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If you don't specify what type of EPiServer property a code property should map to using the Type property on the PageTypeProperty attribute Page Type Builder will try to figure it out for you. The default mappings are as follows: Code property ty...

Joel Abrahamsson

I’m writing an account registering control. This control needs to show the user how to register for a new account. But when modifying this control the pages editors must be able to see the hole flow. So I went looking for a smart way to display th...

Kalle Hoppe

I just had a conversation with my friend and former colleague Rickard ( @VirUZI ) where he informed me that a hotfix has been released for EPiServer Community that fixes a bug we’ve both run into. I said thanks but also that I already knew thanks ...

Joel Abrahamsson

In many situations we need to find out what ID a page type has. One such example is when programmatically creating a new PageData object. The code usually looks something like this: int pageTypeID = ??? PageData newPage = DataFactory.Instance.GetD...

Joel Abrahamsson

As you may have noticed over the last month, Joel Abrahamsson has created a module to EPiServer called PageTypeBuilder. In a short explanation PageTypeBuilder brings joy into developing with EPiServer! No more need for ranting around in admin mode...

Erik Nordin Wahlberg

In the this part we’ll finish the Bananas site by allowing some pages to have a specific menu name and adding meta descriptions to all pages. In the process we’ll see an example of how we can work with interfaces and an advanced example of using...

Joel Abrahamsson

In this tutorial I’ll demonstrate how to build a simple but fully functional site using EPiServer CMS and Page Type Builder . In doing so I’ll show basic usage of Page Type Builder as well as some advanced usages. The example project To illustrate...

Joel Abrahamsson

In this part we’ll look at more advanced ways to access property values in page type classes and how that enables us to create page types that encapsulate application logic. Objective In previous parts of the tutorial we have created a sample...

Joel Abrahamsson