Who broke the build - VSTS to Slack
At Umbraco we are utilizing VisualStudio Team Services(VSTS) as our main build and release system. Over the last year or so we have been in the process of moving old TeamCity and AppVeyor builds into…
Debugging you logger (log4net)
So this is a thing that I've come across a few times lately - How do I log, when my logger isn't working. So the scenario I've been in was to create a new appender to the log4net framework, that ships…
Codegarden 16 - Expectations
What to expect when you are going to your first Codegarden?…
Converting from Custom Umbraco to Articulate...
.... or how a blog is supposed to be built on UmbracoSo when i started working at Umbraco HQ i really wanted to learn to develop a site in Umbraco CMS. For that purposeI simply decided to convert my…
Creating a simple property editor in Umbraco
For the last copule of years, ive been working with Sitecore CMS, switching to Umbraco has its pro and cons. One of the mayor features that this CMS does really well, is enabeling you as a developer…
Converting from BlogEngine.NET to Umbraco
Time to try that CMS im working onIve been blogging regulary for the last couple of years. During this time ive tried different kinds of blog engines to write the content in. The previous one was…
Changing paths
Past experienceFor the last 9 years, ive been working as a software consultant, primary focused on implementing customers sites in a CMS. Since 2007 that CMS has been Sitecore. Ive always been a keen…
Having fun... with fresh paint
So this is totaly off topic. I just installed Fresh Paint on my Lenovo Yoga with touch. This is a awesome painting application that makes it fun to use the computer as a drawing board. So i just used…
Movieshop - Building an awesome search experince in Sitecore - Part 3, Custom fields and computed fields
This is part three in a series on making an awesome search experience in Sitecore. The previous parts were on:Part 1 - The basics, getting demo dataPart 2 - Defining the index, and utilizing it in…
Mediashop - Building an awesome search experince in Sitecore - Part 2, Defining the index
This is part two in a series on making an awesome search experience in Sitecore. In the first part, I showed the basics of getting some demo data, which can be used for the search application. I've…