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When Episerver rebranded to Optimizely, the World website lost its developer focus and the community updates are not as easy to find anymore. Learn where to find them now!
Optimizely/Episerver
Replace the link to the Optimizely User Guide
The Optimizely (formerly Episerver) user interface has a link to the User Guide, you can update this link if you want to.
Custom icons in the Optimizely/Episerver CMS page tree
By default, all pages in your Optimizely page tree look the same. With custom icons, you can add your personal touch, and make it easier to visually separate the different types of pages.
Optimizely Content Cloud (CMS) and updates to the database schema
When upgrading Optimzely Content Cloud, the database schema might need updating too. Confused? Let me explain...
Episerver Scheduled jobs - Add a GUID!
A scheduled job is Episerver's/Optimizely's way of running some piece of code at a configurable interval. If there is a chance that code could change in the future, you should add a GUID when you create it!
Critical bug in Episerver/Optimizely Forms 4.30.1/4.30.2 - upgrade ASAP!
Episerver Forms submission data older than 30 days can be unexpectedly deleted, even if the form is configured to keep submissions forever. If you are using version 4.30.1 or 4.30.2 - I would recommend upgrading ASAP!
New Optimizely Most Valuable Professionals!
Yesterday Optimizely announced the addition of 11 new Most Valuable Professions - OMVPs! Congrats and welcome!
Content Manager Update!
Content Manager is finally updated, and it's now possible to create and publish content without going through a bunch of meaningless steps.
Lazy loading images in Episerver/Optimizely xhtml string properties
Increase web performance by lazy loading images! With native browser support it's easier than ever!
Content Manager, the greatest thing since sliced bread?
No! Optimizely Content Manager is a lightweight editing UI that aims to make publishing content easier, as it takes away some of the complexity. I like the idea, but here are two main issues left before Content Manager could be used in a production environment.
Scroll to the top, and beyond!
Do you ever find yourself switching from on-page editing view to all-properties editing view to access basic information about the current page in Episerver CMS? You don't have to do that! Just scroll upwards!
New SQL addon for Episerver CMS
I enjoy poking around in the Episerver database, so I made an addon to make it easier! Enjoy autocomplete, save your favorite queries for later - but be careful!
Real-time Updates: A real-time connection could not be established with the server
If you are faced with this error message when you log into Episerver Edit mode, do not fear. It can be easily fixed.
Locate Episerver content with restricted access rights
If someone deletes a page from an Episerver site, you can figure out what happened by looking at the changelog. What if someone changes access rights? I show how to locate pages that have their access rights set explicitly.
Episerver Forms - public access to uploaded files
Files uloaded to an Episerver Form, can not be accessed without logging in. Unless...
Deploying to Episerver DXP - Part 1: Integration, direct deploy
When deploying your site to Episerver DXP, there are so many options. Some are quite fast, some are super slow. I show how to deploy to the Integration environment the fast way, using Azure DevOps.
Deploying to Episerver DXP - Part 2: Preproduction and Production, Deployment API
When deploying your site to Episerver DXP, there are so many options. I show how to deploy using Azure DevOps, the deployment API, and Epinova's DXP deployment extension.