28 Aug 2013
Ecosystem
Extras.Evolution 0.1.1: A Planned Repository Update
What changed in the 0.1.1 update of the early Evolution repository and why those changes mattered for package distribution and store reliability.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
28 Aug 2013
Guides
Keeping YAMS, Shopkeeper, and eForm Working Together on Checkout Pages
How to think through multilingual checkout pages when cart logic, form handling, and language switching all meet in one place.
28 Aug 2013
Guides
Creating a Dedicated Logout Button with WebLogin
How to make logout a clear standalone action instead of hiding it behind a mixed login form flow.
27 Aug 2013
Best Practices
Fixing YAMS Tabbed Language Fields That Stop Behaving Correctly
Why YAMS language fields can ignore the expected tabbed layout in resource forms and what to verify in the build and configuration first.
26 Aug 2013
Guides
Building Search Across Multiple TV Fields
A practical starting point for creating a search form that matches values stored in several TVs instead of only the main resource fields.
26 Aug 2013
Guides
Checking Whether Specific multiTV Fields Are Empty
How to test one field inside a multiTV row before rendering related markup in a Ditto-based listing.
26 Aug 2013
Best Practices
Clearing Stale KCFinder Thumbnails After Replacing an Image
How to deal with the case where KCFinder still shows the old preview even after the original image was deleted and uploaded again with the same filename.
26 Aug 2013
Best Practices
Why PHx Can Make an Evolution CMS Page Feel Slow
What to check when page render time jumps sharply after adding PHx, even though it seems to be used only for simple empty-value checks.
25 Aug 2013
Guides
Hiding Selected Folders in the File Manager
How to keep sensitive or noisy folders out of the manager file browser so editors see only the directories they are supposed to use.
25 Aug 2013
Guides
Reading a Resource Alias Inside Custom PHP Logic
How to fetch a resource alias safely from the Evolution CMS database or API when a custom PHP form needs to work with canonical document paths.
25 Aug 2013
Guides
Showing Newly Created Documents Immediately in Frontend Lists
Why a document created from a form may exist in the manager but still stay invisible on the site until one more save cycle happens.
25 Aug 2013
Ecosystem
XForum: A Forum Engine Built on Evolution CMS Documents
A look at XForum as an Evolution-native forum concept, where categories, forums, and subforums are modeled directly as CMS resources.
23 Aug 2013
Best Practices
Fixing Intermittent CKFinder “Unknown Protocol” Errors
Why CKFinder can intermittently try to open a <code>kcact:</code> protocol URL and how to track down the manager-side integration bug.
23 Aug 2013
Guides
Using Multiple IF Conditions with ditto_iteration Without Empty Blocks
How to insert layout markup every third Ditto item without creating a broken extra wrapper when the total count divides evenly.
23 Aug 2013
Guides
Combining Friendly URLs with GET-Based Filters
How to keep friendly URLs readable while still passing filter values such as city or category through the request cleanly.
21 Aug 2013
Guides
Excluding the First Image from EvoGallery Thumbnail Output
How to use one EvoGallery image as the main visual while starting the thumbnail strip from the second image onward.
21 Aug 2013
Ecosystem
Planning a Generator for Subsites and Controlled Subdirectories
How to think about mass-generating subdirectories with their own context, permissions, and starter structure instead of cloning sites by hand.
21 Aug 2013
Ecosystem
Using Memcache with Nginx in a MODX/Evolution Stack
What teams hoped to gain from letting the CMS write data into Memcache while Nginx served cached content directly from it.
20 Aug 2013
Videos
A First Look at the MODX Revo 2.3 Manager Redesign
A short video-backed look at the new MODX Revo 2.3 manager design and the UI improvements landing in the develop branch.
20 Aug 2013
Guides
Deleting Resource Images Automatically When Content Is Removed
How to use Evolution CMS events to find deleted resources and clean up related TV images and generated thumbnails.