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Working Programmatically With List Block Properties
Published: 23rd November 2023
Working with programmatic generation of IList
Adding CORS Management to Optimizely CMS 12
Published: 8th October 2023
Adding Cross-origin Resource Sharing response headers to the Stott Security Add-on for Optimizely CMS 12.
Read more Development OptimizelyAdding Block Specific JavaScript and CSS to the body and head of the page
Published: 2nd October 2023
Using the ClientResource management within Optimizely CMS to render JavaScript and CSS resources correctly within the rendered HTML document.
Read more Development OptimizelyExtending Geta Optimizely Sitemaps to Include Image Sitemaps
Published: 31st July 2023
Enhancing Geta Optimizely Sitemaps to include Images by overriding the SitemapXmlGenerator.
Read more Development OptimizelyMaking Content Recommendations Easy For Content Editors
Published: 7th July 2023
Making Content Recommendations easy and consistent for content editors using a custom block.
Read more Optimizely DevelopmentBuild it Once (A proposal for CMS 12 builds)
Published: 8th March 2023
A proposition for using Razor Class Libraries and componentising Optimizely CMS 12 builds to reduce long term effort and rebuilding.
Read more Development OptimizelyOpticon London 2022
Published: 9th November 2022
Information learned at the Opticon London 2022 event hosted by Optimizely.
Read more Development Optimizely404 Error on Static Assets Within an Optimizely Plugin
Published: 22nd September 2022
Resolving 404 issues on static files in razor class libraries using the _content/foo.bar/scripts.js path.
Read more Development OptimizelyUnit Testing Optimizely CMS 12 Dynamic Data Store - Part 2
Published: 20th May 2022
Introducing a second way to mock and unit test with the Dynamic Data Store in Optimizely CMS 12.
Read more Development OptimizelyUnit Testing Optimizely CMS 12 Dynamic Data Store - Part 1
Published: 19th May 2022
Optimizely CMS 12 provides a Dynamic Data Store for custom storing of data, but how do we unit test a repository using the Dynamic Data Store?
Read more Development OptimizelyA Robots.Txt Handler for Optimizely CMS 12
Published: 15th December 2021
A new robots.txt handler that has been built for use with Optimizely CMS 12.
Read more Development OptimizelyOptimizely Search Wildcard Queries and Best Bets
Published: 15th November 2021
Implementing Wild Card search in Optimizely CMS 11 Search and Navigation.
Read more Development OptimizelySecure Headers in .NET 5.0
Published: 19th October 2021
Removing information leaking headers and adding security headers in a .NET 5.0 web application using IIS.
Read more Development SecuritySetting Up Search & Navigation in .NET 5.0
Published: 1st October 2021
A brief guide to setting up Optimizely Search and Navigation in the .NET 5.0 world.
Read more Optimizely DevelopmentCustom Admin Pages in Optimizely 12
Published: 31st August 2021
In an Optimizely 12 .NET 5.0 world, the GuiPlugIn attribute has been removed, Here I describe how to reproduce this functionality with Menu Providers.
Read more Development OptimizelyUnit Testing EPiServer CMS 11
Published: 29th September 2018
A solution for Unit Testing Custom Criterion for visitor groups in EPiServer CMS 11.
Read more Development OptimizelyBoosting Exact Matches in Elastic Search
Published: 31st August 2018
A solution for boosting exact matches over partial matches in Elastic Search.
Read more DevelopmentTesting Solutions: Faking Communication with a Third Party Service
Published: 27th July 2015
Creating a test service to allow testers to maintain and vary shared test data for testing integrations to the HMRC test servers within a payroll application.
Read more DevelopmentHow not to use Includes in Lambda Statements
Published: 3rd June 2015
Using Lambda Statements in LINQ to Entities is an easy way to include other entities in entity framework 4, but it comes at a cost.
Read more DevelopmentWhy not to use In Memory Collections in LINQ to Entities
Published: 25th May 2015
Why not to use large in-memory collections in a LINQ to Entities query in entity framework 4.
Read more DevelopmentSelecting Parent and Children in LINQ to Entities
Published: 24th July 2014
Selecting Parent and Children in LINQ to Entities.
Read more DevelopmentWhy I Like BDD
Published: 12th June 2014
How Behaviour Driven Design (BDD) made my life easier.
Read more DevelopmentFailing to Identify the Minimum Viable Product
Published: 21st May 2014
Reflections on an epic product rewrite and how we could have reached the market sooner with some better consideration for Minimum Viable Product.
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