How to setup a dual boot virtual hard drive to test Windows 8. An informative and hopefully somewhat humorous post about how the process will fail if you don't download the complete .ISO file.…
Ever wanted to blog or create content in your iPad or mobile phone with your Umbraco website? With a few simple setup steps you can enable the Metaweblog API and connect desktop clients like Microsoft Word, Windows Live Writer, and MarsEdit (Mac), Blog.net (iPhone), and more!…
I started using a new technique to kick off web design projects and It's working out great! "Style Tiles" are quick snippets of web design patterns meant to convey an overall feeling of the design rather than defining specifics, and it's a great way to get the client involved in the first steps of thier site.…
These days most mobile phones are very good cameras that you carry around with you constantly. Wouldn't it be great if you could take photos of your products, employees, clients, or projects on your phone and upload them directly to your Umbraco website just like you do with Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter? Well, if you have an iPhone you can.…
An incorrectly formatted JSON object causing the Savages and Scoundrels Timeline to not function properly. The JSON object was formatted correctly, but there was a problem with the values inside the JSON object.…
Last year we (ProWorks) created a mobile site for the da Vinci Days festival that is held in Corvallis every July. We had created the initial site the previous year and with the rise of mobile and the fact that most people will only have a small screen at the event, it was a must have. Of course, responsive web design was just becoming a thing and we had a decision to make: responsive or separate site?…
ProWorks is excited to announce that our new website is now live! We are still adding and revising the site and we would love any feed back or comments that you have.…
Its been about a month since the Umbraco HQ and key community members made the tough decision to stop development of version 5 and refocus on version 4. By the end of the conference It was clear that there was renewed commitment to the core and project from the community. Lots of people were willing to help and asking how to contribute. Now that we are a month away from CodeGarden, how are things going?…
I often wonder when I see a compelling design, what the process was to make it. Was it just born that way or did it go through many bumps and turns to get there? In our case, bringing Paul Vandevelder's vision of "Savages and Scoundrels" to life certainly was an interesting evolution! Here's an insight to our process of reinventing Mt. Rushmore for the home page of Paul's new website.…
ProWorks has created a Commerce for Umbraco Sample Website and Starter Kit that you can download and try out for yourself! This site is similar to the starter site the ProWorks uses to create e-commerce sites.…
