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Regularly blogging about Umbraco, CSS, digital sustainability and more!
I'm a 2023 Umbraco MVP!
The cat is out of the bag now and I can announce that I’ve been named an Umbraco MVP for 2023!
RazorViewEngine custom search paths for Umbraco grid partial views
I have been trying to add some new functionality to my BlockPreview package to remove some magic strings...
Using multidimensional arrays in C#
In a recent project with a client, we were presented with this matrix for generating a score based on two different parameters.
Adding spell check to Examine search in Umbraco 8
There is an excellent blog post by Lars-Erik Aabech on how to build a spell checker for search in Umbraco 7, and I have been looking for a way to update it for v8.
URL rewriting in Umbraco 8 — Part 2
A few weeks ago, I posted a blog about using IUrlProvider in Umbraco 8 to generate custom URLs for blog posts.
Umbraco Unicore first impressions
On Thursday 3rd September, Umbraco HQ announced the first alpha of Unicore, Umbraco v8 running on .NET Core!
URL rewriting in Umbraco 8
I recently migrated a website from WordPress to Umbraco and was keen to keep some of the great SEO work driving traffic into the site.
Removing emoji in a C# .NET JsonResult
I recently came across an issue at work where a JsonResult couldn't be returned because of emojis within a string.
Dark Mode and CSS Media Queries
Dark mode is all the rage these days.
View Source Conference
This past Friday, I got chance to go to Mozilla's View Source Conference—thanks to winning a ticket at Frontend NE!