Licenses
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Order license for EPiServer
Make sure that correct license types have been ordered. |
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Order licenses for EPiServer modules
Make sure that correct license types have been ordered. |
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Access rights in EPiServer
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Check access rights in the EPiServer page tree
Make sure that Administrators and Editors have the correct access levels. Remove everyone from pages that shouldn’t be accessed by normal users. |
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Remove test users and groups in EPiServer
Go through the list of users and groups and remove those that shouldn’t have access to the site. |
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Create users and groups in EPiServer (WebAdmins and WebEditors)
Create required users and groups and set their access rights. Create WebAdmins and WebEditors groups for administrators and editors. |
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Web.config
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Set compilation debug to false
Set the debug attribute of the compilation section to false. |
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Set attributes for mailsettings section
· host = the mail server that should be used to send mails
· from = set to an address or remove
· port, userName, passWord (for mail server if needed) |
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Search for ":\" and “\\” and check that all paths are correct
Verify that all file system paths are correct. |
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Check access rights in web.config
Check the authorization section under each location section and verify that the specified groups are correct. |
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Episerver.config
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Set siteUrl = http://www.acme.com |
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Set uiUrl = http://www.acme.com/UI/ |
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Set utilUrl = http://www.acme.com/Util/ |
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Set SiteDisplayName = Site name used in title, etc |
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Verify paths for virtualPath/providers
Verify that all paths are correct in the virtualPath section. |
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Set predefined image formats for the image editor
This is done in the imageEditor > sizePresets section. |
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Set uiEditorCssPaths (~/EditorStyles.css)
Verify that the path is correct. |
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Set attributes for outputcache
· httpCacheExpiration = 01:00:00 (one hour)
· httpCacheVaryByParams = * or parameters (id,epslanguage)
· httpCacheVaryByCustom = remove if not needed |
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Set stringDelayedLoadThreshold = 50
Lazy load is used if a property that inherits from long string is longer than 50 characters. |
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ConnectionStrings.config
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Verify that the correct databases and users are specified |
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EPiServerLog.config
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Set level value="Off"
Logging should be disabled until it’s needed. |
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ApplicationInitializing.txt
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Create an ApplicationInitializing.txt file in the web root.
The text in the file will be displayed for users if the application is busy during initialization. Example content of the file: "The application is loading. Please wait." |
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Database
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Set Recovery mode = Simple |
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Set Auto shrink = false
Auto shrink causes file-system level fragmentation, which slows down performance. |
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Remove testusers
Make sure any testusers are removed. |
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Robots.txt
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Create a robots.txt file in the web root
Specify any paths you want to exclude from search engines, such as: /Util/ |
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Google Analytics
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Verify that Google Analytics scripts are included in the page and that the correct key is specified. |
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Validate Pages
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Verify that the pages HTML code validates
http://validator.w3.org |
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Validate the site with IIS SEO Toolkit http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/06/03/iis-search-engine-optimization-toolkit.aspx |
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Browser Compability
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Verify that the page looks ok in these browsers: |
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Internet explorer 9 |
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Internet explorer 8 |
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Internet explorer 7 |
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Internet explorer 6 |
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Firefox |
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Google chrome |
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Safari |
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Opera |
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Optimization
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Analyze the page with Yslow and Google Page Speed
Analyze all JavaScript and CSS files and make sure they are only loaded when needed. |
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Make sure that any ScriptManagers has ScriptMode set to Release
Script files will be minified when ScriptMode is set to Release. |
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Favicon
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Verify that a favicon is displayed |
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Title
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Verify that the page title is displayed correct |
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Images
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Verify that images can be uploaded |
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Verify that images are displayed |
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Verify that automatically resized images are displayed (thumbnails, etc) |
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Mail
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Verify that mails sent from forms are sent and received
Test Xforms and any custom built forms. |
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Search
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Perform test searches and verify that relevant results are shown |
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Error pages
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Add custom error pages in IIS |
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Verify that error pages are displayed for 404, 500, etc |
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IIS
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Create a separate Application Pool for the site
Every site should run in its own Application pool |
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Disable IIS logging
Logging should be disabled until it’s needed. |
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Enable Gzip compression in IIS for static and dynamic content
Blog post about HTTP compression in ASP.NET: http://www.stardeveloper.com/articles/display.html?article=2007110401&page=1
This is good resource on how to setup compression in IIS7: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771003(WS.10).aspx |
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EPiServer Admin
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Verify that scheduled jobs are active
Setup scheduled jobs to run in an appropriate interval. |