Preselecting the Resource Template on New Document Creation in Evolution CMS

When editors create many documents under the same parent, selecting the template manually every time becomes unnecessary friction. A simple way to speed that up is to prefill the template on the new document form.

The original plugin solution used OnDocFormPrerender and read the desired template from the request:

global $content;
if (isset($_GET['template']) && $_GET['template'] != '') {
    $content['template'] = $_GET['template'];
}
return $content;

That makes URLs like this useful for editor shortcuts:

index.php?a=4&pid=14&template=5

In practice, this is a neat workflow improvement for content-heavy sections, imported structures, or custom manager buttons. The editor lands on the right parent and the correct template is already chosen.

The pattern is simple, but it fits Evolution CMS well: when the manager does not give you the exact editorial shortcut you need, a small event-driven customization often closes the gap cleanly.