26 Aug 2013
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.
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26 Aug 2013
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.
23 Aug 2013
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.
20 Aug 2013
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.
19 Aug 2013
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
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.
18 Aug 2013
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.
14 Aug 2013
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
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.
07 Aug 2013
Fixing a 500 Error When ajaxSubmit Meets TXNewsletters
How to troubleshoot a server error that appears only after eForm ajaxSubmit and TXNewsletters are used together on the same project.
05 Aug 2013
Tracking Down YAMS-Related White Screens in MODX 1.0.10
Why a small custom snippet can suddenly produce a white screen on a YAMS-enabled project and how to isolate the real conflict.
24 Jul 2013
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
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.
18 Jul 2013
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.
09 Jul 2013
When session-keepalive.php Starts Overloading Shared Hosting
How to investigate high CPU usage tied to session-keepalive.php and what to change before a host disables your Evolution CMS account.
08 Jul 2013
Fixing WebLogin Sessions That Work Only After Clearing Cache
Why WebLogin or WebLoginPE may appear to work only after a cache clear, and what to check in session handling, cached resources, and login flow.
07 Jul 2013
Speeding Up phpThumbOf in Evolution CMS
How to reduce slow first-byte times on phpThumbOf thumbnails by warming the cache, checking file I/O, and avoiding expensive image work on hot pages.
06 Jul 2013
Why KCFinder Shrinks Uploaded Images Unexpectedly
If KCFinder starts resizing uploads automatically, the issue is usually in its upload configuration rather than in the editor that opened the file browser.
05 Jul 2013
Migrating a Blog from Blogger to MODX Revo Without Losing SEO Signals
A blog migration succeeds when old URLs, social counters, and pagination behavior are mapped deliberately instead of being treated as cosmetic details.
05 Jul 2013
Keeping the Original URL Visible on a 404 in Evolution CMS
A good 404 should preserve the broken URL for the visitor and the logs, not rewrite the browser location to a static /404.html page unless that behavior is intentional.