A blog about computer stuff

• Analyzing SQL Server database size

  I recently posted a reply about reducing database size at Episerver World and thought I'd assemble some queries that come in handy when analyzing a database gone huge.

  

  Published Monday 18 February 2013 23:36

• Avoid uppercase letters in your Episerver page URL

  For a number of reasons it's widely recommended to use all lowercase URL's inside a web site. Unfortunately Episerver out of the box uses the same casing as the entered PageName (unless you modify the URL manually).

  

  Published Wednesday 16 January 2013 18:20

• Page Type Builder and TinyMCE global settings

  A complete example of how to manage global TinyMCE settings for your XHTML-string properties.

  

  Published Friday 7 September 2012 09:17

• Speed up Edit Mode: Set EnableSessionState to false

  Process requests simultaneously in parallel and gain some speed.

  

  Published Friday 11 May 2012 13:37

• Issues when upgrading to Episerver CMS 6 R2

  CMS 6 R2 has been around for a while and I have completed a bunch of upgrades. There are a lot of issues that might or might not affect the site you are upgrading.

  

  Published Wednesday 30 November 2011 14:39

• Epi User Picker Property that uses the built-in Membership Browser

  Maybe I have poor Googling skills but I couldn't find a simple user picker property anywhere. We had some examples at work but they involved a custom user control and too much JavaScript.

  

  Published Friday 5 November 2010 11:28

• Remember to configure CmsAdmins in Episerver 6

  Tried to reach the search settings admin view but didn't get access. Snooping around led me to a new Episerver 6 group name setting.

  

  Published Wednesday 29 September 2010 13:55

• Retrieving an Episerver 6 global setting value

  You added some property settings to your custom property and created a couple of global settings for the editor to choose from. Then you find out you want to get hold of the setting values in code. Here's how you fetch them.

  

  Published Tuesday 20 July 2010 10:00

• Replacing the TinyMCE table plugin in Episerver 6

  I got the task to replace the TinyMCE table plugin with a stripped down version optimized by a colleague.

  

  Published Tuesday 22 June 2010 00:10

• Using Dynamic Data Store related to an Episerver 6 page

  We decided to build a poll function using a Question page type and an Option page type to put below. For each option we thought the new Dynamic Data Store related to an Episerver page, the Page Object Manager, would be a neat thing to use as storage for the votes.

  

  Published Wednesday 16 June 2010 08:00