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This post will show you how to build a carousel in umbraco using Nested Content and Bootstrap
umbraco HTML Extension method for returning formatted HTML from a string in C#This post shows you how to create an extension method for returning formatted HTML from a string input
umbraco Is it right to charge money for Umbraco packages when Umbraco itself is free?This post talks about whether or not people should be charging for an Umbraco package when Umbraco itself is free.
umbraco How to get a Published Content item from a Content Picker Macro Parameter in UmbracoThis post shows you how you can get to the IPublishedContent item from a Content Pick Macro Parameter in Umbraco. It is a guest post by Nisreen Almasri from Sweden.
umbraco Diary of my visit to the Umbraco UK Festival 2017This blog post will act as a diary for my experiences throughout the 2 day Umbraco UK Festival in London on 2nd and 3rd November 2017.
dev An open letter to people who write open lettersI've seen lots of open letters on the internet lately, so this letter is addressed to all of those people who write open letters.
umbraco How to render the grid html in UmbracoThis is a quick post to give you the code for rendering the Grid Html in Umbraco.
dev This is why you should never judge a book by its coverToday I learned a valuable lesson about how you should never judge a book by its cover.
dev How to use a custom local dev url without having to edit the hosts fileHere is a really useful tip for all web developers. It shows you how you use custom urls for your local dev machine websites without having to edit the hosts file.
sql The day I hacked Troy Hunt's website to delete my dataI needed to remove my personal details from Troy Hunt's website. This post shows you why and how I did it.
umbraco How to get the website domain address in UmbracoThis post shows you how to get the current umbraco website domain address including http(s):// in the simplest way possible.
umbraco How to create a simple FAQs page in Umbraco using Archetype in 7 easy stepsIronically, this question gets asked a lot, so I thought I would show you how simple and easy it is to create an FAQs page in Umbraco using the Archetype package, in 7 easy steps.