17 Jun 2013
Best Practices
Why tagLinks Can Fail on Latin Tags Even with UTF-8 Enabled
If Russian tags work and Latin tags fail, the issue is usually not raw encoding but how the tag parameter is normalized and matched in the request flow.
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Release notes, extras updates, guides, videos, and practical Evolution CMS knowledge in one place.
16 Jun 2013
Guides
Preserving the Manual Order of documents in Ditto
If you pass a manual list of resource IDs into Ditto, you often need to keep that custom order instead of letting default sorting rearrange the results.
16 Jun 2013
Guides
Combining autoFilter with request-Based Ditto Sorting and Pagination
When autoFilter and request-based Ditto parameters collide, the clean fix is to separate filtering from sorting concerns instead of trying to force one cached call to do everything.
16 Jun 2013
Guides
Tracking Resource Views in a TV and Sorting Ditto by That Value
If you want “most viewed” listings in Evolution CMS, one practical approach is to store hits in a TV and sort the output by that saved value later.
16 Jun 2013
Guides
Working with Checkbox Inputs in eForm
Checkboxes in eForm need explicit handling because an unchecked box sends nothing, while a checked one sends a value that still must pass validation.
15 Jun 2013
Best Practices
Fixing phpthumb Paths That Duplicate the Image Directory
If phpThumb returns a doubled path, the problem is usually how the input path is passed into the snippet, not phpThumb itself.
14 Jun 2013
Best Practices
Fixing Encoding Problems in Easy 2 Gallery List View
If one gallery display mode shows broken text while another works, the issue is usually encoding in the output template or module strings, not the gallery data itself.
14 Jun 2013
Best Practices
Choosing a JS and CSS Minification Strategy in Evolution CMS
Minification works best when you know whether you need automatic page-level aggregation, explicit asset lists, or optimization only for registered front-end files.
14 Jun 2013
Ecosystem
CodeMirror-MODx 1.1 Beta: Emmet, File Highlighting, and Better State Handling
This beta pushed the Evolution code editor further: Emmet support, better MODX highlighting, file manager integration, and more polished full-screen behavior.
13 Jun 2013
Ecosystem
MODX Custom 1.0.10-d5.3: Stable Release Notes
This stable custom release continued the long run of practical Evolution-era maintenance bundles: editor upgrades, manager fixes, and staged testing before wider rollout.
12 Jun 2013
Guides
Wrapping Every Three Ditto Items for a Carousel Layout
Carousel markup usually needs grouped output, so treat every third Ditto item as a boundary for opening and closing the wrapper block.
11 Jun 2013
Guides
Using a TV Value as the documents Source for Ditto
When a TV stores a comma-separated list of resource IDs, Ditto can use it as the source list — but you need to read the TV from the correct document first.
10 Jun 2013
Guides
Attaching Multiple Images to an eForm Submission
Multiple file attachments in eForm are possible, but the form and mail-processing layer both need to be structured for repeated files instead of a single upload field.
09 Jun 2013
Best Practices
Using Last-Modified and If-Modified-Since Headers in Evolution CMS
Conditional HTTP headers can reduce repeated page transfers, but only if the timestamp logic matches the real lifetime of your content.
08 Jun 2013
Guides
Running Heavy Snippets Through AJAX in Evolution CMS
If a snippet is slowing down page rendering, moving it behind an AJAX request can improve perceived speed without changing the snippet’s core logic.
08 Jun 2013
Ecosystem
Adding a Spoiler Button to TinyMCE in Evolution CMS
Small editor plugins like a spoiler button can have a big editorial impact when teams need reusable interactive content blocks without writing markup by hand.
07 Jun 2013
Best Practices
Fixing Named Anchor Conflicts with jQuery UI Tabs and base href
If jQuery UI tabs start loading the home page instead of switching locally, look at how named anchors interact with base href and relative links.
03 Jun 2013
Guides
Prefilling eForm Fields with Logged-In User Data
When a logged-in customer opens an order form, you can prefill the form from their profile instead of making them type the same data again.
02 Jun 2013
Ecosystem
AlignImage: A Faster Gallery Helper for Large Image Sets
AlignImage came out of a real scaling problem: gallery logic that worked for a few images but broke down badly once the image count reached hundreds.
31 May 2013
Best Practices
What to Check First During a Mass Hack of Legacy MODX Sites
When many old MODX or Evolution sites show injected links at once, treat it as a platform-wide incident: audit versions, entry points, and writeable paths immediately.