22 Aug 2014
Fixing Endless 301 Redirects on Multilingual URLs After a Server Move
How to troubleshoot language-switch redirects that loop forever on the language root while deeper URLs still open normally.
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19 Aug 2014
Fixing TV Values That Reset After Updating Evolution CMS
Why some multi-select and checkbox TVs can start clearing themselves after an update and what to verify before saving more content.
19 Aug 2014
Diagnosing mxCalendar SQL Errors When Creating Events
How to troubleshoot mxCalendar event creation failures when the module throws SQL syntax errors during inserts.
18 Aug 2014
Fixing Quip Errors After Deleting Resources from the Tree
Why Quip can start throwing fatal errors after related resources are removed and how to restore comment references safely.
15 Aug 2014
Fixing Ditto and Wayfinder 404s on Nested URLs
Why Ditto and Wayfinder output can start returning 404s when nested URLs are enabled and how to align the routing logic properly.
14 Aug 2014
Fixing the “Refused to Set Unsafe Header Connection” Manager Bug
What to check when saving a resource leaves the right manager pane blank and the browser console reports an unsafe Connection header.
13 Aug 2014
Fixing Escaped Quotes in JotX Comment Output
Why JotX comments can start showing backslashes before quotes and what to normalize before rendering comment text.
13 Aug 2014
Restoring the Blank Resource Editor in Evolution CMS
What to check when documents open to a blank editing pane while chunks, snippets, plugins, and templates still edit normally.
13 Aug 2014
Providing Placeholder Images for Products Without Uploaded Photos
A practical way to keep catalog pages visually consistent by showing fallback image previews when many products have no uploaded photos yet.
12 Aug 2014
Fixing Easy2Gallery Installation SQL Errors on Older MySQL Hosts
How to diagnose Easy2Gallery installation failures when older MySQL servers reject table creation syntax such as ENGINE clauses.
08 Aug 2014
Recognizing Shared Attack Vectors on Hacked Evolution CMS Sites
How to reason about two hacked Evolution CMS sites by comparing their shared extras, legacy version history, and file-upload surface.
08 Aug 2014
Investigating Suspicious Files in manager/media/browser/mcpuk/
A practical security response for Evolution CMS sites where a random PHP file appears inside the old mcpuk file-browser directory.
08 Aug 2014
Fixing Quip Threaded Comment Errors and Prerender Notices
What to check when threaded comments suddenly start throwing parser notices, undefined indexes, or invalid makeUrl errors.
06 Aug 2014
Fixing getResourcesTag Output After an Update
How to restore tag-based getResourcesTag listings when an update changes placeholder handling or tag output stops rendering.
05 Aug 2014
Why Newly Created Resources Can Return 404 Until the Environment Catches Up
How to troubleshoot new Evolution CMS resources that seem to save correctly but still return 404 errors on the frontend for a while.
31 Jul 2014
Fixing ajaxSubmit and eForm 500 Errors in Evolution CMS
How to troubleshoot AJAX form submissions that trigger a 500 error when ajaxSubmit and eForm are combined in an Evolution CMS project.
29 Jul 2014
Fixing Errors After Restoring a Database Backup
How to approach Evolution CMS errors that appear only after a database restore, especially when the manager starts failing but the root cause is a mismatch in environment assumptions.
29 Jul 2014
Running MultiTV on cp1251 Sites Without Breaking Output
How to reason about MultiTV behavior on older cp1251 Evolution CMS sites and why encoding assumptions often cause the visible breakage.
23 Jul 2014
When the description Field Length Becomes a Real Limitation
How to think through description-length limits in Evolution CMS when the built-in field stops fitting the real SEO or editorial use case.
23 Jul 2014
Understanding TV Value Size Limits in Evolution CMS
How to reason about large Template Variable payloads in Evolution CMS and what to change when stored values approach database field-size limits.