25 Jul 2013
Ecosystem
bidCAT Pre-Release: A Faster Catalog Idea for Evolution CMS
An early look at bidCAT as a lightweight catalog concept focused on speed, simpler editing, and lower resource demands.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
25 Jul 2013
Guides
Building Infinite Scroll for Ditto Listings
How to extend a Ditto-based listing with infinite scroll so visitors can load more items without classic pagination clicks.
24 Jul 2013
Best Practices
Fixing “Too Many Forward Attempts” in Evolution CMS
What usually causes the “Too many forward attempts” error and how to trace redirect loops, forward chains, and broken fallback logic.
23 Jul 2013
Best Practices
Using yandex-pinger with Friendly URLs and SEO Strict URLs
How to avoid conflicts when a pinging tool sends ID-based URLs while SEO Strict URLs redirects everything to aliases.
22 Jul 2013
Guides
Showing Only Folder Resources in a Wayfinder Menu
A simple Wayfinder pattern for rendering navigation that includes only container resources and ignores regular documents.
22 Jul 2013
Guides
Troubleshooting YAMS Language Switching and Cache Bleed
What to check when YAMS starts returning the wrong language after repeated switching, even on pages that seem to bypass caching.
22 Jul 2013
Ecosystem
CloudDump 0.1: Sending Evolution CMS Backups to the Cloud
A small utility for creating a local backup, uploading it to cloud storage, and optionally removing the server copy afterward.
21 Jul 2013
Ecosystem
Dev Manager 0.3: Refining the Developer Editing Workflow
The next Dev Manager release focused on cleaner editing, fewer distractions, and a backend experience better suited to active development work.
21 Jul 2013
Guides
Choosing a Practical Multilingual Architecture for Evolution CMS
How to decide between one tree, multiple trees, YAMS-style switching, and other multilingual patterns in Evolution CMS without overcomplicating editor workflows.
18 Jul 2013
Guides
Designing Image Galleries for Multilingual Sites
How to handle gallery captions, localized image descriptions, and output logic when one gallery must work across multiple languages.
18 Jul 2013
Ecosystem
MODX EVO Console: Faster Document Structure Editing
Why the EVO Console idea mattered: it focused on rapid document structure creation and a more efficient manager workflow.
18 Jul 2013
Best Practices
Planning Automatic Cloud Backups for Evolution CMS with Cron
A practical backup strategy for shared-host Evolution CMS projects: make a local dump, run it on cron, and push the archive to cloud storage safely.
16 Jul 2013
Guides
Keeping YAMS Pagination on the Current Language
How to stop Ditto pagination from sending multilingual visitors back to the default language when using YAMS.
15 Jul 2013
Ecosystem
ManagerManager 0.5 and 0.5.1: What Changed for Real Projects
A practical recap of the ManagerManager 0.5 line and why backend workflow refinements mattered on day-to-day Evolution CMS projects.
14 Jul 2013
Guides
Including Resource IDs in AjaxSearch Results
How to make AjaxSearch find documents by both title and numeric ID when content names are too similar to use alone.
14 Jul 2013
Guides
Fixing EvoGallery Image Paths Inside a Shopkeeper Cart
Why product thumbnails can disappear during Shopkeeper cart recalculation and how to keep EvoGallery image paths stable.
14 Jul 2013
Ecosystem
Package Manager Quick Install for Evolution CMS Elements
An early look at faster package-style installation inside Evolution CMS and why a repository-driven workflow made sense even before the modern store era.
13 Jul 2013
Guides
Making Wayfinder Expand the Active Menu Branch
Why an accordion menu can fail to open the current branch when visitors arrive from internal links, and how to make Wayfinder output the right active classes.
12 Jul 2013
Guides
Passing Resource IDs Through a TV into Ditto
How to store a list of resource IDs in a TV and feed that list directly into Ditto for controlled cross-template output.
11 Jul 2013
Guides
Reading TV Values from Another Resource in Evolution CMS
Several reliable ways to pull TV data from a known resource and reuse it in the current template without duplicating content manually.