Author Archives: Santiago Morla

Extending UrlResolver to Generate Lowercase Links in Optimizely CMS 12

When working with Optimizely CMS 12, URL consistency is crucial for SEO and usability. By default, Optimizely does not enforce lowercase URLs, which can lead to duplicate content issues and inconsistent link structures. In this blog, we’ll explore how to extend UrlResolver to ensure all generated URLs are in lowercase.

Building an Interactive Hotspot Editor in Optimizely CMS 12

Have you ever wanted to let content editors place interactive hotspots directly on an image—without leaving the CMS? In this post, I’ll walk through how we built a custom Hotspot Module in Optimizely CMS 12 that does exactly that. What We BuiltThis solution allows editors to:* Upload a background image.* Click directly on the imageContinue reading “Building an Interactive Hotspot Editor in Optimizely CMS 12”

Custom ContentArea Converter for Optimizely CMS 12 in a Headless + PaaS Architecture

When building headless websites with Optimizely CMS 12 using the Content Delivery API, ContentArea properties can be tricky. By default, they return minimal references to nested content—not the rich, expanded content structures modern frontends need. In this post, I’ll walk through how we solved that by implementing a custom ContentArea converter, giving full control overContinue reading “Custom ContentArea Converter for Optimizely CMS 12 in a Headless + PaaS Architecture”

Enhancing the Authoring Experience: Extending the LinkItem

The LinkItem field is one of the most demanded properties by the community, allowing editors to effortlessly create and manage links across pages and blocks. It was introduced on CMS 12 – EPiServer.CMS 12.11.0 and this blog post will show how it can be extended to have a better authoring experience.

Optimizely CMS – Allow Forms to Redirect to Media Assets

Optimizely Forms is a powerful add-on that can improve the experience for authors to create custom forms as needed with plenty of capabilities. It can be also extensible, so a developer can implement custom form elements and add complex logic to forms to accommodate the user’s needs and the client’s requirements. Forms can be configuredContinue reading “Optimizely CMS – Allow Forms to Redirect to Media Assets”

Optimizely CMS 12 – Unable to Import Data

Are you unable to import data from another instance? If you are getting a non-explanatory error message “No file uploaded” when you click on “Upload and Verify File” or “Begin Import”, this post will help you. I exported some content items from a lower environment and I wanted to import them to an upper environment,Continue reading “Optimizely CMS 12 – Unable to Import Data”

Restricting Environment Access “/Episerver”

As a web administrator, you would probably want to restrict the editing portal to the public and one way to achieve this is applying rules directly on yout configuration file so the access can be restricted by IP. You probably have read this article from Optimizely (CMS 11) https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/digital-experience-platform/v1.3.0-DXP-for-CMS11-COM13/docs/restricting-environment-access where it describes how you canContinue reading “Restricting Environment Access “/Episerver””