22 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Troubleshooting Evolution CMS Admin Login Failures
A practical checklist for situations where the Evolution CMS manager login suddenly stops working even though the site itself is still online.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
20 Jun 2014
Guides
Fixing Shopkeeper JavaScript Errors Around .shk-item Containers
How to troubleshoot Shopkeeper setups where a JavaScript position error breaks add-to-cart behavior after custom markup changes.
20 Jun 2014
Guides
Restricting Frontend Resources by Web User Group in Evolution CMS
How to protect frontend resources in Evolution CMS by assigning them to web user groups instead of relying only on template logic.
19 Jun 2014
Guides
Using DocLister prepare to Enrich Rows with Data from Another Table
How to use DocLister’s prepare callback to attach related images or derived values from a custom table before the final row template renders.
19 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Fixing “Remember Me” in WebLogin for Evolution CMS
How to troubleshoot WebLogin setups where the remember-me checkbox does not persist sessions as expected across visits.
19 Jun 2014
Guides
Requiring at Least One Contact Field in eForm
How to validate an Evolution CMS eForm so that at least one of several contact fields is filled in, instead of requiring every field separately.
18 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Keeping Special Characters Out of Problematic Evolution CMS URLs
How to avoid URL edge cases caused by unusual characters and third-party link generators when Evolution CMS routes are expected to stay clean and predictable.
18 Jun 2014
Guides
Sending Email Attachments Safely Through MODxMailer
How to attach uploaded files to outgoing messages in Evolution CMS without breaking MODxMailer by passing the wrong value to AddAttachment.
18 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Cleaning Up Messy HTML Before Saving It in Evolution CMS
How to sanitize messy pasted HTML before it reaches your Evolution CMS content fields, and why a real HTML cleaner beats ad hoc regex fixes.
17 Jun 2014
Ecosystem
Alternatives to PickDocsInTree for Modern Evolution CMS Workflows
How to replace or rethink PickDocsInTree-style selection patterns when older TV helpers no longer fit a cleaner Evolution CMS editing workflow.
17 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Why a Catalog Slows Down After 500 Products in Evolution CMS
How to diagnose catalog slowdowns that appear after a few hundred products, especially on Evo setups built around DocLister and TV-heavy product data.
16 Jun 2014
Guides
Applying Watermarks Automatically During Uploads with Watermarker
How to use the Watermarker plugin to add watermarks during file uploads in Evolution CMS instead of post-processing images manually.
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.
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.