02 Feb 2013
Why a Simple @SELECT TV Binding Can Trigger a 500 Error
A migration troubleshooting note for cases where a previously normal @SELECT TV suddenly starts failing after a hosting move.
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Best Practices
Evergreen recommendations for architecture, security, performance, SEO, deployment, and content structure.
21 Jan 2013
When Strict URLs Becomes a Performance Bottleneck
A performance cautionary note for large catalogs where URL normalization plugins can become unexpectedly expensive during page generation.
15 Jan 2013
Giving phpThumb Preview Files Readable SEO-Friendly Names
A practical image-generation tweak for teams that want cache thumbnails to use readable filenames instead of opaque hashes.
13 Jan 2013
Understanding the index-ajax.php LFI Risk in Legacy Evolution CMS
A security-oriented legacy note on why index-ajax.php was risky, how local file inclusion could happen, and why inherited projects should review this area carefully.
10 Jan 2013
Keeping Evo-Style Friendly URLs When Aliases Are Missing
A URL strategy note for projects that want aliases where available but still fall back to numeric IDs, especially after importing older content.
04 Jan 2013
Fixing Strict URLs When Alias Replacements Touch the Wrong Links
A troubleshooting note for legacy Strict URLs behavior where broad regex replacement can accidentally rewrite unrelated links.
28 Dec 2012
Speeding Up Gallery by Generating Thumbnails on Upload
A performance-minded approach for Gallery setups where thumbnail generation should happen at upload time instead of during frontend requests.
17 Dec 2012
Moving the Evolution CMS Manager Without Patching Core Blindly
A hardening-oriented guide to changing the manager path, understanding why it is not fully abstracted in core, and planning the move carefully.
30 Nov 2012
Using the First Content Image as a News Preview in Evolution CMS
A practical snippet pattern for deriving a preview image from article content when editors skip the dedicated image TV.
28 Nov 2012
Skipping a Snippet on One Page Without PHx
A lightweight alternative to PHx conditions when you need a snippet to stop executing on one specific resource.
26 Nov 2012
SEO Basics for Evolution CMS: Titles, WWW Canonicalization, Sitemaps, and 404s
A practical SEO checklist for older Evolution CMS projects covering page titles, menu titles, canonical host choice, XML maps, and other fundamentals that are often skipped.
25 Nov 2012
Hiding Parse Errors from Public Visitors in Evolution CMS
A small but important production hardening step that keeps parser errors from exposing filesystem paths and internal details to anonymous visitors.
24 Nov 2012
Caching News Blocks for High-Load Evolution CMS Projects
A practical caching strategy for news-heavy sites where article lists should refresh only when content changes, not on every request.
24 Nov 2012
Using Memcached to Speed Up Data-Heavy MODX Projects
A practical introduction to Memcached for older MODX and Evolution CMS installations that need faster object and page-level caching.
24 Nov 2012
Extending getResources tvFilters with Additional Comparison Operators
A practical parser-level tweak for older getResources setups that need richer TV comparisons such as <>, <=, and >= inside tvFilters.
24 Nov 2012
Caching Nested Snippet Output More Aggressively in Evolution CMS
A short performance note showing when nested snippet calls can stay cached and how that reduces unnecessary parser work on static sections.
24 Nov 2012
Do You Really Need PHx in an Evolution CMS Project?
A reflective legacy note on when PHx was useful, when it added overhead, and why many of its everyday jobs could be replaced by simpler snippets.
22 Nov 2012
Reducing Homepage Overhead When Multiple Ditto Calls Compete on One Page
A performance-minded article about homepage layouts that overuse parallel Ditto listings.
15 Oct 2012
Choosing the Right Date Field for Sorting Resources in Evolution CMS
A clear best-practices article about why `createdon`, `publishedon`, and `pub_date` are not interchangeable.
03 Oct 2012
Hardening PHx: Placeholder Cleanup and Safer then/else Parsing
A technical PHx article about safer placeholder cleanup and avoiding premature parsing of then/else branches.