Tips and Tricks

On Page Edit for Images

The default image edit mode in Episerver CMS is a little bit boring - it's nothing but an image tag with the actual image. Why not offer a richer on page edit experience for image media as you typically get for pages and blocks?

Tips and Tricks CMS Optimizely (Episerver)

January 11 2019

Content Report Generator

I helped a client with a cool little report generator that can give them an easy overview of all their content - and related metadata, that can be opened in excel and easily sorted, filtered and aggregated. Here it is.

Tips and Tricks CMS Addon Development Optimizely (Episerver)

December 19 2018

Content Approval: Show Content Info box with Reviewers

Content approval in Episerver CMS has been around for a while now, but coding examples using it are still fairly hard to find. Here is a simple one that might come in handy.

Tips and Tricks CMS Optimizely (Episerver)

December 18 2018

Design Pattern: Tag Pages instead of Categories

Episerver categories is one way to deal with taxonomy on a web site. But often I find that I prefer a simpler, more transparent approach of having Tag Pages replace them. Here's how.

C#Optimizely (Episerver)CMS Tips and Tricks

October 29 2018

CMS Audit Update - Visitor Groups included

Earlier this year Nicola Ayan released a nice little plugin that I instantly liked, the CMS Audit tool. It's a great way to get an easy overview over what is being used where in your CMS. In a talk about my favorite addons I showed it at Episerver Ascend Copenhagen and straight away got a question from the audience: Can we use this tool to see where visitor groups are being used? Well, now you can.

Tips and Tricks Addon Development Optimizely (Episerver)CMS

October 24 2018

Webcast: Addons In Real Life @ CodeArt

Last week I did a couple of talks at Episerver User Group meetings in Denmark about how I've tweaked my Episerver installation at codeart.dk in order to work as a great blogging platform. I also showcase a few of the addons I'm currently working on. Now I recorded the talk, so if you have a 23 minutes to spare, then grab a coffee and make some popcorn and have a look.

CMS Optimizely (Episerver)Tips and Tricks Tech Talk

October 17 2018

Custom Views for an Interface

Ever played around with adding custom views in Episerver CMS? It's a really powerful way to extend the UI. But why does it work when you register your view for a model class, but not for an interface implemented by that model? I had a look and found out.

Tips and Tricks Addon Development Optimizely (Episerver)

October 12 2018

Admin Mode Plugin to Manage Content Type Suggestions

If you have a site with a lot of different content types, it can be a good idea to help Episervers Automatic Content Type suggestion feature along. Here is a basic Admin mode tool - in good old webforms (yes, I washed my hands after I made it) that will let administrators / and super-editors configure exactly which content types to suggest when.

Tips and Tricks Optimizely (Episerver)CMS Addon Development .NET Development

October 12 2018

Auto Tagging Using Search

You don't always have to go the full AI route to get AI like results. In this blog post I'll describe an approach I've used several times (and for multiple purposes) with pretty decent results. Instead of classification algorithms, deep learning or neural networks I'll just simply query my favorite search engine.

CMS Vision Demos & Prototypes Tips and Tricks Information Retrieval ElasticSearch AI .NET Development

October 7 2018

Which Dojo Topics are published in the Episerver CMS UI?

If you, like me are venturing into the mythical and magical world of dojo-in-episerver-ui, where elfs and wizards rule, you might also find this list useful.

Addon Development Tips and Tricks Optimizely (Episerver)

October 5 2018