404 on all subpages after upgrading Optimizely CMS to 11 latest?

by Henning Sjørbotten

Getting a lot of 404 errors after upgrading your Optimizely CMS solution past version 11.20.11? It might be fixed within seconds!…

How to make your custom form elements work after upgrading Optimizely.Forms

by Henning Sjørbotten

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,…

How to make the XhtmlString <p> tag go away

by Henning Sjørbotten

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

by Tomas Hensrud Gulla

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…

Quick and dirty output cache in Optimizely CMS12

by Tomas Hensrud Gulla

.NET5 and .NET6 has no concept of output caching, and neither does Optimizely Content Cloud 12. Don't let that stop you from caching your output!…

Optimizely CMS 12 can finally convert pages!

by Tomas Hensrud Gulla

Optimizely CMS 12 can finally convert pages from one page type to another! Great! But what about blocks and media...?…

Personvernvennlig bildeopplasting

by Tomas Hensrud Gulla

Den siste tiden har det vært mye fokus på personvern. Google Analytics er muligens ulovlig, cookies bør ikke brukes uten samtykke, og ting som GDPR og Schrems II har nærmest blitt en del av dagligtalen. Man bør generelt være varsom i sin omgang med personopplysninger!…

Get your Optimizely Content Cloud developer certification for free!

by Tomas Hensrud Gulla

The Optimizely Content Cloud (previously Episerver CMS) developer certification is only valid for two years, and the renewal costs €260 (2780 NOK). Peanuts, maybe - but you could get it for free! Currently Optimizely certified If you are currently certified, you could apply for the Optimizely Subject Matter Expert (SME)…

Optimizely Content Delivery API - getting started smoothly!

by Tomas Hensrud Gulla

The Optimizely Content Delivery API [https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/developer-guides/content-delivery-api/] adds headless capabilities to your traditional Optimizely Content Cloud CMS, making it a hybrid CMS. The best of both worlds, you might say. The documentation [https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/developer-guides/content-delivery-api/] is quite good, so I just…

Optimizely can now generate certificates for root domains in DXP

by Bjarte Aune Olsen

In Optimizely's cloud hosting service DXP, Optimizely has for a long time offered to generate certificates for the sites it hosts, giving us the secure https URLs with a reassuring padlock next to it. Until today that service has come with the limitation that they could not generate certificates for…