Per Bjurström

The not so mysterious problem with WebResource.axd

by: Per Bjurström

Please read this post by Fredrik for the background. There is also a thread in the EPiServer forums here. So, this problem got highest priority due to a increasing number of customers experiencing this problem. I've been live debugging EPiServer CMS and ASP. NET code today which finally led to me to the cause of the problem, it is actually very cool to be able to set break points in the source code from Microsoft and modify private variables to trigger error conditions. I found the cause pretty... [ Read full article ]

14 May 2008  1 Comments

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Drag and drop communities

by: Martin Stenke ( DropIT )

EPiServers recent acquisition of Netstar creates new opportunities for building communities on the CMS platform. But as you know, we like to take things to another level. Which is exactly what we are going to do by integrating Star Commnuity with X3. Compatibility updates have already been made, so in a few weeks you should [...] [ Read full article ]

07 May 2008  0 Comments

Per Bjurström

Performance tweak: Optimizing StaticFileHandler in EPiServer CMS 5 (part 2)

by: Per Bjurström

This is a update to my previous post. EPiServer CMS 5 Release 2 will support kernel-mode response caching when you enable expirationTime on a VPP in web. config. Kernel mode response caching is handled by http. sys which is the HTTP protocol stack in Windows. This cache kicks in when static content with a valid cache policy defined is accessed multiple times witin a specific time period (by default 2 anonymous requests within 10 seconds). This cache was introduced in IIS 6 and was specifically... [ Read full article ]

06 May 2008  2 Comments

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New and updated modules on EPiCode

by: RockViggo

The EPiCode project is stronger than ever and 3 new modules have found its way to "Community source code heaven". The latest addition is a module from Henrik Nyström called PageTreeIcons. I have written a blog post on EPiCode about the feature list for the module. PageTreeIcons is not only a cool module, it also manifest that sharing modules and code through EPiCode is an easy thing to do. Henrik uploaded the source code himself, he created the wiki pages for documentation himself as well as... [ Read full article ]

02 May 2008  0 Comments

Internet World

by: Martin Stenke ( DropIT )

Here we are at the world’s best attended Internet event! Our first day in London went perfect. Visitors have shown a strong interest in X3 and it looks like we’ll soon be cooperating with several local EPiServer partners. And to top that off, we just signed with our first three UK customers. Pictures from the [...] [ Read full article ]

30 April 2008  0 Comments

Setting up X3 in the States

by: Martin Stenke ( DropIT )

Last week our developers Fredrik and Tomas packed their bags and flew over to Aegons United States office located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Apart from spotting miles of corn fields and watching out for the tornado warnings, their mission was to help Aegon install EPiServer CMS 5 and X3. Everything went well, which means that [...] [ Read full article ]

30 April 2008  0 Comments

Mari Jørgensen

Module Packaging

by: Mari Jørgensen

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 IMHO one of the coolest things in EPiServer CMS 5. You need the latest version of the EPiServer CMS Manager to make everything work flawlessly. Installing pre-packaged EPiServer modules to extend the features of your site is of course neat, but did you know that you can actually package your own modules?... [ Read full article ]

21 April 2008  3 Comments

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Release of XMAP for EPiServer CMS 5

by: Martin Stenke ( DropIT )

XMAP is now available for creating image maps in EPiServer CMS 5. The plug-in allows EPiServer editors to place multiple links on a single image using hotspot drawing tools. No image editing or programming skills required. XMAP works exactly like Image Map for EPiServer 4. Order a demo account or license by sending an email to module@dropit. se [...] [ Read full article ]

18 April 2008  0 Comments

Per Bjurström

Performance tweak: Optimizing StaticFileHandler in EPiServer CMS 5

by: Per Bjurström

The StaticFileHandler that serves files from a VPP is by default configured without a expiration date, or really a negative expiration time. That will cause the browser to, for every request, ask the server if there is a new version of the file, and most of the time EPiServer CMS will return a 304 Not Modified but it still have to look up the file to look at the changed date. That is all good to make sure editors will always see the latest and greatest content, but it is probably overkill for... [ Read full article ]

18 April 2008  2 Comments

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Atul Chaturvedi

Migrate pages from EPiServer 4.x site to CMS

by: Atul Chaturvedi

Stuck while importing pages to EPiServer CMS site from your older 4. x site, no need to worry, here is a simple recursive method to create those un-imported Pages from older into newer database. Some times the "Import tool" in admin mode of CMS site fails to import all Pages as in 4. x site but thanks to EPiServer. DataFactory. Instance. Save, a very useful method using which and an algorithm which I'm going to discuss after few more irritating lines can still evolve yourself from such... [ Read full article ]

17 April 2008  1 Comments