Don't be scared of Social Media, just don't be a jerk and wear the right pants
You already know how to "do" social media. You just forgot what you know.…
Encrypting your web.config
When you need to include a plaintext password in your web.config you should probably encrypt it.…
Umbraco 6: What's new?
I just got back from the Umbraco Masterclass in Seattle. I'm now a Level 2 certified Umbraco developer. Yay! During the training, we covered everything from the basics (e.g. What's a doctype?) to some more advanced concepts involving the new and improved Umbraco API. The best part was that this training was conducted entirely on Umbraco 6.…
Why Umbraco, from a NON Tech Point of View
What is Umbraco and Why should I care? From the point of view from Non-Techy marketer. Written as I came to understand it and why I have come to love it.…
Awesome eBook of Umbraco Articles and Resources Available for Free!
Itching for some awesome Umbraco articles, tips, and how-tos? Want to read it on an airplane or in a place with no Wifi? Then check out the 24Days in Umbraco eBook/PDF…
How To Safely Search For Images On The Web
Here's a great way to not fail when grabbing images off the web! Grabbing the first image you see from Google Image Search could be dangerous because it may be someone elses property, but CC Search is here to help.…
Umbraco Fans in North America: Roll Call!
If you are located in the U.S., Canada, or Mexico and use, sell, or build with Umbraco, please join us and tell us about yourself. Then take the event interest survey and let us know what kind of events would interest you. Then invite your Umbraco friends and colleagues to do the same.If you are in Europe and have friends or colleagues in North America, give them a heads up about the site. And in the future we would love any help, advice, or tips about putting on a Festival, Hack-a-thon, or other cool things we are all jealous of over here!…
New Fun Project: YouRock Stickers! Badges for real life.
Ever wanted to give your team "badges" for doing the little things right and ultimately reaching the team goals? Now you can with You Rock Stickers!…
How to Fix Asp.net MVC Web Api HTTP PUT and DELETE requests failing
ASP.NET MVC 4 has a new feature called WebAPI which makes it much easier to create a REST API in ASP.NET. Unfortunately, I ran into one problem with IIS 6.0 that prevented the full REST spec from being used. By default IIS 6 wouldn't allow the PUT or DELETE verbs to be used with the WebAPI app that we created. Detailed inside is the solution I found.…
Umbraco 4.10.0
Umbraco 4.10.0 is now released! I read a few of the blog posts collected a bit of information with I feel is useful in getting you started.…
