03 Jul 2014
Exporting Products to XML from Evolution CMS
How to think through XML product exports in Evolution CMS so the data structure, field mapping, and downstream consumer format all stay under control.
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03 Jul 2014
Sorting pdoResources by Integer TV Values Correctly
How to avoid wrong sort order in pdoResources when numeric TV values are being sorted as plain strings instead of integers.
02 Jul 2014
Making ajaxSubmit and eForm Work Together Reliably
How to combine ajaxSubmit and eForm in Evolution CMS so that validation, resubmission, and success states still behave predictably.
01 Jul 2014
Getting a Full List of Users Programmatically in Evolution CMS
How to fetch all users programmatically in an Evolution CMS project when you need to process user data in PHP instead of through the manager UI.
26 Jun 2014
Using the IF Snippet Safely When Zero Is a Valid Value
How to write Evolution CMS IF conditions correctly when the compared value can legitimately be zero and should not be treated as empty or false.
24 Jun 2014
Breaking a Ditto News Feed to Insert a Banner or Promo Block
How to split a Ditto news stream at a chosen position so a banner or promotional block can be inserted without rewriting the whole listing.
20 Jun 2014
Fixing Shopkeeper JavaScript Errors Around .shk-item Containers
How to troubleshoot Shopkeeper setups where a JavaScript position error breaks add-to-cart behavior after custom markup changes.
20 Jun 2014
Restricting Frontend Resources by Web User Group in Evolution CMS
How to protect frontend resources in Evolution CMS by assigning them to web user groups instead of relying only on template logic.
19 Jun 2014
Using DocLister prepare to Enrich Rows with Data from Another Table
How to use DocLister’s prepare callback to attach related images or derived values from a custom table before the final row template renders.
19 Jun 2014
Requiring at Least One Contact Field in eForm
How to validate an Evolution CMS eForm so that at least one of several contact fields is filled in, instead of requiring every field separately.
18 Jun 2014
Sending Email Attachments Safely Through MODxMailer
How to attach uploaded files to outgoing messages in Evolution CMS without breaking MODxMailer by passing the wrong value to AddAttachment.
16 Jun 2014
Applying Watermarks Automatically During Uploads with Watermarker
How to use the Watermarker plugin to add watermarks during file uploads in Evolution CMS instead of post-processing images manually.
16 Jun 2014
Running City Subdomains from One Evolution CMS Structure
How to map subdomains such as city.example.com to top-level Evolution CMS resources while keeping shared page paths, robots files, and routing under control.
14 Jun 2014
Building a Price Range Filter for Ditto with andFilter
How to implement an “from-to” price filter for Ditto output when product prices are stored in TV fields and need range-based selection.
14 Jun 2014
Choosing the Right Catalog Structure in Evolution CMS
How to think through catalog architecture in Evolution CMS when products arrive from spreadsheets and the site must stay maintainable for editors and frontend developers.
13 Jun 2014
Splitting Ditto News Output into Three Columns
How to break a Ditto listing into three frontend columns without losing control of markup, iteration count, or template readability.
11 Jun 2014
Filtering getResources and pdoResources by Tag-Like TV Values
How to filter Evolution CMS resource listings by a TV that stores comma-separated tag-style values, and what to watch for when using LIKE-based matching.
11 Jun 2014
Using the IF Snippet When Output Contains a Colon
How to write IF snippet conditions safely when the output text itself contains a colon and should not be parsed as part of the condition expression.
10 Jun 2014
Using Snippet Output as a TV Parameter in Evolution CMS
How to feed the result of a snippet into a TV or listing parameter when a plain stored value is not enough for the final frontend output.
10 Jun 2014
Using @SELECT TVs While Keeping Empty Values at the Top
How to prepend an empty option to an @SELECT TV binding without losing sorted output from the actual query results.