Prerequisites

1. Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
2. EPiServer 6.0 CMS (Download and install from here)
3. MS SQL Server Express (Download and install from here)

Prepping a EPiServer database

Start EPiServer Deployment Center and choose “Install SQL Server Database” > run

Setting up the EPiServer 6 project in Visual Studio

Create a new EPiServer 6 project in Visual Studio,  File > New > Project > C# > EPiServer

ConnectionStrings.config

Alter the ConnectionStrings section to match your database setup

Properties > Web

In Visual Studio, right click your website project and choose “properties”

In the “Web” tab, clear the Virtual Path.

I had problems accessing the site with the default port 6666 so I changed it to 5859

EPiServer.config

Change the “siteUrl” of your site to “http://localhost:5859″

Launch

Now you should be able to launch the project and login at http://localhost:5859/EPiServer/CMS/Edit/

Create a simple page template

Visual Studio – /Templates/Pages/SimplePage.aspx

In your EPiServer project, create a Templates folder and a Pages folder beneath that one (you can structure/name this however you want)

In the pages folder create a new Web Form, name it SimplePage and change the base class to EPiServer.TemplatePage

EPiServer

Launch your project and navigate to http://localhost:5859/EPiServer/CMS/Admin/

Choose the “Page Type” tab and click “Create New Page Type”

Type a name for your new Page Type and set the File Name to “/Templates/Pages/SimplePage.aspx”

Click the save button and you are done