The EPiFields installation is made up of two parts:

• EPiFields - core program files. These files must be installed before the EPiFields sample pack can be installed.
• EPiFields Sample Pack - base samples and integration samples.

System Requirements

EPiFields requires EPiServer 4.40 or later. 

Installation Instructions

1. Save EPiServer.Fields.zip to your computer.
2. Extract the downloaded .zip file and copy all the files under the /WebRoot folder to the root of your EPiServer Web site. This will add:
   • images to the /util/images/editor folder,
   • language files to the /lang folder,
   • EPiServerFields folders to the /edit and /admin folders,
   • EPiServer.Fields.dll to the /bin folder,
   • an EPiServerFields folder to the Web site root.
3. If you have a version of EPiFields previous to 4.51, you must uninstall the old version by following these steps:
   1. Remove the following folders from your Web site root. Make sure you remove the folders with a separating dot between "EPiServer" and "Fields", and not the new folders without dots.
      • /admin/EPiServer.Fields
      • /edit/EPiServer.Fields
   2. In Admin mode, change the file name from "/<my site>/EPiServer.Fields..." to "/<my site>/EPiServerFields..." (without the separating dot between "EPiServer" and "Fields") for the following page types:
      • Data Provider SQL
      • Data Provider HTML
      • Data Provider XML
      • EPiField - Ordinary Page
      • EPiField - Phrase
      • Integration View Page
      Change the file name by selecting each page type on the Page Type tab in Admin mode and then clicking Settings. The file name can be found on the Information tab.
   3. Remove the old EPiServer.Fields folder from your Web site root. Make sure you remove the folder with a separating dot between "EPiServer" and "Fields", and not the new folder without the dot.

The instructions above will install basic EPiFields functions. Follow the instructions below to add the sample adapter and sample pages.

1. Save EPiServer.Fields.BaseSample.zip to your computer.
2. Extract the downloaded .zip file and copy all the files under the /WebRoot folder to the root of your EPiServer Web site. This will add:
   • two folders to the /EPiServerFields folder,
   • language files to the /lang folder,
   • EPiServer.Fields.BaseSample.dll and EPiServer.Fields.Integration.dll to the /bin folder.
3. In Admin mode, click Import Data under the Tools section on the Admin tab. Select the import file EPiFieldsBaseLibrary.epi4 located in the /Import Files folder of the extracted .zip file. Import the content of the file to your Web site root.
4. Still in Admin mode, click EPiServer Fields Settings under the Tools section on the Admin tab. Set EPiField Base Library as the root page and save the settings.
5. In Edit mode, move the EPiFields Samples page, currently placed under /Root/EPiField Base Library, to the location of your choice on your Web site.

You are now ready to try EPiFields.

After installing EPiFields, you can only use EPiFields in the Editor in EPiFields - Ordinary Page page types. To add EPiFields support to other page types, e.g. ordinary Web pages, follow the instructions below.

1. Go to Admin mode and, from the Page types section, select the page type that you want EPiFields to be available in, e.g. Ordinary Web page.
2. Click the MainBody property, which will open the Edit property window. Change the Type field so that it has property EPiServer.Fields.LongString. Click Save.