17 Sep 2024
A Starter Nginx Config Snippet for New Evolution CMS Projects
A practical guide built from a Telegram snippet that shared a starting Nginx configuration for new Evolution CMS projects.
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Practical how-to articles, migration notes, implementation walkthroughs, and focused recipes.
08 Jan 2024
Building a Clean Simple Contact Form with FormLister
How to build a simple FormLister contact form with inline validation, success messages, and clean email output in Evolution CMS.
08 Feb 2023
Sending FormLister Data to Google Sheets from Evolution CMS
How to send FormLister submission data from Evolution CMS into Google Sheets for lightweight workflow tracking.
15 Dec 2022
Adding reCAPTCHA v2 Checkbox Protection to JotX
How to add Google reCAPTCHA v2 checkbox protection to JotX comment forms in Evolution CMS.
13 May 2022
Multilingual Patterns in MODX Evo 1.0.15
A historical multilingual note for older MODX Evolution projects that needed a practical way to add another language and choose a default language flow.
09 Mar 2022
Sorting eFilter and DocLister Items by Values from Another Table
An advanced extras note on ordering filtered DocLister results by ranking data stored in a separate table instead of the main resource table.
09 Mar 2022
Matching DocLister Articles by Shared TV Values
How to show related articles in DocLister by matching a shared TV value instead of hard-coded document lists.
09 Mar 2022
Matching Related Articles by TV Values in DocLister
A component-focused note on building related article blocks in DocLister by comparing shared values stored in a TV field.
18 Dec 2021
Making FormLister Work with AJAX in Evolution CMS 1.4.x and 3.x
How to run FormLister in API-style mode and return JSON validation errors so the form can be submitted over AJAX without a full page reload.
12 Nov 2021
Sending FormLister Uploads as Links Instead of Heavy Email Attachments
How to save uploaded files from FormLister and send recipients a download link instead of attaching every file directly to the email.
04 Nov 2021
Replacing Raw mysql_query Updates with Evolution CMS DBAPI Calls
How to replace fragile raw mysql_query update code with cleaner DBAPI update calls in Evolution CMS.
22 Sep 2021
Fixing Image Paths for the Second Site in a Multisite Evolution CMS Setup
How to resolve image path problems when a second site in a multisite Evolution CMS setup still points at the wrong assets location.
20 Sep 2021
Using Different Domains for Each Language in bLang
How to configure bLang so each language in an Evolution CMS project uses its own domain instead of only a path prefix.
15 Sep 2021
Duplicating Selected Rows in DocLister with prepare and Extenders
How to duplicate or enrich selected DocLister rows cleanly with prepare logic or extenders in Evolution CMS.
26 Aug 2021
Updating site_content_closure When Moving Resources in the Evolution CMS Tree
How to keep site_content_closure in sync when resources are dragged to a new parent in the Evolution CMS manager tree.
23 Aug 2021
Passing Display-Only Values into FormLister Emails with formControls
How to include values like prices or calculated fields in FormLister email reports even when they are not standard user inputs.
23 Aug 2021
Where Did class.phpmailer.php Go in Evolution CMS 3.1.6?
A migration note for teams expecting legacy PHPMailer file paths in Evolution CMS 3.x and not finding them anymore.
12 Aug 2021
Improving Manager Document Search for Non-Admin Users in Evolution CMS 3.1.6
How to make manager-side document search behave correctly for non-admin users in Evolution CMS 3.1.6 when document group logic gets in the way.
03 Aug 2021
Practical SiteContent Model Examples in Evolution CMS
Modern Evolution CMS examples for querying SiteContent with TVs, tree methods, sorting, and breadcrumb-style lookups.
16 Jul 2021
Stripping HTML Tags from Resource Content Safely
Use output modifiers to turn HTML-rich resource content into plain text for XML feeds and clean exports.