12 Mar 2023
Troubleshooting a Broken Evolution CMS Site After Moving to a New Host
How to debug an Evolution CMS site that breaks after migration, especially when manager errors and config issues appear together.
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Evergreen recommendations for architecture, security, performance, SEO, deployment, and content structure.
23 Jan 2023
Diagnosing a White Screen in the Evolution CMS 3 Manager
How to troubleshoot a blank white manager screen in Evolution CMS 3 by checking logs, PHP compatibility, and backend errors first.
13 Aug 2022
Troubleshooting 403 Errors When a Resource Should Be Accessible
How to diagnose 403 access errors in Evolution CMS when a resource looks correctly published but still cannot be opened.
16 May 2022
Avoiding 500 Errors When Disabling Languages in bLang
How to avoid 500 errors in bLang-driven Evolution CMS projects when languages are disabled or switched incorrectly.
14 Nov 2021
Why OnWebPageInit Can Break PHx and Built-In Modifiers
A parser troubleshooting note for projects where OnWebPageInit plugins interfere with PHx output or built-in Evolution CMS modifiers.
28 Oct 2021
Preventing Relative Links in Chunks from Turning into Absolute URLs
Why relative links inside chunk output can become absolute in Evolution CMS and how to keep frontend markup predictable.
22 Jul 2021
Making RSS Feeds Use Absolute URLs for Yandex Turbo Pages
A feed-output note for Evolution CMS projects where Yandex Turbo pages reject relative links and require fully qualified absolute URLs in RSS content.
12 Jul 2021
Fixing ?q= Duplicate URLs in Evolution CMS
How to eliminate duplicate ?q= and index.php?q= URLs in Evolution CMS, keep friendly URLs canonical, and avoid avoidable SEO duplication.
03 Jul 2021
Previewing Images Inside Manager Input Fields
A small manager UX enhancement for Evolution CMS that shows the selected image directly inside the input field and enlarges it on hover.
16 Jun 2021
Building a Year-and-Month News Archive with evoArchive
How to organize a large Evolution CMS news tree automatically by year and month with evoArchive, and when that structure is useful in real projects.
13 Jun 2021
Fixing a Parse Error After Installing bLang
A practical troubleshooting checklist for SQL and parser errors that appear after installing bLang on Evolution CMS.
10 Apr 2021
Ignoring the q Query Parameter in Ad Landing URLs
A legacy Evolution CMS workaround for ad traffic that appends the reserved q parameter and breaks friendly URLs.
07 Apr 2021
Replacing Straight Quotes with Typographic Quotes Safely
How to convert straight quotes into typographic quotes without breaking template code, snippets, URLs, or structured content.
02 Feb 2021
Changing the Cache File Name for a Resource
Use OnMakePageCacheKey to customize page cache file names in Evolution CMS without patching the core cache flow.
28 Jan 2021
Fixing Hash-Like 404 URLs After Updating from Evolution 1.4.11 to 1.4.12
How to reason about strange hash-like 404 URLs that appear after updating from Evolution CMS 1.4.11 to 1.4.12.
28 Jan 2021
Fixing Hash-Like 404 URLs After Updating from Evolution 1.4.11 to 1.4.12
A troubleshooting note for Evolution CMS updates that produce broken hash-like URLs and 404 responses.
18 Jan 2021
Why Your Mobile Site Still Shows Old Images After an Update
How to diagnose stale images on mobile devices after an update by checking cache layers, generated thumbnails, and browser-side storage.
21 Dec 2020
Security Update Warning for Evolution CMS 1.4.12 and 2.0.4
A best-practices post about why Evolution CMS 1.4.12 and 2.0.4 should not have been postponed when a disclosed vulnerability window was approaching.
08 Nov 2020
Displaying Unix Timestamps in Manager Fields
A cleaner manager workflow for projects that store dates as Unix timestamps but still need a human-friendly editor UI.
30 Oct 2020
Fixing Missing Child Resources in the Tree After Updating to Evolution 1.4.11
What to investigate when child resources disappear from the Evolution CMS tree after an update to 1.4.11.