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This 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.
tools Basic HTML5 Template Layout ExampleThis is just a quick post to give you some sample HTML5 basic markup. You can just copy the markup, paste it into your file and start writing the HTML.
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
tools Affinity Photo Free Windows Beta is OUT NOWOn Mac, Affinity Photo was chosen as Apple’s App of the Year 2015. You can now get the Windows Beta for free.
tools What is the Microsoft Botframework and, more importantly, what is LUIS?This posts tells you about the Microsoft Botframework, and focuses mainly on the star of the show LUIS.
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.
tools 7 useful tips for creating a successful blogIn 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 blocksA simple approach to formatting your pre tags