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Disable URL rewriting for specific URLs

by: Ted Nyberg (Hallvarsson & Halvarsson)

There comes a time when you need to prohibit URL rewriting for specific URLs within your EPiServer CMS website. For example, I've implemented an ashx handler that is used to deliver vCard files on our company's web site. If I would insert a regular... [ Read full article ]

17 January 2008  5 Comments

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Handle 404 exceptions in EPiServer CMS

by: Ted Nyberg (Hallvarsson & Halvarsson)

As many of you know, there is a comprehensive 404 handler available for download through EPiCode. However, I just wanted a simple way of specifying a PageID and have that page act as a 404 response. Easier said than done it seems I actually got my... [ Read full article ]

07 February 2008  9 Comments

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How to get the friendly URL of a page in EPiServer CMS

by: Ted Nyberg (Hallvarsson & Halvarsson)

Maybe there are other posts about this, but I thought I'd share an easy way of getting the friendly URL of a page since I've gotten questions about it on numerous occasions:public static string GetFriendlyURL( PageReference PageLink, string... [ Read full article ]

07 February 2008  6 Comments

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Programmatically configure customErrors redirects

by: Ted Nyberg (Hallvarsson & Halvarsson)

I previously posted a possible solution for handling 404 exceptions in EPiServer websites, but here's an alternative and possibly more elegant way of configuring custom error redirects for EPiServer. What I wanted to accomplish I wanted to be able... [ Read full article ]

09 February 2008  5 Comments

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Check to see if a page exists for a specific language branch

by: Ted Nyberg (Hallvarsson & Halvarsson)

Have you ever wanted to know if a specific EPiServer page exists for a specific language? I recently came across an implementation that looked something like this:try { DataFactory. Instance. GetPage(myPageLink, new... [ Read full article ]

11 February 2008  2 Comments

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Search for EPiServer pages based on properties

by: Ted Nyberg (Hallvarsson & Halvarsson)

This post aims to clearly illustrate a way of searching for EPiServer pages based on property values. By specifying search criteria and a place to start the search you'll get a PageDataCollection containing all matching pages. The concept The... [ Read full article ]

26 February 2008  4 Comments

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Search by language branch in EPiServer

by: Ted Nyberg (Hallvarsson & Halvarsson)

This post is a complement to my previous post about searching pages with EPiServer. I have gotten a few questions about how to limit a page search to include pages from a specific language branch. Since this is truly a basic requirement when... [ Read full article ]

02 March 2008  2 Comments

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Create and publish a page programmatically

by: Ted Nyberg (Hallvarsson & Halvarsson)

This post explains in detail how to programmatically create a page in EPiServer CMS 5. It also shows how to publish a page through code, even when the current user lacks the necessary permissions. 1. Specify where to publish the page Start off by... [ Read full article ]

05 March 2008  3 Comments

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Modify and publish a page programmatically

by: Ted Nyberg (Hallvarsson & Halvarsson)

Inspired by Marek's post on modifying existing pages I  decided to complement my post on programmatically publishing new pages with a post on how to modify and publish existing pages in EPiServer. 1. Why you can't modify a PageData object As Marek... [ Read full article ]

06 March 2008  1 Comments

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Using LINQ and EPiServer

by: Ted Nyberg (Hallvarsson & Halvarsson)

Just as a brief proof of concept I decided to use a LINQ statement to retrieve and sort a list of EPiServer pages. If you haven't yet come across LINQ I would recommend Scott Guthrie's post on using LINQ. LINQ can be used to query a number of... [ Read full article ]

10 March 2008  2 Comments

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Using a single domain strategy with multiple languages in EPiServer

by: Ted Nyberg (Hallvarsson & Halvarsson)

Introduction This post covers one way of enforcing a domain strategy for multi-language (or multi-division) sites. There are two common scenarios for multi-language site domain strategies: Use one top domain per language In this case, www.... [ Read full article ]

04 April 2008  4 Comments

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