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Summary
The Visual Studio extensions for Episerver CMS contains features to make it easier to develop on the Episerver platform. More information about using this extension to Visual Studio can be found in Getting Started.
Project Templates
The Visual Studio extension contains the following project templates in Visual Studio. Use Add > New Project -> Visual C# -> Episerver -> Episerver Web Site to create a new site. These project templates requires SQL Server Express LocalDB and IIS Express.
Item Templates
The Visual Studio extension contains the following templates using the Add > New Item option in Visual Studio. These item templates can be used with any web project (c#), some of the templates are also available on c# class libraries.
Block Controller (MVC)
Block Razor View (MVC)
Block Template
Block Type
Block View
Custom Property
Initialization Module
Initialization Module with HTTP events
Page Controller (MVC)
Page Razor View (MVC)
Page Template
Page Type
Scheduled job
User Control
Visitor Group Criterion
Media Type
Release Notes
Changes in 11.7.0.437
Updated CMS versions
The discontinued MaxMind GeoLite database has been removed
Changes in 11.6.0.421
Updated to support latest Episerver Find.
Changes in 11.6.0.407
Support for Visual Studio 2019
Changes in 11.5.0.402
Updated CMS, Find and Alloy versions
Changes in 11.5.0.395/401*
Updated CMS, Find and Alloy versions
*) Contains an unsupported build of Find 13.2.0 that should not be used. Upgrade to a new version of the VS integration.
Changes in 11.5.0.383
Updated CMS and Alloy versions
Changes in 11.4.0.370
As the GeoLite database and provider have been obsoleted, it is no longer configured when creating a new Episerver CMS solution.
Changes in 11.3.0.359
Dependencies on TinyMCE and StructureMap removed.
Changes in 11.2.0.355
Updated NuGet packages
.NET error message when creating a new Episerver Alloy site in VS 15.6
