20 Aug 2013
Best Practices
Why Friendly Pagination Rewrites Can Break TinyMCE and Other Manager Paths
How a seemingly successful rewrite from <code>?page=2</code> to <code>/page2/</code> can accidentally block manager tools and media dialogs.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
19 Aug 2013
Best Practices
Responding to a jQuery ScrollTo Malware Infection
Why a compromised third-party script can infect multiple sites at once and what to audit after discovering malicious code inside jQuery.ScrollTo.
19 Aug 2013
Best Practices
Preventing DirectResize from Touching TV and multiTV Images
How to keep DirectResize active for editor content images while excluding TV-based and multiTV-based uploads that should stay untouched.
19 Aug 2013
Guides
Opening a New Document Form Automatically After Save
How to launch the create-document form right after saving a resource when one workflow needs managers to add many sibling pages in sequence.
18 Aug 2013
Ecosystem
Choosing Between miniShop and Shopkeeper for a New Store
A practical comparison of the two approaches teams considered most often when planning product options, comparison features, and 1C integration.
18 Aug 2013
Guides
Building Product Tabs That Editors Can Extend from the Manager
How to implement a tabbed product layout where editors can add or change tab content from the manager instead of hard-coding every tab in the template.
18 Aug 2013
Guides
Importing Structured Data from External Files on a Daily Schedule
A practical pattern for parsing external XML files once per day and turning them into stable data for an Evolution CMS project.
18 Aug 2013
Guides
Using pagetitle Placeholders Inside multiTV Output
How to reference the current resource title inside a multiTV-driven layout without hard-coding it into every item template.
18 Aug 2013
Best Practices
Cleaning Up Repeated .htaccess Malware Infections
How to respond when malicious rewrite rules keep reappearing in <code>.htaccess</code> and simple file cleanup is not enough.
15 Aug 2013
Ecosystem
Assigning a Template Automatically to Child Resources
A plugin pattern for forcing child documents to inherit a specific template without asking editors to choose it manually every time.
15 Aug 2013
Ecosystem
Persisting Shopkeeper Cart Sessions in the Database
Why storing cart sessions in the database can improve reliability and let visitors return to partially filled carts later.
15 Aug 2013
Guides
Customizing Previous and Next Labels in EvoGallery Pagination
How to replace generic pagination labels in EvoGallery with language-specific or project-specific text.
14 Aug 2013
Ecosystem
Which Extras Belonged in the First Evolution Repository?
An early ecosystem discussion about what the Evolution package repository should include first and how priorities shape a healthy extras surface.
14 Aug 2013
Best Practices
Clearing the Evolution CMS Cache Through the API or Cron
A safe way to trigger cache refresh from an external PHP file, scheduled task, or deployment script.
14 Aug 2013
Best Practices
Fixing a YAMS Language Switcher That Fails Only in Firefox
Why YAMS may switch languages correctly in most browsers but fail on the home page in Firefox, and how to trace the mismatch.
13 Aug 2013
Guides
Outputting Folder Names Without Links in Wayfinder
How to keep folder labels visible in navigation while preventing them from rendering as clickable links.
12 Aug 2013
Guides
Showing TinyMCE Font Sizes in Pixels Instead of Percentages
How to adjust TinyMCE configuration so editors see familiar pixel-based font-size options instead of percentage values.
12 Aug 2013
Ecosystem
What Power Users Would Still Simplify in the Evolution CMS Manager
A reflection on which manager functions felt unnecessary or overly heavy, and why backend simplification was an important part of long-term Evolution CMS usability.
11 Aug 2013
Ecosystem
Rethinking System Settings for More Editable Projects
A cleaner approach to site-specific system variables that avoids writing one-off plugins for every small editable setting.
09 Aug 2013
Ecosystem
EVO Store: The First Repository for MODX Evolution
Why the first dedicated Evolution repository mattered and how it changed the way extras, updates, and package discovery could work.