16 Jun 2014
Guides
Running City Subdomains from One Evolution CMS Structure
How to map subdomains such as city.example.com to top-level Evolution CMS resources while keeping shared page paths, robots files, and routing under control.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
14 Jun 2014
Guides
Building a Price Range Filter for Ditto with andFilter
How to implement an “from-to” price filter for Ditto output when product prices are stored in TV fields and need range-based selection.
14 Jun 2014
Guides
Choosing the Right Catalog Structure in Evolution CMS
How to think through catalog architecture in Evolution CMS when products arrive from spreadsheets and the site must stay maintainable for editors and frontend developers.
13 Jun 2014
Guides
Splitting Ditto News Output into Three Columns
How to break a Ditto listing into three frontend columns without losing control of markup, iteration count, or template readability.
11 Jun 2014
Guides
Filtering getResources and pdoResources by Tag-Like TV Values
How to filter Evolution CMS resource listings by a TV that stores comma-separated tag-style values, and what to watch for when using LIKE-based matching.
11 Jun 2014
Guides
Using the IF Snippet When Output Contains a Colon
How to write IF snippet conditions safely when the output text itself contains a colon and should not be parsed as part of the condition expression.
10 Jun 2014
Guides
Using Snippet Output as a TV Parameter in Evolution CMS
How to feed the result of a snippet into a TV or listing parameter when a plain stored value is not enough for the final frontend output.
10 Jun 2014
Guides
Using @SELECT TVs While Keeping Empty Values at the Top
How to prepend an empty option to an @SELECT TV binding without losing sorted output from the actual query results.
10 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Working with 10,000+ Documents in the Evolution CMS Tree
How to keep large Evolution CMS projects manageable when the resource tree grows past ten thousand documents and tree generation starts hurting performance.
09 Jun 2014
Guides
Building Category Select Filters with autoFilter
How to output category options in an autoFilter select, submit them cleanly, and feed the resulting resource IDs into a Ditto listing.
09 Jun 2014
Guides
Auto-Filling TV Values from Parent or Page Context in Evolution CMS
How to populate a TV automatically from the current page title, parent resource, or other surrounding context instead of asking editors to type the same value repeatedly.
09 Jun 2014
Guides
Debugging Shopkeeper Orders That Never Reach the Mailer
A practical checklist for Shopkeeper and eForm setups where the cart works but the final order data never arrives by email.
08 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Reducing Page Generation Time in Large Evolution CMS Projects
How to reason about slow page generation in large Evolution CMS installs when API calls, TVs, menus, and repeated snippet queries all add up.
06 Jun 2014
Guides
Uploading Images Through eForm in Evolution CMS
A practical way to accept image uploads in eForm, move the file to a permanent location, and create a new Evolution CMS resource from the submitted data.
06 Jun 2014
Guides
Handling Babel and phpThumbOf Across Language Contexts
How to keep image TVs, Babel-linked resources, and phpThumbOf output working correctly when one Evolution CMS site serves multiple language contexts.
05 Jun 2014
Guides
Generating a PDF from eForm Submission Data Before Sending Email
How to turn eForm field values into a styled PDF attachment and include it in the outgoing mail flow.
05 Jun 2014
Guides
Sorting Ditto Results with AJAX After autoFilter Selection
How to add AJAX-driven sorting on top of an already filtered Ditto result set without rebuilding the whole page experience.
04 Jun 2014
Guides
Applying Markups and Rounding Rules to Shopkeeper Prices Automatically
How to update Shopkeeper prices with markup rules and rounded output without editing every product manually.
04 Jun 2014
Guides
Adding Price Sorting to autoFilter Product Listings
How to combine autoFilter with explicit price sorting controls without breaking the current filter state.
03 Jun 2014
Guides
Building a Product Rating Layer on Top of JotX Reviews
How to extend JotX so customer reviews can also provide structured product ratings.