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In this post I talk about the release of Clean v7 for Umbraco 17 and the new automation which has helped me streamline everything to do with maintaining the package.
devops·dotnet How to Run a Local HTTPS Site Inside a GitHub Action Without the Dev Certificate Trust IssueHow to Run a Local HTTPS Site Inside a GitHub Action Without the Dev Certificate Trust Issue
community·conferences·umbraco Codegarden 2025Codegarden 2025
umbraco·community West Midlands Umbraco Meetup (Brum Braco)This post talks about the West Midlands Umbraco Meetup
conferences·umbraco Codegarden 2024 pictures and commentaryThis post is a narrated gallery of images I took at codegarden 2024
community·conferences·umbraco Umbraco Spark 2024I wanted to document my visit to Umbraco Spark 2024 with some images and text.
dotnet·sql·umbraco How to solve the Umbraco Deploy schema mismatch error Database type is differentThis post shows you how to fix the umbraco deploy schema mismatch error where the database type is different
sql How to strip the trailing slash off a URL in SQLThis post shows you how to remove the trailing slash off a URL in SQL and teaches you a lesson about Skybrud Redirects.
sql SQL snippet for creating a database with a login and user in SQLThis post is just basically a SQL snippet for you to copy, paste and edit for use when you need to create a SQL database with a login and a user.
dev Regex to check if there are at least x number of digits in a phone number stringThis post gives you a regex so you can check if there are at least x numbers in a string. This is ideal for phone number fields where you don't care about the format but you do want there to be some numbers.
web·sql 5 ways to harden your Azure Web App and SQL Database resources5 ways to harden your Azure Web App and SQL Database resources
dev How to resolve 'Problem verifying your YouTube account'This post shows you how to solve the problem where you can't verify your YouTube account.