TMCore EPiServer Module v6.0.0 Released
TMCore EPiServer Module v6.0.0 is now for EPiServer CMS 6. This version of the module brings compatibility with CMS 6 and is only intended for this version of EPiServer CMS. EPiServer CMS 5 R1 and later is still supported by the previous TMCore EPiServer Module which is currently v3.3.0.40.
The minimum requirements for TMCore EPiServer Module v6.0.0 are;
- TMCore07 SP4
- EPiServer CMS 6
Customers with a current maintenance contract should contact support@networkedplanet.com to obtain the latest version module.
EPiServer Module 3.3.0.40 Released
TMCore EPiServer Module 3.3.0.40 has now been released. This update addresses these issues;
-Editing a page that is not part of the MasterLanguage branch using the On-Page-Editor caused the saving of the page to fail.
-Paging of topic results when searching from the Topic List was unreliable. This has now been addressed and paging now works when searching for topics.
As well as these issues the performance of the module in Edit mode has been improved. The plugin no longer calls the TMService until its plugin tab has been clicked on by the editor.
When upgrading from a previous release, please ensure that you empty your web browser cache so that your receive the most recent Javascript and CSS files served from the web server.
EPiServer Module 3.3.0.39 Released
TMCore EPiServer Module 3.3.0.39 has now been released. This update fixes a number of cosmetic and compatibility issues when using the Topic Map interface under non-IE web browsers. Support for both Firefox and Chrome web browsers, as well as the newly released Internet Explorer 8 has been tested.
When upgrading from a previous release, please ensure that you empty your web browser cache so that your receive the most recent Javascript and CSS files served from the web server.
Cool post about using EasySearch to do structured Search
This post by Andreas gives a great demonstration and insight into how the EasySearch engine can be used to provide high performance structured search over EPiServer pages.
EPiServer Module 3.3.0.38 Released
EPiServer Module 3.3.0.38 has now been released.
This release fixes an issue where unpublished pages when deleted from within EPiServer were not also being removed from the Topic Map. This would cause an already deleted unpublished page to show as a valid association within the Topic Map Editor interface. If you have previously encountered this issue, you must manually remove the topic for the deleted unpublished page as the consistency checker is unable to determine topics that do not have an associated page within EPiServer at this time.
Compatibility with EPiServer CMS 5 R2 SP2 RC has also been tested. We are aware of cosmetic issues with the Topic Map Editor when using Internet Explorer 8 or Firefox however.
EasySearch Video on EpiLabs and YouTube
Our EPiServer search engine has made it onto YouTube thanks to a great blog post by Stein-Viggo Grenersen of BVNetwork on EPiLabs. The video shows how to use EasySearch with episerver categories (or topic maps classification) to provide high performance faceted filtering of full text search results.
EPiServer Module 3.3.0.37 Released
EPiServer Module 3.3.0.37 has now been released. This update addresses an issue whereby registering events with SchemaJSON were not being fired correctly. Registering events with SchemaJSON now requires that after the event is registered FlushSchema() is called so that the event is properly registered.
EPiServer Module 3.3.0.36 Released
EPiServer Module 3.3.0.36 has now been released.
- The topic map interface has been improved when dealing with topics scoped in multiple languages as well as for topics that are unscoped. Editors can now choose the language of topics they wish to see, either in a scoped language or all topics in their default unscoped view.
- Compatibility with Firefox has also been improved there may still be minor cosmetic issues however.
The upgrade requires that you install the EPiServer Module SQL extensions by running the included SQL script.
Networked Planet wins “Module of the Year” prize for EasySearch
Oslo 12/11/08, at the EPiServer Techforum NetworkedPlanet were awarded the Module of the Year prize on EPiCode for EasySearch.
EasySearch is a powerful, simple to configure, search engine for the EPiServer content management system. It supports full text indexing of pages and files based on EPiserver events. Further, it provides facilities to developers to refine the indexes that are created to provide the best possible search experience for the customer.
The EasySearch module comes complete with a generic search and indexing API for developers, completely customizable indexing, an administrator plug-in for managing the index and several ASP.NET 2.0 web parts for building search pages and search driven web sites in seconds.
EasySearch is also gaining enterprise search level features with support for load balanced and federated searching.
NetworkedPlanet technical lead on EasySearch, Andy Brodie, had this to say about EasySearch:
"There was a clear need in the EPiServer community for a robust, easily configurable and developer friendly search engine. With EasySearch we’ve done all the under the hood event processing and exposed a set of interfaces and hooks that really empower developers to quickly build great search solutions."
Graham Moore Director of NetworkedPlanet added "Having the EPiCode platform was an ideal way for us to take EasySearch to market. We have had great support from BVNetwork and the EPiServer developer community in building this module."
Steve Celius of BVNetwork said on the day "NetworkedPlanet follows best practices when developing the search module for EPiServer CMS, giving full insight into each step of the development by committing often and providing good comments. They respond to tickets in a timely manner and make new releases available often. The source is of high quality and contains some of the most advanced event handling and page life cycle tracking available on the EPiServer platform."
For more information, please download a technical overview of EasySearch.
EPiServer 5 CMS Web Services “not allowed”
Some of our customers have reported problems with the EPiServer Module 3.1 BETA for EPiServer 5 CMS. Namely whenever the TMCoreEPiDataService.asmx web service is invoked the following error is produced:
2008-01-11 14:25:51,959 ERROR [18] EPiServer.Global.Global_Error - 1.2.5 Unhandled exception in ASP.NET
System.Web.HttpException: The HTTP verb POST used to access path '/NetworkedPlanet/EPiServerModule/Service/TMCoreEPiDataService.asmx/GetTopicNameAndType' is not allowed.
at System.Web.DefaultHttpHandler.BeginProcessRequest(HttpContext context, AsyncCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()
at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)
This error is caused by a bug in EPiServer that will be fixed in EPiServer CMS 5 SP1.
EPiServer's explanation of the problem and 2 workarounds are posted here: http://www.episerver.com/en/EPiServer_Knowledge_Center/FAQ_EPiServer_4/956/Invoking-WebService-operations-in-IIS5-causes-an-HttpException/
This problem does not affect users deploying EPiServer solutions in a local ASP.NET development server.
