-Style Navigation
How to adapt Ditto pagination templates when the listing is rendered inside a carousel or slider-style wrapper instead of a plain text pager.
23 Jul 2014
Best Practices
When the description Field Length Becomes a Real Limitation
How to think through description-length limits in Evolution CMS when the built-in field stops fitting the real SEO or editorial use case.
23 Jul 2014
Best Practices
Understanding TV Value Size Limits in Evolution CMS
How to reason about large Template Variable payloads in Evolution CMS and what to change when stored values approach database field-size limits.
21 Jul 2014
Ecosystem
Choosing an E-commerce Module for MODX Evolution
How to think through the choice of e-commerce tooling for MODX Evolution when integration needs, 1C sync, and catalog scale all affect the right answer.
21 Jul 2014
Guides
Choosing the Right Sender Address in eForm
How to avoid mail-delivery problems in Evolution CMS eForm setups by separating the visible sender identity from the real SMTP-safe sender address.
20 Jul 2014
Guides
Using selfLink to Build Previous and Next Document Navigation
How to use selfLink-style navigation logic to link neighboring documents without losing control over what counts as the previous or next item.
18 Jul 2014
Guides
Marking Current and Parent Links as Active in Ditto and Wayfinder Menus
How to assign active classes to current and parent items in Evolution CMS menus built with Ditto or Wayfinder.
17 Jul 2014
Ecosystem
eFilter and the Shift Toward Automatic TV-Based Filtering
Why eFilter mattered as an Evolution CMS approach to automatic filtering over TV-driven product data and richer catalog parameters.