19 Sep 2013
Guides
Building an Appointment Request Form in Evolution CMS with eForm
A practical checklist for appointment-style forms where validation, message delivery, and repeat submissions all need to work cleanly.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
19 Sep 2013
Guides
Allowing WebLoginPE Users to Sign In with Email Instead of Username
A practical note on email-based login flows in WebLoginPE and what needs to change when users no longer remember their usernames.
19 Sep 2013
Guides
Counting Resource Views in Evolution CMS with a Reusable `countViews` Pattern
How to think about a simple view counter in Evolution CMS and why zero values often point to update logic rather than rendering logic.
18 Sep 2013
Guides
Fixing Missing MultiTV Image Previews in the Manager
What to check when MultiTV stores the data correctly but image previews do not appear in the manager interface.
18 Sep 2013
Best Practices
A “Mythical” Vulnerability and Why Staying Updated Still Matters
A historical note on the old connector-related security discussion and a practical reminder that uncertain reports are still a reason to update carefully and promptly.
17 Sep 2013
Best Practices
Speeding Up or Replacing `getImageList` for MIGX Workloads
Why image-heavy MIGX setups can feel slow with getImageList and when it makes sense to rethink the rendering strategy.
17 Sep 2013
Best Practices
Troubleshooting TinyMCE After Updating an Evolution Build
What to check when TinyMCE stops working immediately after a build update even though the rest of the manager still loads.
17 Sep 2013
Guides
Handling Pagination and Single-Image Output in EvoGallery
How to think about EvoGallery when the same dataset must support paginated listing output and a separate single-image view.
17 Sep 2013
Best Practices
Understanding Link Format Rules in Evolution CMS
A short practical note on link_tag_scheme, slashes, and why generated URLs may look different from expected section paths.
16 Sep 2013
Best Practices
What to Check When the Evolution Cache Directory Fills with Thousands of Files
How to investigate oversized cache directories and decide whether the problem is normal cache churn or a misconfigured cache strategy.
15 Sep 2013
Guides
Using the `if` Snippet for Multiple Specific Resource IDs
How to handle a small set of specific resource IDs in Evolution templates without writing unreadable chains of conditions.
14 Sep 2013
Ecosystem
Updating Evolution Through the Extras-Evolution Repository
An old ecosystem note about updating Evolution from the Extras-Evolution repository and why teams still needed to treat repository-based upgrades carefully.
13 Sep 2013
Guides
Why WebLoginPE Registration Can Fail Even When the Form Looks Correct
A practical checklist for WebLoginPE registration failures, especially when instant registration is enabled and the form submits but the user is not created.
13 Sep 2013
Guides
Making FormIt `isDate` Work with Russian Month and Weekday Names
Why localized date strings can fail FormIt validation and how to normalize the date format before running isDate checks.
13 Sep 2013
Best Practices
Why the Manager Logs Out When an Admin Opens the Public Site
A troubleshooting note for the annoying case where visiting the public site destroys the current manager session.
13 Sep 2013
Guides
Reloading an eForm After Successful Submission
How to keep an eForm visible and ready for another submission instead of replacing it permanently with a success message.
12 Sep 2013
Guides
Building Click-to-Open Submenus with Wayfinder
How to handle a navigation pattern where a top-level item opens its submenu on click instead of behaving like a simple direct link.
12 Sep 2013
Best Practices
Fixing AjaxSearch When One-Letter Words Stop Returning Results
Why AjaxSearch can miss short prepositions and other one-letter terms, especially after minChars changes, and how to tune it more carefully.
11 Sep 2013
Guides
Replacing DropDown TV IDs with Human-Friendly Labels in Templates
How to avoid raw dropdown TV values in output by mapping them to chunks or labels before rendering the final template.
11 Sep 2013
Guides
Implementing Site Search Through Ditto Output: What Actually Works
Why searching “through Ditto” is really a content-model problem, and how to structure search when Ditto drives most of the visible site output.