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  • Vista and IIS7 as a Development Platform for EPiServer CMS
    Posted on: 11/04/2007
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    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...


  • The Output Cache - When and Why
    Posted on: 29/03/2007
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    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...

    Danne Tempel
    Danne Tempel
  • Preparing for EPiServer CMS 5 R1
    Posted on: 28/03/2007
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    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. This article focuses on how to...

    Steve Celius
    Steve Celius
  • Membership and Roles in EPiServer CMS 5
    Posted on: 28/03/2007
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    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 an...

    Steve Celius
    Steve Celius
  • Link Management in EPiServer CMS 5 R1 Under the Hood
    Posted on: 28/03/2007
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    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...

    Per Bjurström
    Per Bjurström
  • Using Vista Gadgets to Extend a Web Site to the Desktop
    Posted on: 15/03/2007
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    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...

    Per Bjurström
    Per Bjurström
  • Experiences from migrating to EPiServer 4.61 and ASP.NET 2.0!
    Posted on: 23/11/2006
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    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. The project used for...


  • Configuring the Cache in Multi-Server Scenarios
    Posted on: 22/11/2006
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    This article applies to EPiServer CMS 4.61 and 4.62. 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...

    Danne Tempel
    Danne Tempel
  • Implementing Filters in EPiServer CMS
    Posted on: 20/11/2006
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    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, whi...

    Danne Tempel
    Danne Tempel
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