I recently prepared a plugin for Admin Mode that shows a list of all Content Media available on the system. The media report displays a list with useful statistics about the files and allows to sort and filter the results.
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Media report
13 April 2023 Admin mode, EPiServer No comments
Another take on ColorPicker property
3 March 2023 EPiServer, EPiServer properties No comments
Over the years, several articles have been written about the ColorPicker property editor. I also decided to look into this topic. I wanted to create something modern, simple and configurable. That’s why I used a simple HTML input color wrapped in a dijit widget.
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External Links gadget for CMS 12
16 March 2022 EPiServer No comments
In CMS 11, Editors could use External Links dashboard gadget that provided an overview of all external links used on site. This is not very common functionality, but I this that it can be usedeful for certain group of Editors. For CMS 12 the Dashboard is no longer available, so I decided to create similar addon for the new CMS.
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Updated hide tabs and properties in edit mode
14 March 2022 EPiServer, EPiServer properties No comments
A while ago I implemented a HideTabs addon that allows to hide tabs and properties in edit mode.
I converted it to .NET Core version and now it can be used in CMS 12.
Nuget package can be downloaded from nuget.optimizely.com
The source code is available on github.
Extended content copy
8 December 2021 EPiServer No comments
When Editor cut and paste a page, then content will be simply moved from one place into another. It will get new URL, but nothing more will change. The copy and paste operation is more complicated. After Editor pasted a page, end users will be able to see a copy of the same content on the site. In some scenarios it would be good to have a better control on how exactly the content is copied. In this article I will describe my latest plugin that allows to use extended copy and paste functionality.
Using virtual containers in page tree
24 November 2021 EPiServer No comments
The edit mode page tree is pretty fast when site has hierarchical structure. Even for few levels of nested pages the navigation works really smoothly. Unfortunately it doesn’t look that good when structure is flat. Starting from few hundreds child pages the user experience become worse, the waiting time for server to load children is more annoying and it’s more difficult for Editors to know what is current parent in the structure.
Advanced Compare Mode
30 October 2019 EPiServer, General No comments
Episerver Content Area properties give a lot of flexibility when creating content. Instead of editing “static” page properties, Editor can create different types of blocks and control which information will be visible on the site. With the new EPiServer.Labs.BlockEnhancements package it is even easier to work with this kind of dynamic pages. However, this has a side effect which is so-called “Start page history problem“.
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Download folder with assets as ZIP
4 October 2019 EPiServer No comments
I prepared small extension for assets component. It allows Editors to download folder that contains assets as a single ZIP file.
Plugin for sorting categories in admin mode
21 February 2019 Admin mode, EPiServer No comments
Some Episerver websites has many categories configured. For Editors it’s easier when categories are sorted alphabetically. It’s possible to change category order in admin mode, but this requires to click “up” or “down” button few times. For this scenario you can use small code snippet with a plugin for sorting categories. It will add “Sort all” button on the categories view that sorts all categories alphabetically.
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Media gallery
23 November 2018 EPiServer No comments
In my previous article I described improved image property (which is now a built in functionality of Episerver). Today I’d like to continue topic related with assets and show you media gallery. This is an extension for media component which is available on the right side of the edit mode. Using this feature Editor would be able to see more images comparing to standard list view.
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