09 Jun 2014
Building Category Select Filters with autoFilter
How to output category options in an autoFilter select, submit them cleanly, and feed the resulting resource IDs into a Ditto listing.
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09 Jun 2014
Auto-Filling TV Values from Parent or Page Context in Evolution CMS
How to populate a TV automatically from the current page title, parent resource, or other surrounding context instead of asking editors to type the same value repeatedly.
09 Jun 2014
Debugging Shopkeeper Orders That Never Reach the Mailer
A practical checklist for Shopkeeper and eForm setups where the cart works but the final order data never arrives by email.
06 Jun 2014
Uploading Images Through eForm in Evolution CMS
A practical way to accept image uploads in eForm, move the file to a permanent location, and create a new Evolution CMS resource from the submitted data.
06 Jun 2014
Handling Babel and phpThumbOf Across Language Contexts
How to keep image TVs, Babel-linked resources, and phpThumbOf output working correctly when one Evolution CMS site serves multiple language contexts.
05 Jun 2014
Generating a PDF from eForm Submission Data Before Sending Email
How to turn eForm field values into a styled PDF attachment and include it in the outgoing mail flow.
05 Jun 2014
Sorting Ditto Results with AJAX After autoFilter Selection
How to add AJAX-driven sorting on top of an already filtered Ditto result set without rebuilding the whole page experience.
04 Jun 2014
Applying Markups and Rounding Rules to Shopkeeper Prices Automatically
How to update Shopkeeper prices with markup rules and rounded output without editing every product manually.
04 Jun 2014
Adding Price Sorting to autoFilter Product Listings
How to combine autoFilter with explicit price sorting controls without breaking the current filter state.
03 Jun 2014
Building a Product Rating Layer on Top of JotX Reviews
How to extend JotX so customer reviews can also provide structured product ratings.
03 Jun 2014
Formatting Product Prices with Thousands Separators in Evolution CMS
A simple helper pattern for displaying large prices with readable thousands separators in Evolution CMS templates.
02 Jun 2014
Why One eForm Instance Can Fail While Several Others Still Work
How to debug a single broken eForm when other forms on the same site continue to submit correctly.
02 Jun 2014
Understanding How autoFilter Builds Select Inputs from TV Definitions
How autoFilter generates select controls from TVs and why a newly added TV may not appear until its filter mapping is set up correctly.
01 Jun 2014
Adding Product Ratings to JotX-Based Reviews
How to extend a JotX review flow so product comments also capture a rating and feed into an aggregate product score.
31 May 2014
Keeping the Shopkeeper Cart Visible Even When It Is Empty
How to keep the cart block visible at all times instead of hiding it until products are added.
27 May 2014
Filtering Ditto Output by Tag TVs Without Relying on Generated Query Strings
How to structure Ditto tag filtering when products need to appear on predefined pages instead of generated tag-result URLs.
26 May 2014
Getting the Current Page Alias Through the Evolution CMS API
How to access the current resource alias from a snippet when you need it in custom API-driven logic.
23 May 2014
Requiring a Consent Checkbox in eForm Without Losing Filled Fields
How to block form submission until a consent checkbox is checked while still preserving the user’s entered values.
22 May 2014
Using a Central Exchange Rate for Shopkeeper Pricing
How to keep Shopkeeper prices tied to a single exchange-rate value so a whole catalog can react to one update.
22 May 2014
Making autoFilter Case-Insensitive in Evolution CMS
How to make text-based filtering behave the same for uppercase and lowercase values in autoFilter-style listing workflows.