Creating the EPiServer CMS database on SQL Azure

This blog post is about creating the EPiServer CMS database on SQL Azure. The post entails modifying the EPiServer database and I cannot stress enough that you should never attempt this with a production environment. This is for demo and experimental purposes only. Enough seriousness – let’s go! :) [More]

EPiServer CMS 6 with ELMAH

This blog post is about integrating EPiServer CMS 6 with ELMAH. ELMAH provides functionality to log and view unhandled exceptions that occur on a website. We’'ll use the EPiServer CMS 6 dashboard with an RSS gadget to consume the ELMAH RSS feed. [More]

Introduction to BizTalk Explorer Services

The birth of BES came out of necessity for a BizTalk WCF API when I was working on a Windows Phone 7 project. I had taken a look at BizTalk Data Services by Tellago. But in the end I went down my own path in order to be in complete control and, honestly, the learning experience of it. [More]

Black screen of death in VMWare

This blog post is about a quickfix for VMWare if you’re suffering VMWare black screen of death. This bug is most likely to occur if you’ve used a secondary monitor or projector with a low resolution capability. When switching back to a high-resolution monitor the screen goes black and doesn’t play nice anymore. [More]

Multiple namespaces when using LINQ to XML

This blog post is about using LINQ to XML when the XML document has multiple namespaces defined. I’m using the Twitter API as example. [More]

Keep web.config tidy using custom configuration sections in ASP.NET

This blog post is about creating a custom configuration section in ASP.NET. This is an alternative to keeping website settings in web.config or appsettings.config. [More]

A developer’s first EPiServer CMS project at Sogeti, part 2

This is the second post in which I in detail describe how to install and configure an EPiServer project. It is not as comprehensive as Fredrik Vig’s awesome series. I reference Ted Nyberg’s post on how to set up an EPiServer project which is almost identical to the project structure I use. [More]

A developer’s first EPiServer CMS project at Sogeti, part 1

These two posts are the base for an introductory EPiServer lab evening I’ll be hosting at Sogeti (or have hosted depending on when you’re reading this). Instead of a PowerPoint-presentation I thought I’d share the EPiServer love here. I appreciate all the feedback I can get! [More]

Setting up user permissions in EPiServer CMS, part 1

This post provides a basic introduction to how user permissions are configured in EPiServer CMS. Part one deals with the authentication and authorization model in IIS and ASP.NET 2.0 and how it relates to EPiServer CMS. [More]

“You are not authorized to view this page” in IE, but works fine in FireFox!

This post is about resolving the issue of loopback in IE when using FQDN in the hosts-file together with IIS. [More]