23 Apr 2014
Guides
Creating Resources from eForm Submissions for Logged-In Users Only
How to combine eForm and docBuilder-style resource creation while restricting submission to authenticated web users.
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Blog
Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
22 Apr 2014
Guides
Sending Multiple File Attachments from a Form Workflow
How to think about multi-file email submissions when a form needs to send more than one uploaded file reliably.
22 Apr 2014
Guides
Choosing a Default YAMS Language from Visitor Geolocation
A practical approach for selecting the initial YAMS language based on visitor geography without overcomplicating the whole multilingual setup.
21 Apr 2014
Ecosystem
Extending the aDate Snippet for More Flexible Date Output
How the aDate snippet evolved to support richer date formatting patterns in Evolution CMS output templates.
21 Apr 2014
Ecosystem
shopModx1C: Early Integration Patterns Between shopModx and 1C
An early look at integrating shopModx with 1C for large product imports and future two-way synchronization.
18 Apr 2014
Best Practices
Disabling Automatic Image Resize on Upload in Older Evolution CMS Builds
How to stop automatic image resizing during file manager uploads when upgrading the whole CMS is not an option.
17 Apr 2014
Best Practices
Diagnosing Slow Page Loads When Database Time Looks Fine
How to investigate slow site performance when database time is low but total page generation time is still unacceptably high.
17 Apr 2014
Guides
Sorting getResources by Two TV Fields in a Predictable Order
How to think about multi-level sorting when a listing needs to order results by one TV and then by another.
17 Apr 2014
Guides
Debugging Shopkeeper Order Submission When eForm Mail Hooks Cause a White Screen
What to check when Shopkeeper order email hooks break the request and the checkout form ends on a blank page.
15 Apr 2014
Guides
Filtering Wayfinder Output with a Custom Condition Instead of Guessing at `&where`
How to handle menu filtering in Wayfinder when a simple JSON-style where condition does not behave as expected.
14 Apr 2014
Guides
Getting the Number of EvoGallery Images for Each Resource in DocLister
A practical approach for showing per-resource EvoGallery image counts inside a DocLister listing.
14 Apr 2014
Guides
Using the Evolution API in a PHP AJAX Endpoint That Returns JSON
How to bootstrap the Evolution API in a standalone PHP endpoint and return structured JSON to jQuery or another frontend consumer.
13 Apr 2014
Best Practices
Fixing txNewsletters Encoding and Mail Delivery Problems on cp1251 Sites
What to check when txNewsletters works structurally but breaks on character encoding or refuses to deliver mail reliably.
13 Apr 2014
Guides
Fixing KCFinder When Uploads and Existing Files Stop Appearing
How to debug KCFinder when it can neither upload new files nor display files that already exist on disk.
10 Apr 2014
Best Practices
How to Verify That Caching Is Actually Working in Evolution CMS
A practical checklist for confirming whether cached snippets and cached page output are really being served in Evolution CMS.
10 Apr 2014
Best Practices
Speeding Up AjaxSearch on Large YAMS Sites with TV-Based Content
How to reduce AjaxSearch response time when a multilingual Evolution CMS site stores most searchable text in TVs.
09 Apr 2014
Guides
Customizing EvoGallery Output for Lightbox-Friendly Markup
How to add the classes and attributes your frontend lightbox expects when rendering galleries with EvoGallery.
07 Apr 2014
Guides
Applying Watermarks to MultiPhotos Galleries in Evolution CMS
Practical options for watermarking images in MultiPhotos when a drop-in plugin does not work as expected.
07 Apr 2014
Best Practices
Fixing Blank Pages After Scheduled Unpublish Events with Cache Enabled
Why scheduled resource state changes can leave stale empty pages in cache and how to handle the cache layer correctly.
06 Apr 2014
Guides
Keeping eForm AJAX Results Inside a Modal Window
How to submit an eForm form from a modal and render the validation or thank-you response back into that same modal.