http://world.episerver.com/ http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-Products-and-Internet-Explorer-8/ The latest version of Internet Explorer, version 8, is soon to be made available as a high-priority update through Automatic Updates from Microsoft. It's only reasonable that Microsoft update their Web browser to a more secure and up-to-date version, but this has implications on EPiServer-based Web sites that run on a version that does not support  Internet Explore... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-Products-and-Internet-Explorer-8/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:04:00 GMT Audience Editor Administrator Developer http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-a-Custom-EPiServer-Community-Module---Attribute-Data-Types/ In a previous series of articles I described how to create a basic EPiServer Community module. In this article I will build on those articles and describe how to take the example project, Movies, one step further by allowing the Movie entity type to be used as attribute values for other EPiServer Community entities. If you haven’t read the previous articles, I recommend you to do so as this art... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-a-Custom-EPiServer-Community-Module---Attribute-Data-Types/ Wed, 27 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT Web site development Extending EPiServer CMS Developer Intermediate EPiServer Community http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-Developers-in-Stockholm-Meet-and-Exchange-Ideas-and-Experiences/ On May 12 around 40 EPiServer developers met in Stockholm for a useful and fun evening together. The initiator of this developer meeting is Fredrik Haglund, senior developer at Inexor AB. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-Developers-in-Stockholm-Meet-and-Exchange-Ideas-and-Experiences/ Tue, 19 May 2009 22:00:00 GMT Web site development Developer General technical http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-a-Custom-EPiServer-Community-Module---Part-Four/ This article is number four in a series of articles about development of EPiServer Community sites. The EPiServer Community framework provides a wide variety of modules suitable for intranets such as webmail and document archives to modules suitable for modern online communities such as video galleries, chat and blogs. Below the rest of the articles are listed, as well as the sou... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-a-Custom-EPiServer-Community-Module---Part-Four/ Wed, 06 May 2009 08:30:00 GMT Web site development Extending EPiServer CMS Developer Intermediate http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Introducing-EPiServer-Composer---What-To-Think-About/ EPiServer Composer (former Extension X3) introduces a new way of working with EPiServer CMS 5. Its edit on page mode allows editors without programming skills to create and alter the layout of a Web page. The functions library allows organizations to share templates and functions, resulting in an outstanding level of reuse. In this article we will describe the concept of EPiServer Composer and ... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Introducing-EPiServer-Composer---What-To-Think-About/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:30:00 GMT Editor Administrator Developer Beginner http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-Composer---Best-Practices-for-Developers/ EPiServer Composer adds more flexibility to the standard version of EPiServer CMS, making it possible for editors to create and change page types affecting the layout of a Web page. In this article we will explore the concept of EPiServer Composer, and provide best practices and recommendations for developers when working with EPiServer Composer. Table of Content What is EPiServer Composer... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-Composer---Best-Practices-for-Developers/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:30:00 GMT Developer Intermediate http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Extension-X3-Becomes-EPiServer-Composer/ Imagine that you could instantly change the layout of a Web page  without any programming? What if the creation of new Web sites could be done at a lower cost, in less time and with less hassle? This is possible with EPiServer Composer. We are now launching version 3.2.5 of EPiServer Composer for EPiServer CMS 5 R2 SP1. Background EPiServer Composer, formerly known as “Extension X3”, was s... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Extension-X3-Becomes-EPiServer-Composer/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT Editor Administrator Developer Beginner http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-a-Custom-EPiServer-Community-Module---Part-Three/ This article is about enitity procedures and handlers. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-a-Custom-EPiServer-Community-Module---Part-Three/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:00:00 GMT Web site development Extending EPiServer CMS Developer Intermediate http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-a-Custom-EPiServer-Community-Module---Part-Two/ This article is about building a module the EPiServer Community way so we’ll use the same SQL Server database as the framework uses and communicate with it using stored procedures. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-a-Custom-EPiServer-Community-Module---Part-Two/ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:50:00 GMT Web site development Extending EPiServer CMS Developer Intermediate http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-a-Custom-EPiServer-Community-Module---Part-One/ The EPiServer Community framework provides a wide variety of modules, when building a large community you often need to extend the framework with custom modules. In this article I will describe the basics of doing just that. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-a-Custom-EPiServer-Community-Module---Part-One/ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:01:00 GMT Extending EPiServer CMS Developer http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Migrating-StarCommunity-31-to-EPiServer-Community-32/ The process of migrating can generally be summarized into four steps. Read about how to migrate StarCommunity 3.1 to EPiServer Community 3.2 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Migrating-StarCommunity-31-to-EPiServer-Community-32/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:55:00 GMT Developer http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Generating-Developer-Licenses-for-EPiServer-Products/ So you've downloaded the latest version of an EPiServer product from EPiServer World, but what do you do now? http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Generating-Developer-Licenses-for-EPiServer-Products/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:52:00 GMT Installing and upgrading Web site development Developer http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-Mail-44-Released/ I’m happy to announce that EPiServer Mail 4.4 is released. It fills the gap in the Create+ and Relate+ offerings by having support for CMS R1 SP3 to CMS R2 SP1. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-Mail-44-Released/ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:52:00 GMT Installing and upgrading Web site development Extending EPiServer CMS Editor Developer http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Long-way-to-go-for-Swedish-authorities-when-Valideratse-measures-accessibility/ Swedish authorities have a long way to go before they will reach the EU requirements on their Web sites to be accessible to everyone regardless of equipment, such as to work in all major browsers with support for web standards as well as have facilities for the disabled. This despite the fact that the EU objectives from the Riga Summit in 2006 should be met by next year. This conclusi... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Long-way-to-go-for-Swedish-authorities-when-Valideratse-measures-accessibility/ Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT Subject Usability and accessibility Audience Editor Intermediate http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Working-With-Demo-Templates-for-EPiServer-CMS-5-R2-SP1/ This article describes the workroom functionality of the EPiServer CMS 5 R2 SP1 demo templates. Some basic functions that have been enhanced in this release, are described both in terms of usage as well as from a set up and customization point. Table of Content Workroom Overview Rich Text Editor Workroom Invitation Process E-mail Templates User Profile Page My Settings Workroom File Manager Cal... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Working-With-Demo-Templates-for-EPiServer-CMS-5-R2-SP1/ Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:00:00 GMT Web site development Editorial functions Editor Developer http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Cache-Update-and-Load-Balancing-for-EPiServer-CMS-5/ In an enterprise setup of EPiServer CMS 5 with load balancing, the system must continuously update page information between all the Web sites. In the Enterprise Edition of EPiServer CMS 5, this is done using intelligent cache updates. In this article you will be guided through the configuration steps needed to set up the load balancing. Local and Remote Cache Update A feature that the Enterpris... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Cache-Update-and-Load-Balancing-for-EPiServer-CMS-5/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:00:00 GMT Subject Configuration Audience Developer Intermediate http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-Community-32-is-released/ With the product package EPiServer Relate+ we also release a new version of EPiServer Community. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-Community-32-is-released/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:37:00 GMT Installing and upgrading Web site development General technical 3.2 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/10-steps-to-increase-your-online-sales-using-X3-and-Google-Website-Optimizer/ The combination of EPiServer Composer (previously X3) and Google Website Optimizer (GWO) will make instant online sales optimization possible. Start collecting data and restructure your website from day one without needing technical skills. This opens up new opportunities for sites where ROI counts for more than CPM. What EPiServer Composer does EPiServer Composer allows web editors to cha... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/10-steps-to-increase-your-online-sales-using-X3-and-Google-Website-Optimizer/ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT Subject Extending EPiServer CMS Audience Editor Administrator Classification Intermediate EPiServer CMS 5 EPiServer Composer 3.0 3.1.7 5 R2 5 R2 SP1 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-Relate-The-Best-of-Both-Worlds/ With our new EPiServer Relate+ product package, we are introducing a completely new way to create and work interactively with online communities. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-Relate-The-Best-of-Both-Worlds/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:00:00 GMT Web site development Extending EPiServer CMS Editorial functions Content production Editor Developer http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-loves-UK-top-40/ No alarms and no surprises. We’re at EPiServer are big fans of the The UK Top 40 Singles Chart. Every Friday morning there is magic in the air when the Top 10 is about to be revealed. How many spots have Boyzone climbed since last week? http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-loves-UK-top-40/ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:34:00 GMT Web site development Integration Extending EPiServer CMS Content production Page Providers http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Create-Your-Own-Reports-in-the-New-Report-Center/ Create Your Own Reports in the Report Center http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Create-Your-Own-Reports-in-the-New-Report-Center/ Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:11:00 GMT Subject Extending EPiServer CMS Editorial functions Audience Developer Classification Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS 5 R2 CTP 5 R2 5 R2 RC1 5 R2 CTP2 5 R2 SP1 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Debugging-EPiServer-CMS-5-R2/ When debugging an EPiServer Web site, not all stack information will be present without symbol files, such as line numbers. This article provides a description of how to debug an EPiServer CMS 5 R2 Web site utilizing the EPiServer symbol server. Contents ›› Introduction ›› EPiServer symbol server ›› Environment variables ›› Debug in Visual Studio 2008 Introduction When debugging an EP... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Debugging-EPiServer-CMS-5-R2/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:00:00 GMT Subject Web site development Audience Developer Classification Advanced EPiServer CMS 5 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/How-to-create-and-maintain-a-SEO-Web-site-based-on-EPiServer-CMS-5/ Working with Search Engine Optimization in EPiServer CMS 5 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/How-to-create-and-maintain-a-SEO-Web-site-based-on-EPiServer-CMS-5/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:11:00 GMT Subject Editorial functions Content production Audience Editor Developer Classification Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS 5 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Introducing-Page-Providers/ Are you looking for a way of integrating external information/data into an EPiServer site? With the release of EPiServer CMS 5 R2 it is possible to integrate EPiServer with most data sources. This is achieved by implementing your own  custom  page provider. ›› Introduction to page providers ›› Page Providers in short ›› Download XmlPageProvider and xml file ››... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Introducing-Page-Providers/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:00:00 GMT Extending EPiServer CMS Developer EPiServer CMS 5 5 R2 Page Providers http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Helping-editors-by-simple-page-type-modifications-in-Admin-mode/ Helping editors by simple page type modifications in Admin mode http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Helping-editors-by-simple-page-type-modifications-in-Admin-mode/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:44:00 GMT Subject Editorial functions Content production Audience Editor Administrator Classification Intermediate EPiServer CMS 5 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/New-functionality-for-Editors/ In the new release of EPiServer CMS there are several approvements and new functions for Editor's. Use the new Image Editor or make your content creation more efficient with Dynamic Content. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/New-functionality-for-Editors/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:30:00 GMT Subject Editorial functions Content production Audience Editor Product EPiServer CMS 5 5 R2 Dynamic Content http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-CMS-R2---Features/ The next release of EPiServer CMS is here! This articles outlines what's new and updated for editors and developers in EPiServer CMS 5 Release 2.  Dynamic Content Dynamic Content makes it possible for editors to add "dynamic" parts to the page content that, at render time, will fetch data from other sources. Those sources could be content from other pages or information from othe... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/EPiServer-CMS-R2---Features/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT Subject Installing and upgrading Web site development Editorial functions Content production Audience Editor Administrator Developer General technical Product EPiServer CMS 5 5 R2 Dynamic Content http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Searching-metadata-is-the-key-to-the-image-bank/ In this article by Niklas Jägerklou, Project Manager at Meridium, and Johan Carlberger, CEO Euroling, solutions for searching image banks are discussed. Never before have web sites been filled with so many pictures. Previously, web site pictures were used for decorative purposes in relation to text. But now pictures sometimes have become synonymous with the content. A few examples are phot... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Searching-metadata-is-the-key-to-the-image-bank/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:16:00 GMT Subject Extending EPiServer CMS Editorial functions Content production Audience Editor Product EPiServer CMS 5 Image Vault http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/How-dynamic-content-can-be-used-to-create-a-more-flexible-web-site/ Dynamic content is one of the new useful features of the upcoming version of EPiServer CMS – R2. The idea behind dynamic content is to allow developers to create a ‘tool box’ of reusable features that editors can use any where they want and thereby making the page templates more flexible and powerful. How to work with dynamic content As described in the article Dynamic Content - Greater Freedom... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/How-dynamic-content-can-be-used-to-create-a-more-flexible-web-site/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:11:00 GMT Subject Content production Audience Editor Developer Classification Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS 5 R2 CTP 5 R2 5 R2 RC1 Dynamic Content http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Integrating-EPiServer-CMS-5-with-Microsoft-SharePoint--user-examples-and-benefits/ Do you have Microsoft Office SharePoint for document management in your organization, and want to benefit from the EPiServer CMS easy way of publishing content to the Web? This article explains the basic concept of using EPiServer CMS in combination with SharePoint. User scenarios and examples are presented, a high-level technical background is given and benefits are discussed. Note that the in... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Integrating-EPiServer-CMS-5-with-Microsoft-SharePoint--user-examples-and-benefits/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:48:00 GMT Subject Integration Extending EPiServer CMS Audience Editor Administrator Developer Classification Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS 5 EPiServer SharePoint Connector http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Edit-Images-Directly-From-the-EPiServer-UI/ The majority of all Web sites are packed with interesting and rich texts and images. The saying goes "A picture says more than a thousand words" and in most cases I find this to be true. The text and how well it is written is the most important aspect when it comes to keeping your visitors on the Web, but a good image can surely boost the message. Image Tools For me, as a long time user of... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Edit-Images-Directly-From-the-EPiServer-UI/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:45:00 GMT Subject Content production Audience Editor Classification Beginner Product EPiServer CMS 5 5 R2 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Dynamic-Content--Greater-Freedom-and-Efficiency-For-Editors/ Are you often feeling guilty about not having the time to supervise your Web site to make sure all information is consequent and correct? Maybe you’ve discovered that some pages give certain information about the company while other pages say something entirely different? These are some of the issues I run into during my work as Webmaster at EPiServer AB. EPiServer CMS 5 R2 Delivers Dynamic Con... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Dynamic-Content--Greater-Freedom-and-Efficiency-For-Editors/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:04:00 GMT Integration Editorial functions Content production Editor Administrator EPiServer CMS 5 Main Product 5 R2 Dynamic Content http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Farewell-EPiFields-Hello-Dynamic-Content/ An extensive website contains hundreds, sometimes thousands of pages. Certain pieces of information will be the same regardless of what page you are on. This could for instance be a label with the current users name, todays date, the current time or perhaps an image randomly selected from a preset cycle. To avoid having to update identical types of information on all these pages EPiServer ... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Farewell-EPiFields-Hello-Dynamic-Content/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:40:00 GMT Integration Developer Beginner EPiServer CMS 5 Main Product 5 R2 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Stylesheet-Picker-in-Edit-Mode/ I started out writing a small sample on how to add a dropdown list in EPiServer but ended up with a bit more. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Stylesheet-Picker-in-Edit-Mode/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:35:00 GMT Web site development Developer Beginner 5 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Deploying-from-Development-to-Public-Site/ There are two basic installations of EPiServer CMS available today, the development installment and the public site (manager installation). The common practice is to work with EPiServer CMS from a developer installation with Visual Studio and continuously update the live site with new and reworked dll’s and templates. The process of deploying a Visual Studio project to a live site is not compli... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Deploying-from-Development-to-Public-Site/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:56:00 GMT Web site development Developer Beginner EPiServer CMS 5 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Hundreds-of-results-are-good-but-please-let-me-find-the-top-three/ As search evolves more and more users discover that the simplest way to find information on a site is by using its search function. In this article I will list important aspects when deciding which search engine to use and how to customize it to deliver relevant hits on your site. Beware that this is not a traditional SEO article but instead focuses on internal search were the search engine tru... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Hundreds-of-results-are-good-but-please-let-me-find-the-top-three/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:00:00 GMT Subject Web site development Usability and accessibility Content production Audience Editor Administrator Developer Classification Beginner http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Migration-Tool/ A pre-release of the much sought after EPiServer Migration Tool is now available! http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Migration-Tool/ Thu, 15 May 2008 14:57:00 GMT Installing and upgrading Administrator Developer Intermediate EPiServer CMS 5 5 SP2 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Benefits-of-using-WebDAV-in-EPiServer-CMS-UPDATED/ Introduction Wouldn’t  it be great to be able to be able to manage your documents and images directly in Windows Explorer, instead of having to open the EPiServer CMS file manager to upload documents and images? This is possible in EPiServer CMS 5, using the WebDAV technique. This article deals with the benfits of using WebDAV to manage files with Windows Explorer in EPiServer CMS 5. What ... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Benefits-of-using-WebDAV-in-EPiServer-CMS-UPDATED/ Wed, 14 May 2008 13:47:00 GMT Subject Integration Editorial functions Content production Audience Editor Administrator Classification Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS 5 5 R1 5 SP1 5 SP2 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Module-Packaging-in-EPiServer-CMS/ If you have installed the new demo package available on EPiServer World, you have already used the new module installation feature in the EPiServer CMS Manager. This feature is rather new, and in my opinion one of the coolest things in EPiServer CMS 5. Introduction You need the latest version of the EPiServer CMS Manager to make everything work flawlessly. Installing pre-packaged EPiServer modu... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Module-Packaging-in-EPiServer-CMS/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:11:00 GMT Subject Configuration Installing and upgrading Web site development Extending EPiServer CMS Audience Developer Classification Intermediate Third-party issues Product EPiServer CMS 5 5 R1 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Performance-Tuning-and-Optimization-of-EPiServer-CMS/ There are many factors to consider when tuning the performance of your EPiServer CMS site. This article deals with common pitfalls when optimizing EPiServer CMS for better performance. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Performance-Tuning-and-Optimization-of-EPiServer-CMS/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:25:00 GMT Subject Configuration Audience Developer Classification Intermediate General technical Product EPiServer CMS 5 5 R1 5 SP1 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-custom-properties-in-EPiServer-CMS-5/ This article describes how to create custom properties in EPiServer CMS 5. The article is based on the EPiServer CMS SDK documentation, EPiServer CMS knowledge base, EPiServer CMS 5 source code and forum postings. What is a property? A single page in EPiServer CMS 5 contains properties. A property is a part of the page which contains data of specific types. There are several predefined properti... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-custom-properties-in-EPiServer-CMS-5/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:02:00 GMT Subject Web site development Editorial functions Audience Developer Classification Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS 5 5 R1 5 SP1 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Did-you-know-that-there-is-a-built-in-statistics-function-in-Edit-mode/ In EPiServer CMS it is possible to activate a statistics function that editors have access to directly from Edit mode. The statistics function is included in a standard EPiServer CMS installation from version 4.61. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Did-you-know-that-there-is-a-built-in-statistics-function-in-Edit-mode/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:18:00 GMT Editorial functions Editor Beginner Intermediate EPiServer CMS 5 4 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/What-is-a-listing-and-how-can-it-be-used-in-EPiServer-CMS/ What is a listing and how is it used in EPiServer CMS? http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/What-is-a-listing-and-how-can-it-be-used-in-EPiServer-CMS/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:34:00 GMT Subject Editorial functions Content production Audience Editor Classification Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS 5 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Search-is-more-than-just-search-with-SiteSeeker-in-CMS-5/ A lot of web sites do not benefit from their users’ involvement when they search. A common example of this is when web sites employ global search engines to search within their own content. This is like handing away business opportunities, attention, clicks, or whatever is important to you and your website, because search is so much more than just providing a search box to the user. These are t... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Search-is-more-than-just-search-with-SiteSeeker-in-CMS-5/ Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:04:00 GMT Subject Web site development Integration Audience Editor Developer Classification Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS 5 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Configuring-the-Cache-in-Multi-Server-Scenarios/ This article applies to EPiServer CMS 4.61 and later. This article describes how to configure multiple EPiServer installations to contact each other when changes to the cache occur. The concept of forwarding cache invalidations is called cache listeners. Important! The cache listener support requires Web Services to communicate. Make sure Web Services are accessible before you follow this guide... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Configuring-the-Cache-in-Multi-Server-Scenarios/ Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:21:00 GMT Subject Configuration Web site development Audience Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/The-Output-Cache---When-and-Why/ This article applies to EPiServer CMS 4.61 and later. EPiServer provides the ability to cache output data depending on settings in the web.config file of the site. Correctly used this can greatly speed up page requests since the page requested is stored as static html, thereby liberating the server cpu from the tiresome work of putting together a dynamic page from all the bits and pieces that a... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/The-Output-Cache---When-and-Why/ Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:00:00 GMT Subject Configuration Web site development Audience Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Implementing-Filters-in-EPiServer-CMS/ This technical article describes filters and how to implement them in EPiServer. What is a Filter? A filter is a general mechanism in EPiServer that is used to manage information in listings. As a developer, you can construct your own filters, which can then be used in conjunction with listings to display content in accordance with the specified requirements. A filter has three primary function... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Implementing-Filters-in-EPiServer-CMS/ Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:33:00 GMT Subject Web site development Audience Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Vista-and-IIS7-as-a-Development-Platform-for-EPiServer-CMS/ Since I have switched to Vista as the operating system on my development machine at work, I’ve reached a few conclusions on measures needed to be taken to run EPiServer on IIS7 in Vista. Note that this is not yet a supported platform (by EPiServer) so if you run into any trouble you need to solve them yourself or run EPiServer on a virtual machine. (Read the original blog in Swedish) Contents I... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Vista-and-IIS7-as-a-Development-Platform-for-EPiServer-CMS/ Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:30:00 GMT Subject Configuration Web site development Audience Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Using-Vista-Gadgets-to-Extend-a-Web-Site-to-the-Desktop/ The architecture of a Windows Sidebar gadget is surprisingly simple, it’s a little browser window that you populate with a mini-site built on standard HTML, stuff we already know. Distribution is as simple as zipping the mini-site and changing the extension to .gadget, upon installation it gets extracted to C:\Users\<USERNAME>\appdata\local\microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets. An easy way t... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Using-Vista-Gadgets-to-Extend-a-Web-Site-to-the-Desktop/ Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:21:00 GMT Subject Web site development Extending EPiServer CMS Audience Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Tips-for-the-Unified-File-System/ Contents Always Create a "System" Share Secure the Special "Pages" Folder Create an MS Indexing Service Catalog for your Site Over the years I've come to learn a few things about the EPiServer UnifiedFileSystem (UFS from now on), some the easy way, but most the hard way. The following is a list of my recommendations for when setting up the UFS in a new site. Always Create a "System" Share A Sys... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Tips-for-the-Unified-File-System/ Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:48:00 GMT Subject Configuration Installing and upgrading Web site development Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/How-to-Refer-to-an-EPiServer-Page/ There is often a need to refer to a given page in a site. For example, on each page of the site you may want to have a footer with a link to a page that describes the site's usage of cookies. This article discusses several ways to accomplish that in EPiServer.   Note that this kind of linking is different than linking to pages in the navigation menus since those links are created by traver... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/How-to-Refer-to-an-EPiServer-Page/ Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:40:00 GMT Subject Web site development Audience Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Link-Management-in-EPiServer-CMS-5-R1-Under-the-Hood/ Background Story Content in EPiServer 4 is stored as HTML in the database, similar to what you see in the editor with some server-side tweaks to correct formatting. To visualize the concept we will look at a simple HTML sample that you may find stored in EPiServer 4: < img src =”/upload/robothund.gif” /> < a href =”/templates/page.aspx?id=3”> Take me home </ a > If you install... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Link-Management-in-EPiServer-CMS-5-R1-Under-the-Hood/ Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:00:00 GMT Subject Web site development Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS 5 5 R1 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-and-Using-a-Workflow-in-EPiServer-CMS-5-R1/ Contents Introduction Creating the Workflow Adding an Activity Adding and Enabling the Workflow in EPiServer CMS 5 Introduction The process of creating a workflow in Visual Studio, deploying it to EPiServer CMS 5 and then registering it is easy. In this guide we will create a simple workflow that assigns a task to a group of users whenever a page is created in a specific node in the site struct... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Creating-and-Using-a-Workflow-in-EPiServer-CMS-5-R1/ Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMT Subject Web site development Workflow Audience Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS 5 5 R1 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Modal-Dialogs-in-the-EPiServer-UI-for-non-IE-Browsers/ Contents Creating a Modal Dialog The CreateDialog Method Example The way modal dialogs are created and opened in EPiServer has changed in EPiServer CMS 5. Previous versions of EPiServer made use of Microsoft Internet Explorer specific code to open modal dialogs. We have not removed this code from /Util/javascript/common.js but when developing for the UI in EPiServer CMS 5 we recommend another a... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Modal-Dialogs-in-the-EPiServer-UI-for-non-IE-Browsers/ Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:31:00 GMT Subject Web site development Audience Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Preparing-for-EPiServer-CMS-5-R1-today/ Going from EPiServer 4.x to EPiServer 5 is not an upgrade. The API is not 100% backwards compatible, and you also have to move from .NET 1.x/2.x to 3.0, which will break a few things in your EPiServer application. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Preparing-for-EPiServer-CMS-5-R1-today/ Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:00:00 GMT Subject Configuration Web site development Audience Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS 5 5 R1 http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Membership-and-Roles-in-EPiServer-CMS-5/ Contents Introduction Available Membership and Role Providers Configuration Creating Users and Groups Virtual Roles Predefined Virtual Roles in EPiServer CMS 5 Creating Your Own Provider Introduction EPiServer CMS 5 uses the built-in Membership and Role provider feature in ASP.NET. This feature was introduced with ASP.NET 2.0 and exposes a pluggable authentication and authorization architecture... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Membership-and-Roles-in-EPiServer-CMS-5/ Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:00:00 GMT Subject Configuration Installing and upgrading Web site development Audience Administrator Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Benefitting-From-CSS-Based-Design/ Introduction When creating content for the Web, adhering to Web accessibility guidelines is becoming increasingly important. While accessibility is mainly concerned with making the content available to anyone, regardless of any disabilities, using the recommended methods often yield benefits that go above and beyond that. Content is accessible to all users, including people with disabilities. U... http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Benefitting-From-CSS-Based-Design/ Tue, 29 May 2007 14:18:00 GMT Subject Configuration Installing and upgrading Editor Administrator Developer Intermediate Product EPiServer CMS http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Experiences-from-migrating-to-EPiServer-461-and-ASPNET-20/ This article is targeted to upgrading a pre 4.60 EPiServer installation on ASP.NET 1.1 to 4.6X on ASP.NET 2.0. I will assume you have a VS 2005 installation with support for Visual Studio 2005 Web Application Projects. http://world.episerver.com/en/Articles/Items/Experiences-from-migrating-to-EPiServer-461-and-ASPNET-20/ Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:34:00 GMT Configuration Installing and upgrading Web site development