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In this post I give you some code so you can restrict the Content Apps on your Umbraco site by user group
umbraco How to set the default page base type to UmbracoViewPage in UmbracoIn this post I share with you what Ronald Barendse taught us about setting the pageBaseType in Umbraco to save you having to type @inherits UmbracoViewPage even with a custom model.
umbraco How to create a dynamic image from multiple images using ImageProcessorThis post shows you how I created a handler to create dynamic header images for my umbraco website using ImageProcessor.
umbraco How to fix the SVG 404 error when using Umbraco and Azure Blob StorageIn this post I show you how to solve the SVG 404 error when working with Umbraco and Azure Blob Storage
umbraco Find out how my blog reached 1 million page viewsIn this post I will tell you how my blog reached 1 million page views.
umbraco Giphy Property Editor Package for UmbracoAll about the new Giphy Animated GIF Searxh picker I created for Umbraco 7 and 8
umbraco How to include scripts from partial views in MVC and UmbracoThis post will show you how you can include scripts from inside an MVC partial view rather than having to put them in the view.
umbraco How to create packages and content apps for Umbraco v8In this series you will create a Space Invaders content app. The point of this is not to play Space Invaders, or to create yet another content app, it is to share the repeatable steps for building packages for Umbraco v8 so you can have the confidence and structure in place to be able to start creating packages for your own ideas, which other people can contribute to and you can maintain easily enough.
umbraco How to get the picked item name in Stacked Content and Nested Content using ncNodeNameThis post shows you how you can get the name of the picked item in Nested Content or Stacked Content instead of just item1, item2 etc using ncNodeName
umbraco How I use source control for my Umbraco website source code and mediaIn this post I share my approach to using source control for my Umbraco website source code and media
umbraco How to use Donut Caching in Umbraco and MVCIn this post I show you how easy Donut Caching is to use in Umbraco and MVC. It's very clever and not scary at all.
umbraco What are Content Apps in Umbraco v8In this post I tell you about Content Apps in Umbraco v8 and show you what ideas I've had and what I've built with them. With the hope to inspire you to build even better ones.