If you are like nearly 60% of the
people who install Umbraco you are familiar with the Microsoft
Web Platform Installer (WebPI) and the ease of installing
Umbraco using this tool. You may also be familiar with the
delay experienced between the time we release a new Umbraco version
and the time the release is available via WebPI. Today,
we are pleased to announce the availability of the Umbraco WebPI feed. This
feed will not only keep you updated with the latest Umbraco release
but will also keep you updated with recommended beta releases and
any recommended alternate releases, such as Umbraco 4.5.* for .Net
3.5. You can add this feed to your feed reader here http://umbraco.org/data/rss/UmbracoWebPIFeed.xml.
Install the Latest Umbraco Release with WebPI
Starting now you can install the latest Umbraco release as soon
as it is ready without waiting for the, very busy, Microsoft Web
team to update the Umbraco version in the Microsoft
Web Application Gallery. Simply by installing WebPI
3.0 (which has some awesome new features) and adding the Umbraco feed you will
have immediate access to the latest Umbraco release.
Following is a quick tutorial for getting this set up.
Step 1 - Download WebPI 3.0
Navigate to http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/download/
and select 'download it now.' This will install WebPI 3.0 for
you. In addition, you can install some great new tools from
Microsoft that are only available using WebPI 3.0, but that's for a
different post.
Step 2 - Add the Umbraco Feed
From WebPI 3.0, select the 'Options' link.
In the 'Add Feed' input box type the Umbraco feed Url 'http://umbraco.org/data/rss/UmbracoWebPIFeed.xml'
and then 'Add Feed.'
Click 'OK', and then the 'Umbraco Releases' tab added to
WebPI.
That's it. Now that you are subscribed to the Umbraco
feed, you will always have access to the most recent Umbraco
release, as well as any recommended alternate or beta
releases. We hope this helps streamline some of your Umbraco
installation tasks.