A recent ProWorks project had a need to pull Flickr photos from their community to display on their web site. I had never played with the Flickr API so I thought: “cool!”. I couldn’t find a Flickr Umbraco plugin on our.umbraco.org so I dug in and did it myself.
Thank goodness I found the [...]
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Flickr API Search Package for Umbraco
Blog 4 Umbraco Modification: Allow Posting To Multiple Blogs From The Dashboard
We recently had a project for a client, MOM Magazine, that had the need to have several blogs on their site running independently, yet in the same CMS. Blog 4 Umbraco to the rescue! After the Christmas upgrade sprint from the Umbraco team I knew that the blog could handle everything they needed [...]
Umbraco Package: Google Map Macro for the Rich Text Editor
First Umbraco Package!
OK, its simple, but we needed to let a client insert Google Maps into content areas via the Rich Text Editor in Umbraco. Macro to the rescue!
Package: Google_Map_Macro_for_the_Rich_Text_Editor__1.0.zip
After installing the package, you should be able to insert a new Google Map in the Rich Text Editor by doing this:
1. Find your location in [...]
Umbraco Blog Skins – Lozenge and Flowers
Alan and I created a cool Umbraco blog skin for the new blog4umbraco blog package skin browser!
We have two skins based on the same style:
ProWorks Lozenge White
This is sort of a simple, base skin that would be great to add photos or color to.
It is based on the K2 Lite for Sandbox theme so it [...]
Umbraco and Windows 7: Umbraco Windows 7 Theme
In honor of Windows 7 launch day and my Umbraco level 2 training session in Seattle with Paul Sterling of Motus Connect, I downloaded a few cool Umbraco desktop wallpapers and made an Umbraco Windows 7 themepack!
The following wallpapers are included:
From umbTop = Umbraco Desktops, by VooDooDog
From The CogWorks – Umbraco Goodies
From The CogWorks – [...]
Umbraco and PayPal form content
Before you display or render your (or your client’s) PayPal “Add to Cart” generated “buttons” on your page, you should add a “dummy” form
How to Moderate All Comments in Blog 4 Umbraco
The cool Blog 4 Umbraco package built by the Umbraco Team is a great package with a few features missing out of the box. The fact that it is Open Source really rocks because it means we can fill in the gaps. At ProWorks we have been slowly building on Blog 4 Umbraco and now [...]