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In this episode you will build the website footer using the block grid editor in Umbraco 13. We create a three-column footer layout with footer content blocks and social icon links using a nested block list. You will learn how to combine block lists inside block grids and render them with Razor views.
videos·umbraco Episode 5 - Part 1This episode teaches you how to build a fully editable navigation using the block grid editor in Umbraco 13. You will create element types for navigation items with dropdowns, configure the block grid data type, build Razor partial views to render the navigation, and manage it all from the backoffice.
videos·umbraco Episode 4In this episode we dive deep into document types in Umbraco 13. You will create content pages, a homepage, a search page, and site settings. We cover data types, compositions, components, the umbracoNaviHide property, tagging, dynamic routes as an XPath replacement, and setting up ModelsBuilder for strongly typed models.
videos·umbraco Episode 3This episode covers Umbraco templates and Razor views. You will download a Bootstrap theme, integrate it into Umbraco, split the HTML into reusable partial views, learn about view imports and layout files, and create dictionary values for managing shared text content across your site in a clean way.
videos·umbraco Episode 2In this episode you will install Umbraco 13 from scratch using the dotnet CLI and Package Script Writer. We explore the different Umbraco versions, tour the backoffice admin interface, create your first homepage document type, edit a template, and make content editable using Umbraco properties and CodePen examples.
videos·umbraco Episode 1This episode introduces the full Umbraco 13 tutorial series. You will see a preview of the finished website we are building together, including block grid editing, block previews in the backoffice, navigation, a working contact form, tagging, and search with Examine. It sets the stage for everything ahead.
videos·umbraco Umbraco 13 TutorialLearn Umbraco 13 with our complete video tutorial series. Master document types, block grids, forms, search, and more. Perfect for .NET developers.
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.
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.
dev How to fix the Windows 10 bug - Right hand side or corner of screen is not clickableThis post will help you solve the Windows 10 bug where you can't click in the right hand side or corner.
dev How to solve the error assets file project.assets.json not found in Visual StudioThis post tells you how to solve the error assets file project.assets.json not found in Visual Studio
dev Great Developers are CuriousIn this post I talk to you about being curious as a developer and why i think it is an important skill or trait in the world of dev.