EPiServer TechNews - December 2006
Ho ho ho!
Welcome to the December issue of EPiServer TechNews!
This newsletter is aimed at all those interested in technical news about EPiServer and therefore contains articles that require a varying degree of understanding. Some of the articles included in the newsletter may be taken from external resources and blogs, in which case the relevant URL is also presented in the article.
Architecturally speaking: an interview with Magnus Stråle
Get personal and meet Mr. EPiServer! Magnus is really the father of EPiServer as he has been involved for almost 10 years developing the product. If you develop solutions with EPiServer and are enjoying the experience, you will now be able to read this interview with Magnus himself.
» Read the interview with Magnus Stråle, written by Mattias Nordgren
Migrating to EPiServer 4.61 and ASP.NET 2.0
This article is targeted to issues regarding upgrading a pre 4.60 EPiServer installation on ASP.NET 1.1 to 4.6X on ASP.NET 2.0. The upgrading process is a multiple step one that requires the upgrading of several products to newer versions (EPiServer, Visual studio, ASP.NET). This article will give you a step-by-step description of the migration process and shows some of the pitfalls.
» Read the article written by Gijs Koppers, Senior consultant & architect at Capgemini Sweden
News from the EPiServer Knowledge Center
Updated EPiServer templates for IE7 compatibility
Changes in the way Internet Explorer interpret style sheets where implemented in version 7. Download the updated EPiServer templates and style sheets if you experience any odd behaviour when browsing your site since upgrading to IE7.
» Get more information and download the updates from EPiServer Knowledge Center
GoogleBot search requests failing against ASP.NET 2.0
A bug in a .NET component causes GoogleBot search requests against websites running on IIS 6.0 with ASP.NET 2.0 to fail. The way ASP.NET handles URL rewriting causes the browser to navigate to a non-existant address, thereby causing an “HTTP 500 Internal Server Error”.
» Read more about how to fix this!
Windows Vista release date announced!
Microsofts latest operating system, Windows Vista, will be released to the broad audience on January 30, 2007. MSDN subscribers, however, will be able to download and try it out from November 17, 2006. Please note that the only SQL Server version that will be supported for Vista is SQL Server 2005 Service pack 2 (or later).
This is the last issue of TechNews for this year!
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
If you would like to participate with an article in the next issue, please contact TechNews Chief Editor Mattias Nordgren.
