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UMB.FYI 2025-03-26

Community

Enhancing Block Previews in Umbraco 15

Afreed's follow-up discusses of Matthew Wise's enhancements to Umbraco's block list editor, focusing on efficient block preview rendering for content editors. He references Dave Woestenborghs's insights on managing block states and rendering techniques. He also highlights updates in C# for Umbraco 15, emphasizing the importance of staying current with CMS developments.

[ #blocklist ]

Know everything about uSkinned vs. Custom Umbraco Websites

Umbraco is a flexible open-source CMS ideal for creating customized websites. uSkinned, a theme-based website builder for Umbraco, offers quick deployment and user-friendly features but limits customization. In contrast, custom Umbraco websites provide complete flexibility and unique designs, albeit with higher costs and longer development times. Addxp assists businesses in choosing the best option based on their needs.

[ #theming ]

HTMX & Umbraco: Powertool meet Powertool

Ben discusses the Umbraco community's preference for server-side rendering amidst the broader web development debate between client-side and server-side approaches. Highlighting Carson Gross's book, "Hypermedia Systems," the author advocates for a hypermedia approach to web development, criticizing the shift towards bloated applications like ReactJS and NextJS. They share their experience integrating HTMX with Umbraco for enhanced web functionality.

5 good reasons to choose Umbraco Cloud in 2025

Umbraco Cloud is a scalable hosting platform for Umbraco CMS, built on Microsoft Azure, offering tools for efficient website management, automatic updates, and enhanced security. It supports headless CMS architecture, enabling omnichannel content delivery and seamless integrations. User-friendly features facilitate content management for both technical and non-technical users.

[ #umbracocloud ]

Handling Azure Key Vault Secret Naming with Umbraco UIBuilder License Configuration

Erik-Jan Westendorp discusses the challenge of using Azure Key Vault with Umbraco UIBuilder due to naming constraints that prohibit dots in secret names. To resolve this, a custom KeyVaultSecretManager is proposed, which maps secret names with dashes to the expected dot-separated format for configuration. This solution ensures compatibility while adhering to Key Vault's naming rules.

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Watch & Listen

CMI Webinar: Mastering Your 2025 Content Strategy: Key Trends, Insights, and Actionable Tactics

This webinar discusses 2025 content strategy trends, emphasizing personalization, AI’s evolving role, and the importance of owned media. Experts highlight balancing AI-generated content with human creativity, using adaptive strategies, and ensuring flexibility in CMS platforms for scalability and efficiency.

[ ] [ #ai ] [ #business ]

Events

UmbraCymru - Virtual Umbraco Meetup, March 2025

2025-03-26 from 12:00 to 13:00 - Online event

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Umbraco India User Group - Bridging Back-End and Front-End with Block Grid Previews in Umbraco

2025-03-26 from 16:00 to 17:00 - Online on googleHangout

Midlands Umbraco Meetup - Brumbraco Q1 25

2025-03-27 from 18:00 to 20:00 - Alpha Works, Alpha Works, Floor 22, Alpha Tower, Birmingham, B1 1TT, Birmingham, GB

Umbraco Meetup, UUGS hos Obviuse

2025-04-02 from 18:00 to 21:00 - Obviuse AB, Västerlånggatan 30, Stockholm, SE

Umbraco Leeds Meetup - Matt Swain - Umbraco Commerce, Andy - Upgrading Umbraco 8 to 13 and 15

2025-04-03 from 18:30 to 20:30 - Pixelbuilders, Tower Court, Armley Road LS12 2LY., Leeds, GB

[ #umbracocommerce ] [ #upgrades ]

Packages

MattSwain.Umbraco.FedExShippingProvider

FedEx shipping provider for Umbraco Commerce

[ #umbracocommerce ]

Our.Iconic.V8

Allows you to easily add icon libraries to your Umbraco content.

[ #icons ]

Umbraco Headless Forms 1.1.0

React npm package designed for headless form functionality within Umbraco projects

UmbracoGenie

GenAI plugin for Umbraco backoffice, provides AI-powered content generation, text editing, and image generation.

[ #ai ]

Social

Umbraco CMS 15.3 is here!

[ ] [ #umbracocms ]

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