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.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
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.
03 Jun 2014
Guides
Formatting Product Prices with Thousands Separators in Evolution CMS
A simple helper pattern for displaying large prices with readable thousands separators in Evolution CMS templates.
02 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Fixing “No multiTV Definitions Set” After Installing MultiTV on an Evolution Build
What to check when MultiTV is installed but the manager reports that no definitions are available for the configured input.
02 Jun 2014
Guides
Why One eForm Instance Can Fail While Several Others Still Work
How to debug a single broken eForm when other forms on the same site continue to submit correctly.
02 Jun 2014
Guides
Understanding How autoFilter Builds Select Inputs from TV Definitions
How autoFilter generates select controls from TVs and why a newly added TV may not appear until its filter mapping is set up correctly.
01 Jun 2014
Best Practices
Diagnosing Slow Page Loads on Large Evolution CMS Sites with Ditto and YAMS
How to reason about performance when a large multilingual Evolution CMS site becomes slow under heavy Ditto usage.
01 Jun 2014
Guides
Adding Product Ratings to JotX-Based Reviews
How to extend a JotX review flow so product comments also capture a rating and feed into an aggregate product score.
31 May 2014
Guides
Keeping the Shopkeeper Cart Visible Even When It Is Empty
How to keep the cart block visible at all times instead of hiding it until products are added.
30 May 2014
Best Practices
Working Productively with Very Large Document Trees in Evolution CMS
Practical strategies for keeping large Evolution CMS sites manageable when the resource tree becomes overwhelming.