16 Apr 2018
Editing Snippets, Chunks, and Templates in an IDE with Git
A practical look at moving Evolution CMS elements out of the manager and into files so they can be edited in an IDE and tracked with Git.
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19 Aug 2015
Keeping Jot Working with Friendly URLs Instead of Numeric Comment Links
How to stop Jot-driven comment links from falling back to numeric document URLs on Evolution CMS sites with friendly URLs.
18 Aug 2015
Cleaning Up Duplicate Resources with the Evolution CMS API
How to use the Evolution CMS API to identify duplicate resources and remove them safely in bulk.
14 Aug 2015
Fixing Manager 500 Errors After Updating Evolution CMS 1.0.15
How to troubleshoot manager 500 errors that appear on specific document edit screens after an Evolution CMS update.
10 Aug 2015
Fixing KCFinder Breakage After Updating to Evolution CMS 1.1b-d7.1
How to troubleshoot KCFinder failures after updating Evolution CMS, especially on older cp1251-based installations.
21 Jul 2015
Fixing Breadcrumbs and Ditto Links on Subdomain-Based Evolution CMS Sites
How to fix broken Breadcrumbs and Ditto links when an Evolution CMS site runs on subdomains or non-nested URL structures.
20 Jul 2015
Diagnosing config.inc.php Corruption After an Evolution CMS Update
How to troubleshoot broken manager behavior caused by corrupted or partially overwritten config.inc.php data after an Evolution CMS update.
30 Jun 2015
Fixing eForm #LIST Validation Errors When a Select Field Is Filled by JavaScript
How to fix the eForm #LIST validation error that appears when a select field is populated dynamically with JavaScript.
11 Jun 2015
Cleaning Up Ditto Pagination URLs by Removing ?start=0
How to remove redundant ?start=0 pagination URLs from Ditto output to keep Evolution CMS listing pages cleaner for users and search engines.
03 May 2015
Configuring Nginx Friendly URLs and 404 Handling for Evolution CMS
A practical Nginx configuration pattern for Evolution CMS friendly URLs and proper 404 routing.
30 Apr 2015
Fixing Mixed Content in the Evolution CMS Manager Under HTTPS
How to stop the Evolution CMS manager from loading scripts and styles over HTTP when the backend is served over HTTPS.
24 Apr 2015
Fixing KCFinder Thumbnails That Stop Generating After a Site Move
How to restore KCFinder thumbnail generation in Evolution CMS after moving a site or switching hosting accounts.
22 Apr 2015
Recognizing a Possible PHP Web Shell in an Evolution CMS Project
What to do when you find a suspicious PHP file that may be a web shell or trojan inside an Evolution CMS site.
03 Apr 2015
Fixing HTTPS Captcha and veriword Issues on Hosted Evolution CMS Sites
Why captcha or veriword assets can break under HTTPS on some hosts and how to debug mixed protocol or path assumptions.
31 Mar 2015
Fixing DBAPI Connection Failures When localhost and IP Behave Differently
Why DBAPI can fail under FastCGI when localhost and the server IP are resolved differently, and how to reason about that mismatch.
30 Mar 2015
Fixing AjaxSearch Breakage When FileSource Points to a Missing Snippet File
How a FileSource-based snippet workflow can break manager editing when the referenced AjaxSearch file no longer exists.
28 Mar 2015
Wrapping External Links in noindex and nofollow in Evolution CMS
A practical pattern for rewriting external links in rendered content so they receive noindex and nofollow treatment automatically.
21 Mar 2015
Planning a Large Subdomain Architecture in Evolution CMS
What to think about before launching dozens of brand subdomains from one Evolution CMS setup, including crawl rules and robots handling.
19 Mar 2015
Handling Trailing-Slash Variants Correctly on Nginx with Evolution CMS
Why `/catalog` and `/catalog/` can behave differently on Nginx and how to normalize that behavior for Evolution CMS sites.
26 Feb 2015
Choosing Between `[(site_url)]` and a Dynamic siteUrl Snippet in Evolution CMS
Why base href and site_url handling can break on www, non-www, staging, or AJAX-heavy setups if the wrong value is hardcoded.