Blog posts

• Unable to initialize/update EPiserver database with user sercrets enabled
  Syndicated blog - Posted on: Nov 23, 2020

  I suppose all of you know the importance of not storing secrets for connections to databaes, APIs, identity providers etc. in the repositories alongiside with the code. There are many ways to keep them away from the source code in .NET Core and in .NET Framework. In order to avoid storing secrets in code I decided to leverage user secrets featur...

  

  Jerzy Czopek
  
• EPiserver & Powerpaste postprocessing
  Syndicated blog - Posted on: Nov 23, 2020

  One of the most important pieces of EPiserver for content editing is the support for rich text. EPiserver integrates with one of the most popular and well known rich text editors for web browsers - TinyMCE. Out of the box TinyMCE is packed with features and configuration options and its ecosystem is packed with plugins (both free and paid), that...

  

  Jerzy Czopek
  
• Navigate the content tree like a pro with the GetDescendentOrSelf function
  Posted on: Nov 22, 2020
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  In the ' Navigate the content tree like a pro with the GetAncestorOrSelf function ' article, we started discussing about how important it is to be able to navigate a content tree and the importance of performance. With the new set of functions, we can now navigate all the way to the top, but what if we need to navigate all the way to the bottom ...

  

  Giuliano Dore
  
• Enhanced PropertyList for Episerver
  Syndicated blog - Posted on: Nov 20, 2020

  By default, the Episerver PropertyList shows ContentReferences (including images) and Urls as IDs and permanent URLs. This post is about the Enhanced PropertyList which improves the editor experience by show content names and image previews.

  

  Jake Jones
  
• Restoring production DXP content for local Episerver development
  Syndicated blog - Posted on: Nov 20, 2020

  While developing new features in Episerver CMS, it can be incredibly useful to have a local copy of the production content.  Here are the steps required for extracting content from Episerver’s DXP platform and restoring it into your local environment for development. Step 1: Request a database backup from the PaaS portal The first step […]

  

  Dylan McCurry
  
• What is the REST API and why should I use it?
  Posted on: Nov 19, 2020
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  In this blog post, I like to introduce you to Episerver Campaign's latest Application Programming Interface (API) following the modern architectural style of Representational State Transfer (REST). I will show you its advantages over our traditional HTTP mail/form and SOAP web services as well as give you some tips to quickly get started. RESTfu...

  

  Eric Hubert
  
• Integrating Swagger UI on Episerver World with customized components
  Posted on: Nov 17, 2020
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  Documentation section  stays for a long time on World, and a new Swagger UI panel has been implemented (available soon), for better usage a long with old Swagger UI pages : Swagger.IO provided developer with source code and detailed documentation on setting up developing environment, creating custom plugins and Layout. Therefore, investigating a...

  

  Kane Made It
  
• The importance of “Branch Templates” within Episerver
  Syndicated blog - Posted on: Nov 13, 2020

  In modern day CMS systems we rarely create pages that have fixed layouts with zero flexibility.  Often times we give the marketing team the power to define experiences by placing a number of configurable components on the page in the layout that they see fit.  This is empowering, but can also be intimidating if you’re […]

  

  Dylan McCurry
  
• New Image Manager For World Blogger
  Posted on: Nov 12, 2020
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  Following feedback from bloggers on World, we think it is about time to implement a feature to support user manage their uploaded images. Every time you paste or drag & drop an image to TinyMCE Editor, the image will appear on  Image List under the editor. The image will be visible there even when you start a new blog post or edit the old one. H...

  

  Kane Made It
  
• HostDefinitions in Episerver returns error message: Port must be a parsable integer between 0 and 65535 or wildcard character
  Syndicated blog - Posted on: Nov 11, 2020

  If you ever came across this obscure error message in Episerver, you probably have had a look at Erik Henningson's inspiring article for defining HostDefinitions automatically when initializing your Episerver site for different environments. When dealing with the HostDefinitions themselves in the SiteDefinition declarations as Erik demonstrates ...

  

  Eric Petersson