Upgrade Episerver Relate to CMS 11

Prerequisite: If you do not have one, set up a Relate 7.5 website. See Relate+ 7.5 documentation.

1. Use Visual Studio to open the website.
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+S to save the solution.
3. Change the Target Framework to 4.6.1.
4. Install the following Optimizely NuGet feed packages:
   • EPiServer.Community 9.0.0
   • EPiServer.CommonFramework 9.0.1
   • EPiserver.Mail 10.0.0
   • EPiServer.CMS.UI
   • EPiServer.Packaging
   • EPiServer.ServiceLocation.StructureMap
   • EPiServer.DynamicContent
5. Remove solution references to EPiServer.BaseLibrary.dll and EPiServer.Implementation.dll.
6. From the \b__in folder, delete EPiServer.BaseLibrary.dll, EPiServer.Implementation.dll, and EPiServer.WorkflowFoundation.__dll.
7. Fix the following obsolete or missing API functions:
   • Error CS0115  'PropertyClubAssociation.CreatePropertyControl()': no suitable method found to override EPiServer.Templates.RelatePlus
   • Error CS0115  'PropertyForumAssociation.CreatePropertyControl()': no suitable method found to override EPiServer.Templates.RelatePlus
   • Remove CreatePropertyControl () functions and replace RelateInitializationModule.cs with the attached file.
   • Replace the following methods and properties:

• Fix the compile error in Templates\__RelatePlus\InitializationModules\CmsIntegrationModule.cs by replacing it with the attached file.

• In RouteTable.Routes.GetVirtualPathForNonContent, change
  var currentLanguage = Globalization.ContentLanguage.PreferredCulture.Name; to
  var virtualPath = UrlResolver.Current.GetVirtualPathForNonContent(entry, currentLanguage, null);

• In Configuration.Settings.Instance.SiteDisplayName, update EPiServer.Web.SiteDefinition.Current.Name.

• In StripHtmlFilterRules, update using EPiServer.HtmlParsing.Internal;.

• In EPiServer.Web.PermanentLinkMapStore.TryToMapped, update Web.Routing.UrlResolver.Current.TryToPermanent(responseItem.Uri.ToString(), out mappedUrl) .

• Change
  PermanentContentLinkMap pplm = PermanentLinkMapStore.Find(pageEntity.PageGuid) as PermanentContentLinkMap; to

  PermanentLinkMap pplm = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IPermanentLinkMapper>().Find(pageEntity.PageGuid);

• Regarding the function VersioningFileSystemSearchHandler: temporarily ignore it. To do so, comment it and return zero (0).

8. In the EPiServerFramework.config file, run Update-epidatabase or add an updateDatabaseSchema\="true" attribute to the episerver.framework tag.

9. Press Ctrl+F5 to browse the website.

10. Convert the database to UTC by opening Package Manager Console and running the cmdlet Convert-EPiDatabaseToUtc.

11. Open RelatePlus.Master.Designer.cs. Within that file, change protected global::System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlGenericControl HtmlElement; to protected global::System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlElement HtmlElement;.

12. Open ClubMasterPage.Master.Designer.cs. Within that file, change protected global::System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlGenericControl HtmlElement; to protected global::System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlElement HtmlElement;.

13. Open SearchRelatePlus.Master.Designer.cs. Within that file, change protected global::System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlGenericControl HtmlElement; to protected global::System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlElement HtmlElement;.

14. Rebuild the project.

15. Copy the IMAP4.Net.dll and Parse.Net.dll (attached files) to the /bin folder.

16. Press Ctrl+F5 to browse the website.

17. If you want to send email in a Relate+ site, open the file EPiServerMail\MasterPages\Mail.Master, and replace
    <%= Page.DojoConfig(false, true) %> with
    <%= Page.ConfigureDojo(false, true, false) %>