Blog archive

May 2013

• Codegarden 13 - Best program ever
• Umbraco 6.1.0 beta 2 out now!
• Security update - two major vulnerabilities found

April 2013

• Security vulnerability found - immediate action recommended
• Umbraco 6.0.4 and 4.11.7 released
• Worlds best community
• Umbraco 6.1.0 beta released

March 2013

• Umbraco 6.0.3 and 4.11.6 released
• Get learning on the new tv site!
• Codegarden session: Responsive Imaging
• Higher Education
• Codegarden session: The 5 best Packages
• Codegarden session: Migrating ublogsy to Umbraco 6
• Umbraco 6.0.2 released

February 2013

• Umbraco 6.0.1 and 4.11.5 released
• Codegarden13.com launched
• Our Umbraco has had an update
• V6 is here, what's next?
• Umbraco 4.11.4 Released

January 2013

• One-day Umbraco 6 + mvc upgrade
• Umbraco 6.0.0 released
• Don't ask what the HQ can do for you
• Why CodeGarden
• Our Umbraco downtime
• Introducing ContentService aka the v6 API
• Umbraco 6 RC is here
• Make TeamCity respect failing NUnit tests and stop the build
• Meet the future of Umbraco: v6 beta
• Umbraco 4.11.2 Released
• Respecting legacy, paving the way for the future
• Start the new year with new skills

December 2012

• Umbraco 6, training and jobs
• Close, but no cigar
• Moving on to bigger and better things
• Getting to know Umbraco Relations

November 2012

• Umbraco 4.11 update
• Umbraco 4.11.0 released
• Easy tiger
• Contour 3.0 is out!
• Most downloaded CMS in 2012
• Details of security issue in 4.10
• Security update for 4.10.0
• Getting started with Contour 3.0 Beta
• Contour 3.0 Features: Easier to work with lots of forms
• Umbraco 4.10.0 released
• Contour 3.0 Features: Full control over form markup
• Contour 3.0 Features: Conditional logic
• Contour 3.0 Features: Code First
• Contour 3.0 Beta
• Umbraco 4.10.0 Release Candidate

October 2012

• Getting started with MVC in Umbraco 4.10
• Quality is key

September 2012

• YOU can make the next version of Umbraco even better
• What are we up to with 4.10.0?
• Introducing Umbraco 4.9: Party like it’s 2004. Just bigger!
• Community contributions for the win!

August 2012

• Core development progress report
• The romantic illusion of open source bug fixing
• If you love someone, set them free

July 2012

• Introducing the future Umbraco roadmap

June 2012

• CodeGarden 12 - Wrap up.
• CG12 Keynote Video
• v5 RIP
• Get ready for summer with an Umbraco certification

May 2012

• CG12 Survival Guide.
• Localizing the Umbraco 5 backoffice – Get involved
• Courier 2.6 Released
• Umbraco Awards are back again
• Contour 2.0 is out

April 2012

• CodeGarden 12 - the hat and the uComponent
• CodeGarden 12 - Lightning sessions
• Contour 2.0 RC is here

March 2012

• Contour 2.0 Beta
• CG12 Session - Rebuilding 'Node Selector' in V5, from .proj start to .nuget end
• Umbraco on Safari
• Umbraco 5 documentation on github
• CG12 Session - My First V5 Website
• Get Umbraco 5 certifications, in half the time

February 2012

• NuGet Packages and Visual Studio Templates
• Tracking work items on the Umbraco 5 codebase
• Open Redirect Vulnerability in Umbraco 4

January 2012

• Umbraco 5.0 RTM is on CodePlex, ready for download
• Back to the roots
• Creating my First V5 Package
• Persistence model in v5
• Umbraco 5 RC 2 is on CodePlex, ready for download
• Umbraco 5: On performance and the perils of premature optimisation

December 2011

• Umbraco 5 RC1 is out today
• Community Compatibility
• Extending Courier 2 with a custom event

November 2011

• How to Evaluate Courier 2.5
• Courier 2.5 Released
• The Upgrade Myth
• Umbraco 5 Beta 1 is out today
• Just around the corner: Courier 2.5
• Saying goodbye to an old friend

October 2011

• DUUG Festival 2011 & Amsterdam v5 Hackathon Wrap Up
• We’re looking for a JavaScript genius
• Umbraco 5 Alpha 3 is out today

September 2011

• Umbraco 5 Alpha 2 is out today
• Introducing the new repository
• Umbraco Razor Feature Walkthrough–Part 8
• Umbraco Razor Feature Walkthrough–Part 7
• Examining Examine
• Umbraco Razor Feature Walkthrough–Part 6
• Umbraco 5 Alpha 1 Release

August 2011

• Server move
• Kraftvaerk - Danish Gold
• New macro types in Umbraco v5

July 2011

• The day the lightning stroke
• Umbraco 5 Gems that we didn’t cover
• Umbraco 5 Gems for getting crazy!
• umbraco.com maintance
• Umbraco 5 Gems for Developers
• Umbraco 5 Gems for MVC developers
• Umbraco 5 Gems for Content Editors
• CodeGarden11 Wrap Up - Package Competition
• Sydney Certification 19-22nd July 2011
• CodeGarden11 Wrap Up - Umbraco Awards

June 2011

• CodeGarden11 Wrap Up - 2011/2012 MVPs
• CodeGarden11 - Keynote
• CodeGarden11 - One Week to Go
• Up close and personal with the CodeGarden'11 speakers - Part 4

May 2011

• Up close and personal with the CodeGarden'11 speakers - Part 3
• Up close and personal with the CodeGarden'11 speakers - Part 2
• Up close and personal with the CodeGarden'11 speakers
• The Respect Tee

April 2011

• Umbraco Jupiter Plugins
• CodeGarden 11 - Something New
• Umbraco Awards are Back!
• Umbraco HQ employee count up 100% in the US and Australia

March 2011

• Courier 2.0 Beta
• Umbraco Razor Feature Walkthrough - Part 5
• What is an Umbraco MVP
• Umbraco Razor Feature Walkthrough – Part 4

February 2011

• CodeGarden11 - Our first confirmed session
• Umbraco Razor Feature Walkthrough – Part 3
• The podcast is back!
• Umbraco 4.7 Razor Feature Walkthrough – Part 2
• Umbraco 4.7 Razor Feature Walkthrough – Part 1
• 4.7 - TAFKA 4.6.2 beta is out
• Win a CodeGarden 11 Ticket
• CodeGarden 11 - We have something to tell you...
• CodeGarden 11 Tickets are now on sale

January 2011

• Off days
• Umbraco 4.6 is released

December 2010

• Bring on 2011
• Umbraco 4.6 Beta (JUNO) is Released
• Heads-up: Umbraco sourcecode at CodePlex to switch to Mercurial
• Thoughts on plugins with Umbraco 5
• CodeGarden 11 ticket sale have started

November 2010

• Umbraco 5: Q/A, November 2010
• Umbraco 5: May the blogging commence
• Danish Umbraco Festival
• Learn how to create a skin

October 2010

• Umbraco on Windows Azure
• New in JUNO, Data Editor Settings
• JUPITER: The journey has begun
• Umbraco events in the Benelux
• Introducing JUNO

September 2010

• Official ASP.NET Security fix available from Microsoft
• IMPORTANT: Security hole in ASP.NET and how to secure your installation

August 2010

• Umbraco Web Platform Installer Feed with Umbraco 4.5.2
• Umbraco 4.5.2 beta is out
• Enterprise vs Umbraco
• Contour 1.1 is out!
• Umbraco Certified Solution Providers now Number 38

July 2010

• North America Certification Courses Step Up

June 2010

• Codegarden ‘10 Wrap Up
• Codegarden Survival Guide
• Umbraco 4.1RC is out
• How to prepare for CodeGarden MVC day
• Codegarden: The package contest
• CodeGarden 10: Evening Canal cruise
• Conference Highlight: Umbraco Runs on Windows Azure

May 2010

• Session spotlight: Crowdsourcing via Facebook
• Session spotlight: Designing forms with Umbraco and Contour
• Learning from mistakes
• Umbraco at The Gilbane Conference SF
• Codegarden: How to convince your boss in 90 seconds
• Version 4.0.4.1 is out
• Session Spotlight: Integrating a 3rd party service with the umbraco backend
• Session spotlight: Website Search with Examine
• The Codegarden 2010 program is ready
• The Umbraco Tour for Webmasters
• What is Umbraco?
• New Umbraco Identity

April 2010

• Umbraco MVPs 2010
• Axing gadgets or the importance of platform responsibility
• New packages added to the package repo
• Umbraco 4.2 coming

March 2010

• Profit through generosity
• Greedy Umbraco
• Umbraco @ MIX10 Wrap Up
• Get certified in the Benelux

February 2010

• CodeGarden 10 is coming
• Umbraco 5th Birthday in London - Presentations
• We’re opening a North American office
• Time to vote for the 2010 Umbraco MVPs

January 2010

• Bringing the best from our to the package repo

December 2009

• Blog 4 Umbraco 2.0.24 - Release
• Blog 4 Umbraco 2.0.23 – Create new posts from the dashboard
• Blog 4 Umbraco 2.0.22 – The Installer
• Blog 4 Umbraco 2.0.21 - Documentation
• Blog 4 umbraco 2.0.18 – A new design in 20 seconds
• Blog 4 umbraco 2.0.17 – Picking the right theme for the skinners
• Blog 4 umbraco 2.0.16 – Ping services
• Blog 4 umbraco, 2.0.15 Progress on the SkinBrowser
• Blog 4 umbraco, 2.0.14 Easy blog creation
• Blog 4 umbraco 2.011 – Html, xslt and the loose ends
• Blog 4 Umbraco 2.0.10 – Comment moderation
• Blog 4 Umbraco 2.0.9 – SkinBrowser datatype take 1
• Blog 4 Umbraco 2.0.8 – Tackling comment spam
• Blog 4 umbraco 2.0.5 – Comments
• Blog 4 umbraco 2.0.4 – Rss-feeds
• Blog 4 umbraco 2.0.3 – Ajax Comment Form
• Blog 4 Umbraco 2.0.2 – skinning
• Blog 4 Umbraco 2.0.1 – Setting up the project
• Christmas Calendar 2009 – a better blog package

November 2009

• Umbraco Contour is out
• Umbraco Contour RC1 is out

October 2009

• Umbraco 4.1 Beta 1
• Another day at the office
• Awesome guide for Umbraco newbies

September 2009

• Umbraco Concierge 2.0 Released

August 2009

• Package repo updated with the best from our.umbraco.org
• our.umbraco.org maintenance

July 2009

• I’m coming for the UK Meetup next week
• London Meetup, Thursday 6th August

June 2009

• Win tickets for CodeGarden 09 :)
• Umbraco 4.0.2.1 is released
• Umbraco 4.0.2 is out and so is an upgrade guide

May 2009

• Umbraco v4.0.2 beta released
• UmbracoCast no 9 - the family grows...
• Umbraco Events in the US
• Umbraco Courses in June - new dates

April 2009

• I'll be speaking in Århus on the 29th
• New videos and pricing on umbraco.tv
• Calling SEO experts - 301 or 302 for RSS package
• Our contact form has been broken
• How-to migrate Umbraco 4.0 to IIS 7 and asp.net 3.5
• We'll be moving umbraco.org tonight
• Exciting Umbraco jobs

March 2009

• Lock and Unlock documents and media with Concierge
• Microsoft translator and umbraco
• Introducing XSLT Visualizing in v4.0.1
• Umbraco featured in the Microsoft Web Platform Installer
• Umbraco Cast no. 8 is out
• Remember - last chance for CodeGarden 09 discount today

February 2009

• Umbraco presentation at AANUG
• Benelux Umbraco Meetup
• Registration for Umbraco CodeGarden 09 is open - save EUR150
• Umbraco 4 details - section links
• Das freundliche CMS - umbraco.de

January 2009

• Umbraco 4 released
• Umbraco 4 is ready for release
• Celebrate the umbraco launch in London too
• Can you upgrade your site to Umbraco 4?
• Second Benelux meeting
• Umbraco 4 RC3 is out
• Translation tool and language files available
• Umbraco 4 RC2 is out
• Umbraco Courses in February

December 2008

• Tell me what documentation you want and I'll send an exclusive umbraco t-shirt
• One crazy Umbraco year
• Umbraco 4 Release Candidate is out
• Final Umbraco 4 Beta released
• Umbraco 4, Beta 2, Take 4 released
• Working with Events in Umbraco Version 4
• New nitros in the package repository - help us

November 2008

• Beta 2 take 3 released
• Umbraco 4, Beta 2, Take 2
• Extra V4 courses on November 25-26th and 27-28th

October 2008

• Courses sold out in less then 24 hours
• Umbraco Course in November - all about Umbraco 4
• CodeGarden US Started
• Getting excited for CG US tomorrow
• Umbraco.tv launched

September 2008

• Umbraco 4 Progress
• Umbraco compatible with Google Chrome

August 2008

• Live Editing and Inline XSLT documentation
• Podcast 7 - The Live Editing Progress
• Podcast 6 - Live Editing in Umbraco 4
• Show Off at Codegarden US
• Codegarden08 US Set for October 6-7, 2008
• Concierge, Couriers sensible cousin
• Courier for Content preview
• Want to be among the first to work with Umbraco 4

July 2008

• Made to make history, not to be history
• US Umbraco Meetup
• SBBS the first Swedish Solution Provider
• Agenda for the first Belgian umbraco meet-up on July 19th
• Multilingual 1-1 sites - keeping features low
• UK Umbraco Meetup confirmed

June 2008

• In the uk - add yourself to the UK umbracian map
• 1508 the first certified solution provider
• Belgian umbraco meet-up on July 19th
• Umbraco 4 announced at CodeGarden
• Umbraco Courses again August 14-15th - get 15% discount
• Codegarden08 photos
• Podcast 5 - Retreat 08

May 2008

• CodeGarden is started
• umbraco awards - the nominated sites
• Commerce for Umbraco - Beta1 Released
• Pre CodeGarden meetup at Tivoli on June 2nd
• Umbraco reviewed by webdistortion.com
• Podcast 4 - update and sneak peak on v3.1
• Course Level 1 sold out - still seats on Level 2
• Visual Web Developer gets WAP support
• Make a package - win an xbox 360 with Rockband
• CodeGarden program updated

April 2008

• Podcast 3 - Paul Sterling on CodeGarden
• Benchmarks, evaluations, principles and credibility
• Want an iPod Touch - come to CodeGarden
• Podcast 2 - Douglas Robar on CodeGarden
• Help us rename the courses and certifications
• Silverlight is the worst piece of junk ever from Redmond
• Umbraco Marketplace – by Motus Connect Store
• Paul Sterling joins Umbraco.org blog
• Twitter package for Umbraco
• Warren Buckley joins the Umbraco.org blog team
• Review umbraco at osliving
• 3.0.5 Released
• Podcast 1 - CodeGarden and v3.0.5
• Team development with umbraco
• Courses sold out - new courses in May
• Announcing the umbraco awards
• 3.0.5 ready for testing

March 2008

• Last chance for CodeGarden discount
• A closer look at the upcoming 3.0.5 release
• CodeGarden Video with Jesper Ordrup
• A quick hallo from Mix
• Do you experience random performance problems with v3.x
• Get your CodeGarden seat now

February 2008

• Considering CodeGarden - don't hesitate
• Codegarden '08 Registration open!
• Umbraco will be at Mix '08 in Las Vegas
• Courier for content - Drag. Drop. Deploy
• Aggregating the community

January 2008

• Next courses will be in April
• What's on your iPod?
• Email problems
• Umbraco debugging made easy
• Australia course sold out
• CodeGarden 08 - Copenhagen, June 3rd to 4th
• How umbraco evolved from hobby to business
• Bigger and bigger sites choose Umbraco
• Per Ploug Hansen joins umbraco corp as a partner
• Show property descriptions in the edit view
• MySQL support coming to umbraco

December 2007

• Downtime - not umbraco related
• Dec 11: Source for extensions
• Dec 10: Dramatic performance increase in two minutes
• Dec 9: Using Master Templates
• Level 2 Training in Australia
• Dec 8: Adding page information to templates
• 1508 - the most beautiful umbraco driven site
• Five days of Christmas Love Wednesday
• Dec 7: Templates part I - The introduction
• Dec 6: Document Types part II
• Dec 5: Sort by name or create date
• Dec 4: How to get the W3C validator to recognize your pages
• Dec 3: umbraco basics, Document Types
• Our spam filter is learning
• Dec 2: Resources and where to find help

November 2007

• Dec 1: Get packages for Christmas
• Umbraco Trademark Guidelines
• umbraco compiles with VS2008
• London Meetup on November 29th
• umbraco 3.0.4 coming this week
• Fighting Frustrations - getting rid of annoyances in umbraco

October 2007

• New courses in December
• Douglas Robar new umbraco MVP 2007/2008
• Umbraco dinner in Manchester, UK
• Chat Tomorrow about the Package Repo
• Courses: Level One Sold Out - just two seats left on level two
• Code Sample: Importing members from outlook
• Courses almost sold out

September 2007

• Version 3.0.3 released with installer
• Cozy chat tonight
• Introducing umbraco Pro
• Minutes from todays chat
• Remember the developer chat tonight
• Welcome John Cruz to the core team
• Roadmap (wish list) and developer chat on future umbraco versions
• Microsoft Live Writer beta 3 released and 100% umbraco compatible
• New dates for umbraco training ready

August 2007

• Finally a book on installing umbraco on Windows XP
• umbraco meetup in Århus, Denmark the 28th
• Speaking engagements
• umbracoStats 1.1 released. Free for personal use and free upgrade
• Documentation on installing or upgrading umbraco
• Jesper.com speeds up documentation with a donation
• 3.0.2 released

July 2007

• What's going on at the umbraco office
• New courses in the end of August

June 2007

• Welcome to the new umbraco.org
• v3.0.1 released