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Fixing Encoding Problems in Easy 2 Gallery List View

If one gallery display mode shows broken text while another works, the issue is usually encoding in the output template or module strings, not the gallery data itself.

Easy 2 Gallery could behave perfectly in thumbnail view yet show garbled text in list view. That pattern usually means the content itself is intact but one rendering path is using the wrong encoding or mismatched template strings.

What to inspect

  • the list-view template and language strings
  • file encoding of modified gallery templates
  • whether the manager/module output matches the site charset

Recommendation

When only one display mode breaks, compare the specific templates and labels used by that mode instead of rebuilding the whole gallery setup. In most cases the fix is local to the list renderer.

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Fixing phpthumb Paths That Duplicate the Image Directory

If phpThumb returns a doubled path, the problem is usually how the input path is passed into the snippet, not phpThumb itself.

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Choosing a JS and CSS Minification Strategy in Evolution CMS

Minification works best when you know whether you need automatic page-level aggregation, explicit asset lists, or optimization only for registered front-end files.