2025-11-21T08:30:13.0000000Zhttps://world.optimizely.com/blogs/tomas-hensrud-gulla/Optimizely Worldhttps://www.gulla.net/en/blog/running-optimizely-cms-12-on-net-10-in-azure/2025-11-21T07:53:51.0000000Z2025-11-21T08:30:13.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Upgrade your Optimizely CMS website to .NET 10!

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/optimizely-cms-roadmap/2025-10-06T04:00:00.0000000Z2025-10-06T11:30:37.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

A summary of the roadmap for Optimizely CMS from the Opticon conference on September 30, 2025.

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/get-last-edited-content-from-optimizely-cms/2025-10-04T05:03:00.0000000Z2025-10-04T06:30:23.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Learn how to query the last updated blocks and pages from Optimizely CMS

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/get-last-run-of-a-scheduled-job-in-optimizely-cms/2025-09-20T05:45:02.0000000Z2025-09-20T06:30:11.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Learn how to get the last execution time of a scheduled job in Optimizely CMS.

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/optimizely-cms-and-html-validation-message-trailing-slash-on-void-elements-has-no-effect-and-interacts-badly-with-unquoted-attribute-values/2025-09-14T16:55:24.0000000Z2025-09-14T17:31:03.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

When using the W3C Markup Validation Service, some annoying information messages pop up because Optimizely CMS adds the trailing slash to self-closing tags. Let's fix that!

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/sql-addon-for-optimizely-cms-12-updated-with-new-features/2025-08-29T21:08:35.0000000Z2025-08-29T21:30:14.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

First released in 2021, the SQL Studio addon for Optimizely CMS lets you query your database directly from the edit UI. The latest update adds support for GPT-5, a new UI for managing saved queries, and an audit log

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/the-remote-server-returned-an-error-400-bad-request-when-configuring-azure-storage-for-an-older-optimizely-cms-site/2025-06-26T09:21:15.0000000Z2025-06-26T12:12:17.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

How to fix a strange issue that occurred when I moved editor-uploaded files for some old Optimizely CMS 11 solutions to Azure Storage.

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/enable-opal-ai-for-your-optimizely-products/2025-06-25T13:53:29.0000000Z2025-06-26T00:44:35.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Learn how to enable Opal AI, and meet your infinite workforce.

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/exporting-optimizely-databases-causing-errors/2025-06-18T14:40:33.0000000Z2025-06-18T15:00:32.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Solutions to a couple of recurring issues when migrating databases to the cloud.

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/opal-ai-available-in-optimizely-saas-cms/2025-05-12T12:08:50.0000000Z2025-05-12T14:00:47.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Use Opal AI to translate your content!

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/managed-identity-for-connecting-your-optimizely-site-to-a-database-in-azure/2025-03-24T14:30:11.0000000Z2025-05-12T14:00:48.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Are you using a connection string with username and password to connect to your Azure database? Use managed identity instead!

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/cognitive_service_translate_error/2025-03-19T17:44:02.0000000Z2025-05-12T14:00:48.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

COGNITIVE_SERVICE_TRANSLATE_ERROR

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/unable-to-view-optimizely-forms-submissions-when-some-values-are-too-long/2025-03-04T15:44:05.0000000Z2025-03-04T17:00:32.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

I discovered a form where the form submissions could not be viewed in the Optimizely UI, only downloaded. Learn how to fix the issue.

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/using-the-1996-text-based-browser-links-to-optimize-website-accessibility/2025-02-25T17:16:57.0000000Z2025-05-13T01:31:08.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Use a text-based browser from the late 1990s to improve the accessibility of your modern Optimizely website!

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/using-the-1996-text-based-browser-links-to-optimize-website-accessibility/2025-02-25T17:16:57.0000000Z2025-05-20T01:30:37.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Use a text-based browser from the late 1990s to improve the accessibility of your modern Optimizely website!

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/the-missing-globe-can-finally-be-installed-as-a-nuget-package/2025-02-14T16:45:04.0000000Z2025-02-14T17:00:44.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Do you feel like you're dying a little bit every time you need to click "Options" and then "View on Website"? Do you also miss the old "Globe" in Optimizely CMS? Your prayers have been heard: a NuGet package is available, and the Globe is back!

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/increase-timeout-for-long-running-sql-queries-using-sql-addon/2024-12-20T22:13:39.0000000Z2024-12-20T22:30:46.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Learn how to increase the timeout for long running SQL queries using the SQL addon.

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/overriding-the-help-text-for-the-name-property-in-optimizely-cms/2024-12-20T11:04:29.0000000Z2024-12-20T11:30:45.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

I recently received a question about how to override the Help text for the built-in Name property in Optimizely CMS, so I decided to document my process for figuring it out...

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/custom-form-element-view-in-optimizely-cms-12/2024-12-11T21:09:31.0000000Z2024-12-11T21:30:44.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Do you want full control over the form element markup? Create your own views!

https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/set-default-culture-in-optimizely-cms-12/2024-11-15T14:09:21.0000000Z2024-11-15T14:30:38.0000000Ztomas.h.gulla@novacare.no

Take control over culture-specific operations like date and time formatting.