18 Jul 2013
Designing Image Galleries for Multilingual Sites
How to handle gallery captions, localized image descriptions, and output logic when one gallery must work across multiple languages.
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Practical how-to articles, migration notes, implementation walkthroughs, and focused recipes.
16 Jul 2013
Keeping YAMS Pagination on the Current Language
How to stop Ditto pagination from sending multilingual visitors back to the default language when using YAMS.
14 Jul 2013
Including Resource IDs in AjaxSearch Results
How to make AjaxSearch find documents by both title and numeric ID when content names are too similar to use alone.
14 Jul 2013
Fixing EvoGallery Image Paths Inside a Shopkeeper Cart
Why product thumbnails can disappear during Shopkeeper cart recalculation and how to keep EvoGallery image paths stable.
13 Jul 2013
Making Wayfinder Expand the Active Menu Branch
Why an accordion menu can fail to open the current branch when visitors arrive from internal links, and how to make Wayfinder output the right active classes.
12 Jul 2013
Passing Resource IDs Through a TV into Ditto
How to store a list of resource IDs in a TV and feed that list directly into Ditto for controlled cross-template output.
11 Jul 2013
Reading TV Values from Another Resource in Evolution CMS
Several reliable ways to pull TV data from a known resource and reuse it in the current template without duplicating content manually.
09 Jul 2013
Choosing a Product Filtering Strategy in Evolution CMS
A practical way to decide between TV-based filters, structured attribute storage, and hybrid catalog filters in Evolution CMS stores.
08 Jul 2013
Restoring Search-Term Highlighting After an AjaxSearch Result Click
Why AjaxSearch highlights the keyword in the results list but not on the destination page, and what to preserve so the target resource can still highlight the query.
07 Jul 2013
Making mm_requireFields Work with Dropdown TVs in ManagerManager
A small ManagerManager patch that lets mm_requireFields validate dropdown fields the same way it already validates text inputs and textareas.
06 Jul 2013
Handling Multiple File Attachments in FormIt
If one attachment works but two break the whole form, the mail and upload pipeline probably still assumes a single-file field.
05 Jul 2013
Showing the Latest Jot Comments Across the Site
A good recent-comments block needs more than a raw query — it needs truncation, links back to the article, and predictable formatting for old comment data.
05 Jul 2013
Using mFilter with Custom Resource Output
If mFilter builds the filter form but the listing comes from another snippet, the two sides need a shared understanding of the current result set and parameters.
04 Jul 2013
Redirecting to a Specific Resource with a Tiny Evolution CMS Snippet
Small redirect helpers are useful when a page should exist only as a routing entry point into the actual document tree.
02 Jul 2013
Implementing Basic Visitor Geotargeting in a MODX Project
Geotargeting starts as a city-detection feature, but quickly becomes a content, cache, and fallback problem if the site depends on it heavily.
02 Jul 2013
Handling Multiple Prices for One Shopkeeper Product
When one product has several variants with separate prices and quantities, the cart model needs to represent the variant explicitly instead of treating the item as one flat product row.
02 Jul 2013
Disabling Email Activation in WebSignUp
If new users should start working immediately after signup, the registration flow has to switch from activation-first to trusted or moderated onboarding.
01 Jul 2013
Showing Recent JotX Comments from Selected Pages
A recent-comments block works best when the comment source scope is explicit — otherwise the widget can quietly fall back to comments from everywhere.
28 Jun 2013
Finding the Maximum Numeric Value Stored in a TV Field
Because TV values are stored as text, numeric comparisons need explicit ordering logic if you want true maximum and minimum results.
28 Jun 2013
Choosing the Right Architecture for a Large Fabric Sample Catalog
A catalog with 1,000–1,500 items needs more than a simple list snippet — it needs a content model that stays manageable as filters, images, and prices grow.