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If your EPiServer site is running a version older than CMS5 R2 and you (or your clients) are using Internet Explorer 8 you’re having problems creating XForms. There are multiple issues with XForms in versions prior to CMS5 R2 that can be somewhat confusing. A form created with IE6 will work for a visitor using [...]

Enabling gzip compression is an easy way to make your site load faster, but how do you go about doing so for your EPiServer site and why should you? Gzip compression will reduce the size of a text file (such as html markup, css, js and files) up to some 90%. If your user is [...]

Svensk Fastighetsförmedling continue their strive together with Avantime to be not only the best on the web but also being the first to utilize new cool technology to attract customers and market real estate for their clients. Svenkfast.se has won the web service awards two years in a row, Svenskfast was the first real estate [...]

EPiServer released EPiServer CMS 5 about 2 years ago but I was still surprised today when I noticed that it’s impossible to install EPiServer 4.x using the normal online installation with the installation manager provided by EPiServer. Avantime has been working with EPiServer for over 6 years and some clients has been with us since [...]

A little while ago my collegue Thomas threw a tantrum over EPiServer CMS R2 SP1. When he made changes to files they weren’t reflected on his site so he had to recompile over and over again. I had the same “problem” on my first CMS R2 SP1 site and help him solve it. Apparently a [...]

This is the first part in a planned series of explaining techniques and examples of how you can create more advanced EPiServer properties by utilizing Ajax. In this first part we’re going “old skool” by implementing Ajax callbacks using ICallbackEventHandler (msdn). ICallbackEventHandler first showed up in .NET Framework 2.0 and when EPiServer 4 introduced .NET [...]

I’m involved with all of our major clients at Avantime and pretty much all of them are now starting to mention that they would like to include social networking in their intranets etc. Everyone is of course referring to Facebook and wants “their own Facebook”. There are few products available for social networking and even [...]

I was discussing a new project with one of the newer members of the Avantime team, Simon Sundén (Iconvert). Simon is just like most people at the office: a huge nerd. In fact, I would argue that Avantime has the highest nerd per employee ratio in Sweden. The difference between Simon and me is the subject [...]