29 Sep 2020
Generating sitemap.xml When Friendly URLs Use the .html Suffix
A clean strategy for generating sitemap.xml on Evolution CMS sites that use .html as the friendly URL suffix.
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Best Practices
Evergreen recommendations for architecture, security, performance, SEO, deployment, and content structure.
24 Sep 2020
Restoring TV Image Previews in Evolution CMS 2.0.3
How to think through missing TV image previews in the Evolution CMS 2.0.3 manager.
03 Sep 2020
Adding Google reCAPTCHA to a Registration Form in MODX Evolution
A practical way to protect AJAX-driven MODX Evolution registration forms from bot signups and fake email abuse.
15 Jul 2020
Getting URLs for All Child Resources Inside a Container
Generate a full list of child resource URLs in Evolution CMS, including unpublished descendants when you need them.
10 Jun 2020
Logging Out All Web Users After a Security Event
An operational note on forcing all web users to sign in again when a site experiences a security issue or a session reset is needed.
04 May 2020
Fixing templatealias SQL Errors After Updating from Evolution 1.4.5 to 2.0.2
How to understand and fix templatealias SQL errors after moving from Evolution 1.4.5 to 2.0.2.
08 Apr 2020
Choosing a Lightweight Admin Layer for Single-Page Sites
How to think about lightweight admin interfaces for landing pages and when Evolution CMS is or is not the right fit.
29 Mar 2020
Splitting a Large Sitemap into Multiple XML Files
How to generate a sitemap index and split large XML sitemaps into multiple files in Evolution CMS using a snippet, a route document, and an OnPageNotFound plugin.
28 Feb 2020
Keeping a Form Visible After Successful Submission in FormLister
Show the success message below a FormLister form without replacing the form itself after submit.
28 Feb 2020
Preserving Checkbox Values in FormLister After Validation Errors
Keep FormLister checkbox selections intact when a form is re-rendered after validation errors.
13 Feb 2020
Passwordless Login Patterns for Evolution CMS
A best-practices article on passwordless login ideas for Evolution CMS, using existing password-reset style flows as the practical base.
27 Dec 2019
When phpThumb and Ad Blockers Break Image Previews
How to diagnose image previews disappearing because phpThumb-generated cache names trigger ad blockers, and what to change in thumbnail generation strategy.
09 Dec 2019
Where to Configure Cache Storage in Evolution CMS
A quick guide to choosing and configuring the cache driver in Evolution CMS, including where the setting lives and when file, Redis, Memcached, or database cache makes sense.
29 Nov 2019
Delaying Slow Snippets with AjaxSnippet
How to move a heavy snippet call out of the initial page render by wrapping it in an AjaxSnippet loader with a unique request id and a lightweight preloader.
25 Nov 2019
Why GET Parameters Disappear on the Home Page
A routing and redirect troubleshooting note for projects where GET parameters are stripped only on the site home page.
23 Nov 2019
Making Pagination Meta Tags Unique with DL Placeholders
A practical SEO note on appending page numbers to title and description fields for paginated listings in Evolution CMS.
25 Sep 2019
Working Safely with a price TV and PHx Modifiers
A template troubleshooting note for cases where a custom TV prints correctly but PHx modifiers fail on resource fields such as pagetitle.
05 Jul 2019
Fixing HTTPS Redirects and Mixed Content on Masterhost
A deployment troubleshooting note for Evolution CMS sites that redirect to HTTPS but still load some manager or frontend assets over HTTP, causing mixed-content errors.
25 Feb 2019
Investigating Hidden Casino Spam Pages on an Evolution CMS Site
How to approach hidden spam page incidents on an Evolution CMS site when the generated pages are not visible in the manager or normal project files.
27 Apr 2018
Using Git in an Evolution CMS Workflow
A simple console-first workflow for creating and linking Evolution CMS elements from files so Git becomes part of day-to-day development.