18 Dec 2013
Guides
Using UltimateParent to Resolve Top-Level Sections in Evolution CMS
A quick guide to using UltimateParent in Evolution CMS when you need the top-level ancestor of the current resource or another document.
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Blog
Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
17 Dec 2013
Guides
Rendering Checkbox TV Values with DocInfo and DocLister
How to turn stored checkbox TV values into readable output in Evolution CMS by combining a helper snippet, DocInfo, and DocLister.
17 Dec 2013
Guides
Creating Checkbox-Based Catalog Filters with tagManager
How to build checkbox-style product filters with tagManager in Evolution CMS and keep the filter URLs and templates predictable.
17 Dec 2013
Guides
Building AJAX Catalog Filters with tagManager and getPage
A practical pattern for building AJAX-driven catalog filters in Evolution CMS with tagManager, custom templates, and getPage pagination.
17 Dec 2013
Best Practices
Fixing YAMS "Too Many Forward Attempts" Errors in Evolution CMS
What usually causes the "Too many forward attempts" error in a YAMS-based Evolution CMS site and how to debug the routing loop safely.
16 Dec 2013
Guides
Managing a Large Shopkeeper Catalog Without Losing Editor Control
How to keep a large Shopkeeper-based catalog manageable in Evolution CMS when you have thousands of products and frequent pricing updates.
15 Dec 2013
Guides
Building Inline Help with jQuery UI Tooltips
A lightweight frontend pattern for inline help icons and hidden helper text using jQuery UI tooltip positioning.
11 Dec 2013
Ecosystem
Building Small Business Sites with MODX Evolution
Why MODX Evolution remained a practical fit for compact brochure-style websites with TVs, PSD-based layouts, and a small content team.
08 Dec 2013
Best Practices
Why AjaxSearch Can Trigger Too Many Redirects
A practical look at AjaxSearch setups that fall into redirect loops, especially when homepage or excluded-document logic is involved.
07 Dec 2013
Best Practices
Fixing eForm onMailSent Callback Errors
How to debug eForm onMailSent hooks when the callback function looks correct but Evolution CMS still reports it as undefined.
06 Dec 2013
Guides
Handling Small Thumbnail Variants in Shopkeeper Product Cards
How to think about Shopkeeper product cards when the small thumbnail version does not behave like the full product image.
05 Dec 2013
Guides
Building Custom AjaxSearch Configurations for Filtered Listings
How to use a custom AjaxSearch configuration file when a project needs several coordinated filters instead of one plain text query.
05 Dec 2013
Guides
Updating TV Values from Shopkeeper During Frontend Events
How an OnSHKFrontendInit plugin can inspect cart data and update related TV values, and why this should be designed carefully.
04 Dec 2013
Guides
Using splitPagination to Reshape Ditto Page Links
How splitPagination can restyle and restructure standard Ditto pagination without rewriting the whole listing layer.
03 Dec 2013
Ecosystem
ElementsInTree: Bringing Content Elements into the Manager Tree
An ecosystem note on ElementsInTree and how manager-side tree events can be used to surface more than plain resources in Evolution CMS.
03 Dec 2013
Ecosystem
Integrating LiqPay Payments into an Evolution CMS Order Flow
A practical note on where LiqPay should connect into an Evolution CMS checkout flow and why order identifiers matter early.
01 Dec 2013
Ecosystem
evoBabel: A Different Multilingual Direction for Evolution CMS
An ecosystem overview of evoBabel as an alternative multilingual approach for Evolution CMS compared with classic YAMS-style setups.
01 Dec 2013
Best Practices
Using word-limit Safely with Ditto introtext Output
What to watch when word-limit or PHx-style truncation is applied to Ditto introtext fields that may already contain formatting.
29 Nov 2013
Best Practices
Fixing eForm Email Headers That Arrive as Base64 Gibberish
How to think about encoded eForm headers when messages arrive with unreadable subject or field labels in some mailbox setups.
28 Nov 2013
Guides
Sending HTML Cart Emails with eForm
How to configure eForm for HTML cart emails and inject item table markup into the final report message cleanly.