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  • Syndicated blog - Posted on: Nov 10, 2014

    Importing data from legacy or third party systems is very often a requirement when building a Commerce site. This should greatly affect your planning and estimates.

  • Posted on: Nov 10, 2014
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    Last month we introduced the Service API , which is a service layer available for system integrators to update and retrieve information from EPiServer. Building an integration between EPiServer and external systems is now easier than ever. Today, ...

  • Syndicated blog - Posted on: Nov 08, 2014

    When working with MVC and display templates I have time and again experienced a shortcoming of the DisplayFor method of rendering objects, or maybe I shouldn't call it a shortcoming, lets call it a design decision for simplicity: The inability to...

  • Posted on: Nov 06, 2014
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    Thanks to feedback from Erik Kärrsgård at EPiServer I learned that I did not need to rewrite all of the code EPiServer has done, it is possible to just extend it. This is great news since it makes it more possible to work even in the future when...

  • Syndicated blog - Posted on: Nov 04, 2014

    If you want to calculate discounts for products or related catalogs, you'll need to rewrite the default GetDiscountPrice function.

  • Syndicated blog - Posted on: Nov 03, 2014

    What do the version numbers on software programs actually mean? Learn how Semantic Versioning can provide some insight about versions and upgrades.

  • Posted on: Oct 30, 2014
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    Today we released built in support to define Property Settings in code. The main use case for this is that you can now control what tools should be enabled in Tiny MCE in code. You can either create a global default setting or create a specific...

  • Syndicated blog - Posted on: Oct 29, 2014

    Many payment services, such as PayEx, require that you pass in an order number when processing payments. This makes it very easy to track payments as you instantly know which order the payment belongs to. At the same time, if you don't want to...