11 Jul 2014
Ecosystem
evoSearch: Morphology-Aware Search for Evolution CMS
Why evoSearch mattered as a smarter search layer for Evolution CMS sites that needed morphology, relevance, and better result quality than a basic search box.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
11 Jul 2014
Guides
Showing Multiple Resource Markers on a Yandex Map with ddYMap
How to render several Evolution CMS resources as Yandex map markers using ddYMap and a Ditto-powered marker list.
10 Jul 2014
Ecosystem
MorePhoto: A Practical Multi-Image TV Pattern for Evolution CMS
Why MorePhoto-style multi-image TVs mattered for Evolution CMS projects that needed several images per resource without building a custom gallery system from scratch.
10 Jul 2014
Best Practices
Why AjaxSearch Highlighting Can Break Result Excerpts
How to troubleshoot AjaxSearch result excerpts when highlighting logic wraps matches incorrectly and damages the visible snippet output.
09 Jul 2014
Guides
Preprocessing TV Values Before Saving a Resource
How to modify or normalize TV values before an Evolution CMS resource is saved, instead of cleaning them up later in templates.
08 Jul 2014
Guides
Translating YAMS URL Rewrite Rules for IIS7
How to adapt a YAMS multilingual URL setup from Apache-style rewrite rules to IIS7 URL Rewrite without breaking context prefixes such as /en and /ru.
07 Jul 2014
Ecosystem
templatesEdit: A Better Manager View for Editing Document Layouts
Why the templatesEdit module mattered for Evolution CMS teams that wanted a more usable manager editing experience for document layout and presentation fields.
07 Jul 2014
Guides
Using catalogFill to Update Existing Products Instead of Duplicating Them
How to configure catalogFill imports so existing Evolution CMS products are matched and updated correctly instead of being recreated on every run.
03 Jul 2014
Guides
Exporting Products to XML from Evolution CMS
How to think through XML product exports in Evolution CMS so the data structure, field mapping, and downstream consumer format all stay under control.
03 Jul 2014
Guides
Sorting pdoResources by Integer TV Values Correctly
How to avoid wrong sort order in pdoResources when numeric TV values are being sorted as plain strings instead of integers.
02 Jul 2014
Best Practices
Why Simple IP Geolocation Scripts Return Empty City Data
How to debug IP-based geolocation in Evolution CMS when the external service responds but the expected city field is still empty.
02 Jul 2014
Best Practices
Troubleshooting directResize in Older Evolution CMS Builds
How to reason about directResize failures in older Evolution CMS installations when uploaded image handling no longer produces the expected resized output.
02 Jul 2014
Guides
Making ajaxSubmit and eForm Work Together Reliably
How to combine ajaxSubmit and eForm in Evolution CMS so that validation, resubmission, and success states still behave predictably.
01 Jul 2014
Guides
Getting a Full List of Users Programmatically in Evolution CMS
How to fetch all users programmatically in an Evolution CMS project when you need to process user data in PHP instead of through the manager UI.
29 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Fixing index-ajax.php 404 Errors in Evolution CMS AJAX Flows
How to troubleshoot AJAX requests that target index-ajax.php and fail with 404 errors even though the frontend page itself still loads normally.
29 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Blocking Direct Access to Selected Resources with a Plugin
How to prevent direct access to chosen Evolution CMS resources unless a required condition or request flag is present.
29 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Adding Organization Microdata to an Evolution CMS Site
How to add schema.org Organization microdata to an Evolution CMS template without turning the markup into an unreadable SEO patchwork.
26 Jun 2014
Guides
Using the IF Snippet Safely When Zero Is a Valid Value
How to write Evolution CMS IF conditions correctly when the compared value can legitimately be zero and should not be treated as empty or false.
24 Jun 2014
Guides
Breaking a Ditto News Feed to Insert a Banner or Promo Block
How to split a Ditto news stream at a chosen position so a banner or promotional block can be inserted without rewriting the whole listing.
24 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Cleaning HTML Out of catalogFill Exports Without Leaving Garbage Behind
How to remove HTML from catalogFill export values without keeping behind non-breaking spaces and other formatting debris.