EPiServer CMS anti-patterns: common mistakes in development projects
EPiServer is a great CMS but like all platforms it has a number of traps for the unwary and inexperienced.
Posted on Friday, September 9th, 2011
Multi-channel EPiServer: De-coupling content and presentation
Content architecture has long been the exclusive concern of CMS geeks. After all, does it really matter if there is clean separation between content and its presentation? It’s all about serving web pages, right? Wrong…
Posted on Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Using Google Mini as an EPiServer search solution
Google Mini can provide a low-cost alternative to Lucene-based searching in EPiServer. Although its text-based search is simple and powerful, the devil, as ever, is in the detail.
Posted on Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Converting EPiServer 6 to use claims-based authentication with WIF
Converting an EPiServer site to become claims-aware is straightforward enough – the complications come when you try to use the editor and administration interfaces.
Posted on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Implementing Dublin Core meta data for EPiServer pages via a plug-in
A plug-in for EPiServer that implements the Dublin Core meta data schema for all pages without requiring any code changes.
Posted on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
What’s new in EPiServer 6? A review of the new features
EPiServer 6 seems to be primarily a release for content editors, though there are some nice new features for developers too.
Posted on Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Developing EPiServer page providers: optimizing performance
If you are developing EPiServer page providers for very large data sets, there are a few things you ought to bear in mind about performance.
Posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
EPiServer: Creating a re-usable generic custom property
A technique for storing complex, object-based data in EPiServer custom properties using a re-usable generic base class. Includes downloadable source code.
Posted on Saturday, May 16th, 2009