Articles about troubleshooting

17 Apr 2012 ...

EPiServer CMS 6R2 general hotfix up to version .501

Recent general hotfix of EPiServer CMS 6 R2 up to version 500 and 501 from 6.1.379.1 causes some problems if database is not updated at the same time.

11 Nov 2011 ...

Access denied when accessing Visitor Groups tab in EPiServer

After we upgraded an intranet to EPiServer CMS 6 R2 we discovered that we were not able to access the Visitor Groups tab. Here's a quick note on cause and resolution.

18 Oct 2011 ...

See log4net log messages in real-time

This post shows how to make a simple addition to your log4net.config file to make it possible to view log4net messages in real-time.

26 Sep 2011 ...

More readable log4net logging in EPiServer

This post shows what we include in the EPiServerLog.config file to reduce clutter and improve readibility in the log files of EPiServer websites.

18 Jun 2011 ...

Edit mode redirects to login page in EPiServer CMS 6 R2

After an upgrade to EPiServer CMS 6 R2 we noticed that valid users were redirected to the login page whenever they tried accessing edit mode. Seems language-specific permissions were the culprit.

6 May 2011 ...

Using DebugView to see debug output in real-time

DebugView is a great way to see what your code is doing while an application is running, for example to see what the code for an ASP.NET web application does while browsing the site.

23 Apr 2011 ...

View .NET DLL source code using ILSpy

ILSpy is a free alternative to Reflector for disassembling .NET binaries. The project started as a reaction to Red Gate turning the previously free Reflector tool commercial.

19 Apr 2011 ...

Unable to implement abstract CriterionBase class in EPiServer

We ran into a rather peculiar problem when implementing custom visitor group criteria in EPiServer - we simply couldn't implement the abstract IsMatch member of the CriterionBase class.

28 Mar 2011 ...

Upgrade an EPiServer CMS 4.61 to 6 is not without bumps

Upgrade and migration of an EPiServer CMS 4.61 to 6 is not without bumps and here I try to document the bumps. I encountered some strange errors that I thought I share. Otherwise the tools provided by EPiServer offers you a rather smooth ride!

11 Nov 2010 ...

Default document breaks in edit mode in EPiServer CMS 5

This post explains how to get around a problem in EPiServer 5 which causes the edit mode link to throw a 404, page not found.