Blog posts by Adam Najmanowicz2011-08-18T18:07:04.0000000Zhttps://world.optimizely.com/blogs/Adam-Najmanowicz/Optimizely WorldCopying files between path providers with PowerShell in EPiServer
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2011/08/18/copying-files-between-path-providers-with-powershell-in-episerver/"><img title="Aperture_Science_thumb2.png" src="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Aperture_Science_thumb2.png" alt="Copying files between path providers with PowerShell in EPiServer" width="150" height="150" /></a>
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We had a situation in the company this week which required us to deliver the whole EPiServer virtual path provider file structure to the client – zipped. Easy enough… go to the EpiServer VPP directory and… well… ok… hmm… so the path provider is versioning and as a consequence the physical organization of files on […]2011-08-18T18:07:04.0000000ZBlog postPowerShell for EPiServer – cheat sheet – Part 2
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2011/05/10/powershell-for-episerver-cheat-sheet-part-2/"><img title="Aperture_Science.png" src="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Aperture_Science.png" alt="PowerShell for EPiServer – cheat sheet – Part 2" width="150" height="150" /></a>
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  Most of this post is also based on the Microsoft’s Windows PowerShell Quick Reference however despite the sharing scripting runtimes the nature of the both shells differ considerably as described in the previous post: PowerShell for EPiServer – cheat sheet – Part 1. In all cases where it made sense I’ve converted the samples […]2011-05-10T11:08:00.0000000ZBlog postPowerShell for EPiServer – cheat sheet – Part 1Most of this is based on the Microsoft’s Windows PowerShell Quick Reference however despite the sharing scripting runtimes the nature of the both shells are pretty different (although the differences are not as vast as one might think).   Windows PowerShell PowerShell Console for EPiServer Interactive – command can ask for confirmations and can be […]2011-05-09T10:00:00.0000000ZBlog postEPiServer Admin Mode PowerShell scripts
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2011/05/07/episerver-admin-mode-powershell-scripts/"><img title="image.png" src="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/image-300x245.png" alt="EPiServer Admin Mode PowerShell scripts" width="200" height="163" /></a>
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The PowerShell plugin gets an update once again to support Admin mode script collections in addition to the context scripts. How to write an Admin mode script collections? <ContextScriptCollection> <Title>Statistics Scripts</Title> <Description>This script collection ... </Description> <Area>Administration</Area> <Scripts> <ContextScript> <Title>Restart Application</Title> <Description>The script restarts this instance of EPiServer...</Warning> <Script>Restart-Application</Script> <Icon>/App_Themes/Default/Images/Tools/Refresh.gif</Icon> <Groups> </Groups> </ContextScript> </Scripts> </ContextScriptCollection> […]2011-05-07T23:23:00.0000000ZBlog postContext PowerShell Scripts in EPiServer
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2011/05/04/context-powershell-scripts-in-episerver/"><img title="wlEmoticon-smile.png" src="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wlEmoticon-smile.png" alt="Context PowerShell Scripts in EPiServer" width="19" height="19" /></a>
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Ok, so I’ve got my shot of endorphins writing about PowerShell last week (damn, it’s nice to be able to code again!), and I got pretty determined on making it usable and achieving all the goals I’ve initially envisioned. and in the process build a usable tool and a library of scripts that people can […]2011-05-04T08:00:00.0000000ZBlog postPowerShell console – now compatible with EPiServer CMS 6 R2
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2011/04/29/powershell-console-now-compatible-with-episerver-cms-6-r2/"><img title="wlEmoticon-winkingsmile.png" src="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile.png" alt="PowerShell console – now compatible with EPiServer CMS 6 R2" width="19" height="19" /></a>
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It’s been a while since I had a chance to do any coding… turns out leading a development division tends to not have much to do with development… who knew?! But I’ve finally got a moment to sit down and refresh the EPiServer PowerShell console and make it compatible with both CMS versions 5 & […]2011-04-29T14:00:00.0000000ZBlog postA story of a saved EPiServer siteI meant to write this a long time ago but somehow that never really got out of the room. Following is a narrative of an EPiServer site that was on and off the net for half a year or longer and what I’ve learned in the process. <day id=”1” /> We’ve gathered all the data […]2010-11-05T14:21:00.0000000ZBlog postThe Console of Mass Content Management
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2010/09/22/the-console-of-mass-content-management/"><img title="PowerShell1.png" src="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/PowerShell1-300x228.png" alt="The Console of Mass Content Management" width="200" height="152" /></a>
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This one definitely took more time than I initially expected, and before I devote even more to it I would very much like to hear your opinion. Do you find it useful? Which way should the development be going? But first things first… Have you ever found yourself: having to make a mundane change to […]2010-09-22T01:02:06.0000000ZBlog postCMS UX – give the content some thought!One of the many things we debate constantly at Cognifide is how to improve the user experience. How to make editor’s life easier, how to simplify the common everyday tasks, what can be automated, and simply how to make our customer smile a little when they use our projects. For that to work, apart from […]2010-02-08T13:01:38.0000000ZBlog postEasy Enum property for EPiServer
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2009/12/26/easy-enum-property-for-episerver/"><img title="Easy Enum property for EPiServer" src="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/SampleEnumPropertyFlags_thumb-300x207.png" alt="Easy Enum property for EPiServer" width="200" height="138" /></a>
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One of the most frequently and eagerly used programming constructs of the Microsoft.Net Framework is Enum. There are several interesting features that make it very compelling to use to for all kinds of dropdowns and checklists: The bounds factor – proper use of Enum type guarantee that the selected value will fall within the constraints […]2009-12-26T20:29:55.0000000ZBlog postDatabase-based paged EPiServer searches for CMS 5 R2 SP2Aparently I have written something on that note before for CMS 4 and it looks like someone still needs it as I got a request for an updated version for it a couple of days ago. So here we go: for the most part the syntax for the call is equivalent to what is was […]2009-07-07T13:15:25.0000000ZBlog postSoakIE – a Web Server Stress Tool with a twist
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2009/05/10/soakie-a-web-server-stress-tool-with-a-twist/"><img title="soakietest.png" src="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/soakietest-300x270.png" alt="SoakIE – a Web Server Stress Tool with a twist" width="200" height="180" /></a>
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Last week or so ago a couple of friends in another project in Cognifide has run into a wall while trying to load test their website. the problem was as follows: The website is highly AJAX based – the page merely loads a stub in the initial request but then loads the rest of its […]2009-05-10T16:27:06.0000000ZBlog postAdvanced Language Manipulation Tool for EPiServer
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2009/04/06/advanced-language-manipulation-tool-for-episerver/"><img title="andvancedlanguagetool.png" src="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/andvancedlanguagetool-297x300.png" alt="Advanced Language Manipulation Tool for EPiServer" width="198" height="200" /></a>
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Have you ever (or have your customers) created and edited a page in one language only to realize that their selected locale was wrong? Have you ever wished you could delete a master language branch of a page  after creating its localized counterpart but you could only delete the newly created slave language instead? Have […]2009-04-06T17:49:11.0000000ZBlog postGet out of my way! … or the story of file metadata for VirtualPathProvider in EPiServer
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2009/03/17/get-out-of-my-way-or-the-story-of-file-metadata-for-virtualpathprovider-in-episerver/"><img title="metadataeditor.png" src="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/metadataeditor-300x204.png" alt="Get out of my way! … or the story of file metadata for VirtualPathProvider in EPiServer" width="200" height="137" /></a>
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Immediately after you implement the VirtualPathProvider proxy from my previous post you will notice a one fairly serious lack in it. Namely all the files within that provider will be hiding behind the registration form. That is not cool for a couple of reasons… You may want to keep all of the files in one […]2009-03-17T01:18:00.0000000ZBlog postSimple registration for files served by EPiServerWith the culture of knowledge sharing and open source spreading, everyone races to show they have something valuable that you may want. And while you may not ask for money for your content you may still want to get something in return, say a contact, an email address that’s verified (or not), to keep in […]2009-03-12T22:01:00.0000000ZBlog postWebParts based Sidebar for EPiServer – how to use it?
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2009/01/08/webparts-based-sidebar-for-episerver-how-to-use-it/"><img title="webpartframeworkpluginsettings1.png" src="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/webpartframeworkpluginsettings1-300x200.png" alt="WebParts based Sidebar for EPiServer – how to use it?" width="200" height="133" /></a>
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Once you’ll update the framework to the extended one, you will immediately notice that… nothing has changed. Hmm… did something go wrong? Well, not really. By default the framework will be run in the “legacy mode”. Thanks to an old article by our own Marek Blotny, I’ve learned how to build Plugin settings which are […]2009-01-08T18:06:47.0000000ZBlog postWebParts based Sidebar for EPiServer – the motivation and specification
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2009/01/08/webparts-based-sidebar-for-episerver-the-motivation-and-specification/"><img title="WebParts based Sidebar for EPiServer – the motivation and specification" src="http://www.najmanowicz.com/blog_images/DragDropWebPartsmaller.gif" alt="WebParts based Sidebar for EPiServer – the motivation and specification" width="200" height="150" /></a>
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Back in the day when we started designing our last project we’ve been presented with a following problem – a big number of templates with slightly different sidebars. Hmm… Is sidebar a part of content? No, rather not. We don’t want the editors to have to setup the sidebar for every article they write (and […]2009-01-08T15:04:12.0000000ZBlog postFix for EPiServer CMS5 interfering with your EPiServer 4The problem that can make a grown up man cry… You’re editing your EPiServer 4 project and suddenly the edit mode stops working. the server reports compilation errors. something along the lines: Compiler error: CS0433: Type „EPiServer.Global” exists in „c:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\EPiServer\5.1.422.122__8fe83dea738b45b7\EPiServer.dll” and „c:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC\EPiServer\4.61.5.83__8fe83dea738b45b7\EPiServer.dll” The solution is to go to your web.config and edit the compilation section. […]2008-06-27T16:47:11.0000000ZBlog postText-Image generation – VirtualPathProvider for EPiServer (and ASP.NET in general) – Part 2 (configuration)The configuration of the module is a descendant of any EPiServer Virtual Path Provider configuration. This aspect is fairly well described on EPiServer pages. A sample configuration for the TextImageVirtualPathProvider can look as follows <configuration> <episerver> <virtualPath <providers> <add showInFileManager="false" virtualName="Text Images" virtualPath="~/TextImages/" bypassAccessCheck="false" name="TextImages" type="Cognifide.ImageVirtualPathProvider.TextImageVirtualPathProvider,Cognifide.ImageVirtualPathProvider" physicalPath="C:\temp\TextImages" allowedReferers="(localhost)" allowNullReferrer="false" replacementStrings="$colon$,:,$gt$,>,$dot$,.,$quot$,&quot;,$amp$,&amp;,$star$,*,$eol$,&#10;,"/> </providers> </virtualPath> </episerver> </configuration>   […]2008-06-24T20:36:00.0000000ZBlog postText-Image generation – VirtualPathProvider for EPiServer (and ASP.NET in general) – Part 1
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<a href="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/2008/06/23/text-image-generation-virtualpathprovider-for-episerver-and-aspnet-in-general-part-1/"><img title="helloeolfromeolcognifide.png" src="http://blog.najmanowicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/helloeolfromeolcognifide.png" alt="Text-Image generation – VirtualPathProvider for EPiServer (and ASP.NET in general) – Part 1" width="104" height="200" /></a>
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The module code is already available on Epicode SVN, the relevant wiki pages will be following as soon as documentation is complete. The use case is as follows: The client wants the site to look exactly as in a template provided as a image, the text is using a non standard font that is not […]2008-06-23T20:00:00.0000000ZBlog post