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tools 7 useful tips for creating a successful blog

In this post I'm going to share with you what I have learned from my first year of blogging, and how I managed to get over 116,000 visits to my site in the first year.

umbraco How to format the pre html tag in Umbraco for code blocks

A simple approach to formatting your pre tags

umbraco Automatically resize your media images in Umbraco

This post shows you how you can add a class to your umbraco project which automatically resizes any new images in Umbraco.

tools Free tool to record your screen and save it as an amimated gif

ScreenToGif allows you to record a portion of your screen and save it as an animated gif. It also works with your webcam if you want.

umbraco How to reset the Umbraco admin account password

This post gives you simple instructions to help you reset the Umbraco admin password.

umbraco Umbraco Site Navigation Menu Model Example in C# MVC

This post gives you the basic code to loop through the pages in your site and populate the navigation model. It also gives you the code to add it to and call it from the cache.

umbraco Umbraco HTML Sitemap Template Example Using Razor

Most websites will have an HTML sitemap. There is an easy way to create one in Umbraco using razor. Just follow these simple steps.

dev That's a really good question

One thing that really annoys me is when someone asks the guest a question they nearly always reply back with "wow that's a great question" or "that's a really good question."

dev Regular Expression (regex) for a number greater than 1200

In case you are looking for a regex to find a number greater than 1200 or something similar, I though I would post it so you can alter it for your needs.

umbraco How to get the file path of a media item in umbraco

This post shows you how to get the file path of the item so you can use it for the src of an image or as a link to a document.

dev No such thing as a full stack developer

I see and hear it all the time, talking about people being full stack developers. I don't believe they are.

dev Don't miss the Windows 10 free upgrade deadline this week

You have until Friday 29th July 2016 (2 days left at the time of writing this article) to upgrade for free. After that you will need to pay $119 (£90) for the Home version and $199 (£150) for the Pro version.