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Server-side analytics

To make a great website you need to know how your site is being used by the visitors, and the most common tool for this is Google Analytics. Entity CMS also includes basic server-side analytics. This allows for tracking of page views and referrer sites even if Google Analytics is blocked or not installed.
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More GUIDs

Most tables in our database have GUID fields, but we didn't use them very much, untill now. It is now possible to use GUIDs in itemlists, multieditors and more to define the template(s).
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New attributes for er:value

You can now define custom content or html before and after the value, if value is defined.
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Using Sass/SCSS on the developement server

We have installed Web Essentials in our developement environment. This gives access to compiling Sass (and more) on publish or on demand.
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Vipps payment integration

We have now added direct Vipps mobile payment integration for Norwegian customers. To active it, make sure the website is running the latest version.
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.NET 5 and the road ahead

By the end of 2020 Microsoft will have released their brand new version of .NET. The final unification of .NET Framework and .NET Core.
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Extracing only some files or images

Sometimes you are upgrading a site, but plan to just create a new site and move parts of the images and/or files. Here we will cover both the database and file-part.

Upgrading from Entity Framework 4 to 6

There are some functions that have gotten new names in EF5 and EF6, but we don't want custom code on websites crash. So what do we do?

Database errors after upgrading

If you receive a standard asp.net error message (yellow page) that some fields do not exist, it is most likely a database upgrade that has not gone as it should. There may be various reasons for this, so here is a tool that will allow you to retry upgrades.

Adding a site to Azure DevOps

Just a short description for one way to do this for Enterprise sites.

Setting up multisites / Share a database between sites

It is possible for multiple sites to share the same database. The content is then shared between them, but the design and menu content can be different.

Duplicate a website

This is a quick overview over how to create a copy of a website on the same server.

Podcast in Spotify

If already have podcast(s) in your website working with iTunes, you can register the url(s) in Spotify, and it should work right out of the box.

Payment with Stripe

The fastest way to get a paymentsolution up and running with entity commerce, is to use Stripe. You just create an account, active Stripe in the Shop-settings, and then add the required settings.