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UMB.FYI 2025-03-05

Umbraco Spark

Pre-Spark Umbraco Hackathon

2025-03-06 from 09:30 to 18:00 - true digital, 42-46 Baldwin Street, Bristol, GB

[ ] [ #festivals ] [ #umbracospark ]

Umbraco Spark Pre Party

2025-03-06 from 19:00 to 22:00 - Roxy Lanes, 13-29 Union St, Bristol BS1 2DF, Bristol, GB

[ ] [ #festivals ] [ #umbracospark ]

Pre Spark Harbour Run

2025-03-07 from 07:00 to 07:30 - The Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, BS1 4QF, Bristol, GB

[ ] [ #festivals ] [ #umbracospark ]

Umbraco Spark 2024

2025-03-07 from 09:00 to 17:00 - We The Curious Bristol, BS1 5DB

[ #festivals ] [ #umbracospark ]

Last minute Umbraco Spark Opportunity Ticket available!

[ #festivals ] [ #umbracospark ]

Umbraco HQ

Umbraco Product Update - Q1 2025

In 2025, Umbraco launched significant updates, including Umbraco 15 with enhanced performance and security features, and the introduction of Umbraco Engage. Upcoming improvements focus on refining the backoffice, enhancing search integration, and supporting containerization. Additionally, Umbraco Cloud has introduced new security measures and external login options, while Umbraco Commerce has seen major performance upgrades.

[ ] [ #business ]

From Our umbraco to forum.umbraco.com

Umbraco is transitioning its aging community forum to Discourse, a modern, open-source platform, to enhance user experience and manage spam more effectively. While Discord will continue to serve for real-time chats and events, technical discussions will migrate to the new forum, allowing for better organization and searchability of content.

[ ] [ #community ]

Community

SEOChecker for Umbraco 15 Alpha 1 Released

On February 28, 2025, the first alpha release of SEOChecker for Umbraco 15 was announced, featuring significant improvements and breaking changes, including the relocation of mail templates and settings management. Known issues include non-functional social settings and missing features. Users are encouraged to test the alpha version and await further updates.

[ #seo ]

uSkinned Wins Best Website Builder at the CMS Critic Awards

uSkinned has been awarded Best Website Builder at the CMS Critic Awards, determined by user nominations and votes. This recognition reflects the team's dedication to providing a powerful, user-friendly platform. Recent updates include Site Builder 6.2 and new regional hosting options, enhancing user experience and performance.

[ #awards ] [ #uskinned ]

February 2025 Azure Search Update: Fixing Indexing Issues in Umbraco with ExamineX

In February 2025, Azure Search's update changed field mapping, requiring explicit definitions in the index schema, which affects ExamineX in Umbraco projects. Developers must update their index schema, ExamineX configuration, and field mappings to prevent indexing failures and ensure search functionality remains intact. Upgrading to the latest ExamineX version is recommended.

[ ] [ #examine ] [ #examinex ]

Easier Responsive Emails for Umbraco Forms with MJML

Søren Kottal highlights the challenges of styling HTML emails due to inconsistent rendering across email clients. They introduce MJML, a framework that simplifies email creation with a component-based syntax, reducing code complexity. Integrating MJML with Umbraco Forms enhances maintainability and compatibility, streamlining the email development process.

[ ] [ #email ]

Avoiding Migration Pitfalls: A Workaround for Upgrading Umbraco Forms to 13.4.0

In upgrading Umbraco from v10.8.7 to v13.5.2, Johan Reitsma encountered a migration issue with Umbraco Forms due to missing columns, leading to an "Invalid column name" error. He recommends a workaround: first install Umbraco Forms 13.3.0, then upgrade to 13.4.0, and finally to the latest version to avoid this problem.

[ ] [ #migrations ] [ #umbracoforms ]

Watch & Listen

umbraCoffee - Our.Replace(new Forum()) + Community Updates

The latest UmbraCoffee episode covers community updates, a tribute to Terence Burridge, new forum migration, product updates, NET Framework’s end, and upcoming events. The team discusses performance improvements, award submissions, and meetups while reflecting on the evolving Umbraco ecosystem.

[ ] [ #umbracoffee ]

Sync content with the Sitecore Authoring API and Umbraco Management API

Jeroen Breuer explains how to sync content between Sitecore and Umbraco using webhooks, the Sitecore Authoring API, and the Umbraco Management API. Changes in one system trigger a webhook to update content in the other via GraphQL and HTTP requests.

[ #integrations ]

Events

How to choose the right CMS for your organization

2025-03-06 from 16:00 to 17:00 CET - Online

[ #business ]

Umbraco Meetup - Odense

2025-03-11 from 16:15 to 19:00 - MWL, Edisonsvej 2, Odense, DK

Umbraco Brisbane Meetup March 2025 - Hybrid Event

2025-03-12 from 18:00 to 20:00 - Tiny Technologies, Level 11/157 Ann Street, Brisbane City, AU

Umbraco Leeds Meetup - Umbraco Spark Fest review and uSync GPT

2025-03-13 from 18:30 to 20:30 - Enjoy Digital, 23, The Calls, Leeds, GB

[ #ai ] [ #umbracospark ] [ #usync ]

UmbraCymru - Umbraco Spark debrief!

2025-03-13 from 18:30 to 20:30 - Method4, 12-14 Trade Street, Cardiff, CF10 5DT, Cardiff, GB

[ ] [ #umbracospark ]

Training

Load Balancing and Azure

Mar 05, 2025 - Europe - EUR 1200.00

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Fundamentals

Mar 10, 2025 - North America - EUR 1200.00

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Load Balancing and Azure

Mar 13, 2025 - North America - EUR 1200.00

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Packages

Perplex.AI.ContentBuddy

Manage and submit AI prompts directly from the Umbraco backoffice

[ #ai ]

DefaultPublicAccessManager

Allows managing public access by defining default login and error pages.

Limbo.Umbraco.Vimeo

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Limbo.Umbraco.Skyfish

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Limbo.Umbraco.Seo

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Limbo.Umbraco.Time

Limbo.Umbraco.BorgerDk

Social

ExamineX upgrade required due to a recent Azure Search API breaking change

[ #examine ] [ #examinex ]

Umbraco Wins Big at the 2024 CMS Critic Awards!

[ ] [ #awards ]

Umbraco CMS v13.7 is out

[ ] [ #umbracocms ]

Umbraco Awards 2025 submissions open

[ ] [ #awards ]

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