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Package Manager Quick Install for Evolution CMS Elements
An early look at faster package-style installation inside Evolution CMS and why a repository-driven workflow made sense even before the modern store era.
One long-running idea in the Evolution CMS community was simple: installing common elements should feel less like manual copy-paste and more like a package workflow. Early package-manager experiments tried to make snippets, plugins, modules, and template assets install faster and more consistently.
This article captures that moment: the desire to standardize installation and move toward a repository-backed model instead of treating every reusable element as a one-off manual import.
Why It Mattered
- faster setup on new projects
- less risk of forgetting files or manager objects
- a clearer path toward a shared repository of installable components
Even in older Evolution CMS setups, this thinking helped push the ecosystem toward the modern package and store approach used today.
Source: Manager category on Extras.Evolution.
ManagerManager 0.5 and 0.5.1: What Changed for Real Projects
A practical recap of the ManagerManager 0.5 line and why backend workflow refinements mattered on day-to-day Evolution CMS projects.
DocSort: A Drag-and-Drop Sorting Module for Evolution CMS
DocSort focused on one useful manager task: making document reordering faster and more visual than manual menuindex edits.