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956 Reasons Why Umbraco Rocks for Designers

By Alan Ballard  |  Wednesday, May 08, 2013 |   |  1 comment

Hey Designers, your CMS got you down? Constantly cursing at the cumbersome interface? Well Umbraco has been rockin' my socks since I first installed it and started learning it. Here's (just a few) reasons why Umbraco makes people like us happy

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Event List Macro

By Mark Bowser  |  Friday, April 12, 2013 |  , , ,  |  3 comments

Let's say you want a list of events on your home page. The following is an example about how this might be accomplished using Razor scripts.

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Somebody Do Something

By Rob Birdwell  |  Friday, March 29, 2013 |   |  1 comment

A minor rant on the pesky java updates that seem to want to foist unwanted toolbars on us.

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Umbraco 6.0.2 upgrade bug solution

Running the earliest editions of upgrade script from umbraco 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 broke the doc types on some of our sites. Here's an easy fix that doesn't involve restoring your database.

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Umbraco 6: Views, Partial Views, and Partial View Macro Files

By Mark Bowser  |  Friday, February 22, 2013 |  Not tagged  |  1 comment

Here's some handy info that can help you get started with the switch-over from the Umbraco Masterpages to the new Views.

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Don't be scared of Social Media, just don't be a jerk and wear the right pants

By Nicole Weathers  |  Thursday, February 14, 2013 |  , , ,  |  2 comments

You already know how to "do" social media.  You just forgot what you know. 

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Encrypting your web.config

By Wesley Kos  |  Monday, February 11, 2013 |  , , ,  |  Leave comment

When you need to include a plaintext password in your web.config you should probably encrypt it.

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Umbraco 6: What's new?

By Mark Bowser  |  Thursday, February 07, 2013 |  , , ,  |  6 comments

I just got back from the Umbraco Masterclass in Seattle. I'm now a Level 2 certified Umbraco developer. Yay! During the training, we covered everything from the basics (e.g. What's a doctype?) to some more advanced concepts involving the new and improved Umbraco API. The best part was that this training was conducted entirely on Umbraco 6.

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Why Umbraco, from a NON Tech Point of View

By Nicole Weathers  |  Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |  ,  |  1 comment

What is Umbraco and Why should I care? From the point of view from Non-Techy marketer. Written as I came to understand it and why I have come to love it.

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Awesome eBook of Umbraco Articles and Resources Available for Free!

By Jason Prothero  |  Thursday, January 10, 2013 |  ,  |  Leave comment
Itching for some awesome Umbraco articles, tips, and how-tos?  Want to read it on an airplane or in a place with no Wifi?  Then check out the 24Days in Umbraco eBook/PDF Read More >