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This post shows you how to convert a SQL Compact Edition database to full SQL and speed up Umbraco
umbraco How to find the Home page in UmbracoThis post shows you how to find the home page (root node) in Umbraco. It shows you how to do it in a View, and in a Controller.
umbraco Umbraco Related Links into C# Class ObjectsThis post gives you a handy little helper method to turn your related links property into a C# class object to make it easier to work with.
umbraco How to get the current logged in Umbraco user and restrict front end contentThis post shows you how to get the current logged in Umbraco user and restrict content on the front end of the site.
umbraco Simple Umbraco RSS XML Feed ExampleIn this post I give you a simple template to start using for your own RSS XML feed. It's very simple and straight forward.
umbraco How to start using Dependency Injection in MVC and UmbracoThis post has the code and a video you need to help you start using Dependency Injection in MVC and Umbraco
umbraco What is so good about Umbraco?In this video I show you what I love about Umbraco. I show you how easy it is to create and edit content for my blog.
umbraco How to create a Contact Form in Umbraco using MVC and C#This post is to accompany the YouTube video tutorial I created. I will share the code I wrote for each section in the video.
umbraco How to format the pre html tag in Umbraco for code blocksA simple approach to formatting your pre tags
umbraco Automatically resize your media images in UmbracoThis post shows you how you can add a class to your umbraco project which automatically resizes any new images in Umbraco.
umbraco How to reset the Umbraco admin account passwordThis post gives you simple instructions to help you reset the Umbraco admin password.
umbraco Umbraco Site Navigation Menu Model Example in C# MVCThis 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.