404 on all subpages after upgrading Optimizely CMS to 11 latest?
Getting a lot of 404 errors after upgrading your Optimizely CMS solution past version 11.20.11? It might be fixed within seconds!…
If you want to upgrade – do not upgrade upgrade-assistant!
Today was the day. I was finally ready for upgrading to Optimizely CMS 12! I have read every blog post and watched every YouTube video! My personal blog and some add-ons were upgraded months ago without too much hassle. I attended (and even spoke at) the local Optimizely Tech Forum…
How to make your custom form elements work after upgrading Optimizely.Forms
Updating Optimizely Forms is not always problem free.This is not something that most solutions have a problem with, but for some projects the custom elements you have written for Optimizely.Forms will stop showing in your views. The reason for this is not always a bug in Optimizely.Forms,…
Creating a customized view of Contentful checkbox
My goal with this app was just to be able too show a normal checkbox instead of two radio buttons for the Boolean fields in Contentful, after one of my colleagues reached out to customer support with the response: > - Thanks for reaching out to support. Currently the field appearance…
Using NDepend to uncover code smells
Code quality should be a high priority for a coder. NDepend is a tool that helps coders to sniff out the smells in their code. After a friendly chat with the NDepend's author, Patrick Smacchia, I got started using the tool on my projects. Installation on Linux The functionality of…
Building dynamic URL structures with Contentful and Nextjs
Set up a parent/child URL structure using Contentful, and resolve the URL and build up the static paths in Nextjs.…
Output cache in Optimizely CMS 12 that vary by visitor group
After I wrote a blog post about Quick and dirty output cache in Optimizely CMS12 [https://blog.novacare.no/quick-and-dirty-output-cache-in-optimizely-cms12/], someone reminded me that this would not work well with visitor groups [https://webhelp.optimizely.com/latest/en/personalization/visitor-groups.htm]. All visitors would get the same cached content, even…
How to make the XhtmlString <p> tag go away
Optimizely CMS is still using TinyMCE for the rich text (XhtmlString) fields. By default, everything you write in these fields is being wrapped in
tags. These extra tags can be a pain, as they do not always fit with the document structure. You do not need to create a bad…Scheduled Jobs in Optimizely CMS 12
In Optimizely CMS 12 the admin mode is given a real facelift. The new admin mode written in React has risen like a phoenix from the ashes of the old Web Forms admin mode. The scheduled jobs has gotten a facelift too, where the duration of the last executions are…
Nye krav til universell utforming
Det har kommet nye krav til universell utforming. EUs webdirektiv (WAD) og WCAG 2.1 er nå del av norsk lov. Hva betyr egentlig dette og hva bør du gjøre?…