15 Apr 2014
Filtering Wayfinder Output with a Custom Condition Instead of Guessing at `&where`
How to handle menu filtering in Wayfinder when a simple JSON-style where condition does not behave as expected.
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Practical how-to articles, migration notes, implementation walkthroughs, and focused recipes.
14 Apr 2014
Getting the Number of EvoGallery Images for Each Resource in DocLister
A practical approach for showing per-resource EvoGallery image counts inside a DocLister listing.
14 Apr 2014
Using the Evolution API in a PHP AJAX Endpoint That Returns JSON
How to bootstrap the Evolution API in a standalone PHP endpoint and return structured JSON to jQuery or another frontend consumer.
13 Apr 2014
Fixing KCFinder When Uploads and Existing Files Stop Appearing
How to debug KCFinder when it can neither upload new files nor display files that already exist on disk.
09 Apr 2014
Customizing EvoGallery Output for Lightbox-Friendly Markup
How to add the classes and attributes your frontend lightbox expects when rendering galleries with EvoGallery.
07 Apr 2014
Applying Watermarks to MultiPhotos Galleries in Evolution CMS
Practical options for watermarking images in MultiPhotos when a drop-in plugin does not work as expected.
06 Apr 2014
Keeping eForm AJAX Results Inside a Modal Window
How to submit an eForm form from a modal and render the validation or thank-you response back into that same modal.
04 Apr 2014
A Safer AJAX Routing Pattern for Evolution CMS with OnPageNotFound
How to route AJAX requests through Evolution CMS without relying on unsafe generic snippet execution endpoints.
04 Apr 2014
Routing Different WebLoginPE Users to Different Account Dashboards
How to send different user types to separate personal account pages after authentication with WebLoginPE.
04 Apr 2014
Building Region and City Selectors in a WebLoginPE Registration Form
How to add dependent region and city dropdowns to a WebLoginPE registration flow without turning the form into an unmaintainable mess.
03 Apr 2014
Rendering the Active Wayfinder Item as Plain Text Instead of a Link
How to keep the current menu item visible in Wayfinder while removing the clickable link from the active page.
02 Apr 2014
Recalculating Shopkeeper Totals When Quantity Buttons Change
A practical approach for triggering Shopkeeper cart recalculation when users click plus and minus quantity controls.
01 Apr 2014
Making Infinite Scroll Work with Fancybox Galleries
How to keep Fancybox working after new images are appended to a page with infinite scroll.
01 Apr 2014
Keeping Square Brackets Intact When Outputting TV Content
How to prevent array-like data from breaking when a TV contains square brackets and is rendered directly in a template.
31 Mar 2014
Switching Between Two WebLoginPE Registration Forms with Radio Buttons
How to offer two different WebLoginPE registration flows on one page and switch between them with radio buttons.
31 Mar 2014
Showing Protected Output Only to Logged-In Managers with a Tiny Snippet
A minimal Evolution snippet pattern for showing content only to authenticated manager users.
20 Mar 2014
Creating Resources from eForm Submissions with docmanager
How to create a new Evolution CMS resource from an eForm submission by using docmanager and mapping both standard fields and TVs in one flow.
18 Mar 2014
Showing a Video Block in Ditto Only When the TV Has a YouTube ID
How to conditionally render a video block in Ditto listings when a video TV may be empty and the project needs safe fallback markup.
14 Mar 2014
Formatting Price Output with parseTplChunk in Evolution CMS
How to format numeric price values before they reach a chunk by using parseTplChunk and a small normalization step in Evolution CMS.
09 Mar 2014
Building a “Recently Viewed Products” Snippet in Evolution CMS
How to track recently viewed products with session data in Evolution CMS and render a simple block of viewed items on product pages.