EPiServer 7 CMS Archive

Security fix for the Language File Editor tool in EPiServer 7.5

I applied the security fix that I made for the EPiServer CMS 6 R2 version of the Language File Editor tool to the EPiServer 7 version that Hannu Hartikainen made earlier. Also did some code refactoring and removed the possibility for web administrators to create their own language files, as well as deleting existing ones; these were a source for potential headache. Code available at …

Configuration file changes upgrading from EPiServer 7.0 to 7.5

All is set. You got the final go from your client to move their site from EPiServer 7.0 to 7.5, and from here on it should be a walk in the park. Coffee is brewed, installation packages and VPP migration tools downloaded, extracted and at the ready. The EPiServer’s Deployment Center upgrade process finishes without a hitch, and you run off to Visual Studio hitting …

Solution for DirectoryNotFoundException moving EPiServer 7 site – Could not find a part of the path {wwwroot}\ClientResources\ClientResources\packages.config

I encountered an annoying DiretoryNotFoundException while moving one of my existing EPiServer 7 hobby sites to a new server, and thought that a quick note about it would be in order. The exception was this; Could not find a part of the path ‘D:\Projekt\MyProject\src\MyProject.Web\ClientResources\ClientResources\packages.config’. After some well spent time reading the configuration files I found the cause being, as surprisingly often with this kind of …

EPiServer 7 Installation Error – $accountName is not a valid user or group

I ran into some problems the other day trying to install an EPiServer 7 site onto an old Windows 7 developer machine using EPiServer‘s Deployment Center. Everything seemed to be going well until I was hit with an account related error. Opening up the installation PowerShell script file in question (\EPiServer\CMS\7.0.586.1\Install\System Scripts\Install Site (No database).ps1) soon revield what was going on. Apparently the EPiServer installation …