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Join Us for Umbraco Hacktoberfest 2024!

Hacktoberfest is DigitalOcean's annual event promoting open-source contributions, with Umbraco participating for eight years. In 2024, contributors can earn rewards by making two accepted contributions. Events include hackathons and online support sessions. Contributions can range from coding to documentation, with rewards like training raffles and tree planting.

[ ] [ #hacktoberfest ]

Community

Skrift Issue #110

Featuring guest posts by Bishal Tim on "Customizing the Umbraco Tour in a Few Simple Steps!" and Warren Buckley on "How to create custom Umbraco User permissions in Belissima"

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Learning TDD by doing: Business hours

In this article, Dennis discusses the implementation of a business hours feature using Test Driven Development (TDD). Initially, the existing system struggled with irregular hours, prompting a redesign. Through TDD, Dennis successfully defined and tested various use cases, ultimately achieving a functional solution while reflecting on potential improvements in test clarity and user focus.

[ #designpatterns ]

Building a GitHub Discussions Powered Blog

Matt Brailsford explores using GitHub Discussions as a blogging platform, seeking an alternative to dev.to due to its increasing spam. He details setting up a repository for blog posts, configuring categories and labels, and utilizing Astro for site creation. Matt highlights features like Markdown support, automated deployments, and comment integration via Giscus.

[ ] [ #astro ] [ #github ]

Building Custom Trees in Umbraco 14 using menus!

Yari Mariën discusses creating custom menu trees in Umbraco, emphasizing a simplified approach using custom-rendered menu items instead of complex tree structures. It details the implementation of a dynamic tree using Umbraco's UI Menu Item component, including fetching data and rendering nested items, supported by necessary manifests for integration.

[ ] [ #bellissima ] [ #extensionsapi ]

Doing custom sections in Umbraco 14

In this guide, Yari Mariën shares insights on creating custom sections, dashboards, and section views in Umbraco v14. He details the setup process using ManifestSection, ManifestDashboard, and ManifestSectionView, providing code examples for each component. The aim is to enhance the backoffice experience by integrating new functionalities.

[ ] [ #bellissima ] [ #extensionsapi ]

My DF24 - The Dutch Umbraco Experience highlights

Jeroen Breuer reflects on DF24, the Dutch Umbraco Experience, highlighting key sessions on Umbraco's evolving features, including the upcoming Umbraco 15 and 16 updates. He notes challenges with session formats and technical issues but appreciates discussions on Umbraco Cloud benefits, migration, and scaling strategies. Overall, it was an engaging event.

[ #roundups ]

Watch & Listen

Hackathons, Codecabin, a 5 year anniversary & special guest Erica Quessenberry

In this episode, Erica Quessenberry, co-founder of Skrift, discusses Hacktoberfest and the upcoming virtual hackathon hosted by Candid Contributions. The event will take place on October 10th and 11th. Listeners are encouraged to engage with the community and explore Skrift magazine for potential authorship opportunities.

[ ] [ #hacktoberfest ] [ #podcasts ]

Boost Your Umbraco Dashboard with Effortless Data Export

Tarik Rital provides a guide on enhancing your Umbraco CMS dashboard. It covers how to filter the Members table by date range and expert, and shows how to export the filtered data to Excel and CSV formats.

umbraCoffee - Festival Season

In this episode of umbraCoffee they highlight Umbraco community events, recent package updates, and the importance of open source contributions. While events like Hacktoberfest encourage engagement, package updates face discoverability issues. The hosts emphasize the value of sharing knowledge through blogging and networking at festivals, with future live streams and coffee sessions planned to keep the community connected.

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Events

Umbraco U.S. Festival

2024-10-03 to 2024-10-04 - MHUB, 1623 W Fulton Street Chicago, IL 60612

Umbraco Newcastle Meetup - Social

2024-10-03 from 17:30 to 19:30 - The Town Wall, Pink Lane · Newcastle Upon Tyne

Umbraco Leeds: How to make agile work for you

2024-10-03 from 18:00 to 20:00 - Enjoy Digital, 23 The Calls, Leeds, GB

London Umbraco Meetup: Q&A with the Umbraco CMS Product Owner

2024-10-10 from 18:30 to 21:00 - Novicell UK, 21-33 Great Eastern Street, London, GB

The Umbraco x Candid Contributions Hacktoberfest Hackathon

2024-10-11 from 13:00 to 20:00 - Online event

Packages

ByteAnt.ByteEditor.RestaurantStarterKit

A sophisticated restaurant theme crafted to celebrate the fusion of art and innovation in modern cuisine.

EnvironmentBanner.Umbraco

Displays a banner indicating the environment name and other information at the top of pages in non-production environments.

Umbraco.Commerce.SalesTaxProviders.TaxJar

TaxJar sales tax provider for Umbraco Commerce

Beta of Iconic for v14 is out now

Highly configurable icon picker for Umbraco

Client Drawer v1.1

Added ability to add links to change log entries, current environment name in the header and additional assembly version sources.

Social

Get ready for Hacktoberfest

[ ] [ #hacktoberfest ]

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