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UMB.FYI 2025-05-21

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Meet the Umbraco Community Docs Team 2025!

Bolette Kern announces the formation of the Community Docs Team 2025, comprising passionate contributors dedicated to updating Umbraco documentation. This initiative encourages community input on articles ahead of Umbraco 17's release, focusing on improving existing content rather than restructuring the site, with future plans for 2026.

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Community

How AI brings businesses closer to individualized interactions

Umbraco's acquisition of uMarketing Suite led to the development of Umbraco Engage, enhancing personalized content delivery. Generative AI, like ChatGPT, enables scalable tailored marketing by analyzing user data. AI tools, including sentiment analysis, help adapt content to users' emotional states, improving engagement and conversion rates.

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Creating an Obsidian Plugin

Owain Williams created a plugin for Obsidian called Umbracidian, enabling seamless integration with Umbraco 15. After initially struggling with various note-taking applications, he found Obsidian's Markdown format advantageous for future portability. The development process involved overcoming challenges with API integration, CORS policies, and ensuring compatibility across devices, ultimately leading to a successful plugin launch.

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Umbraco VS WordPress: Which one is the best for your business?

The Byteeditor team compares Umbraco and WordPress, highlighting their key differences. Umbraco, a .NET-based CMS, excels in custom development, security, and enterprise-level solutions, while WordPress, a PHP-based platform, offers user-friendliness and a vast plugin ecosystem. The choice between them depends on business needs, technical resources, and content complexity.

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How Umbraco Empowers Councils with a Flexible and Secure DXP

In the digital-first era, local councils require a robust Digital Experience Platform (DXP) like Umbraco to enhance citizen services. Umbraco offers open-source flexibility, user-friendly content management, built-in accessibility compliance, and cloud scalability. Its secure infrastructure and multisite management capabilities make it an ideal choice for modern public sector needs.

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Codegarden: What to bring (2025 edition!)

Joe Glombek provides a comprehensive packing guide for attendees of Codegarden, a casual tech conference. Key items include casual clothing, electronics, hygiene products, travel documents, and miscellaneous essentials. He also highlights sporting opportunities and offers tips for presenting. Participants are encouraged to engage in the event's community via Discord.

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Events

UmbraCymru - Virtual Umbraco Meetup, May 2025

2025-05-28 from 12:00 to 13:00 - Online event

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umBristol Pre Codegarden Special - May 2025

2025-05-28 from 17:45 to 20:45 - Gibe Digital, Unit 1.8, Paintworks Central Trading Estate, Bristol, GB

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UmbraCymru - Umbraco Workshop, May 2025

2025-05-29 from 18:30 to 21:00 - Method4, 12-14 Trade Street, Cardiff, CF10 5DT, Cardiff, GB

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Training

Load Balancing and Azure

May 21, 2025 - North America - EUR 1250.00

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Packages

Our.Umbraco.Community.PDFExport

PDF Export package for Umbraco

Limbo.Umbraco.MultiNodeTreePicker 13.0.1

Umbraco package that extends the functionality of Umbraco's build-in Multinode Treepicker property editor.

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NewsletterStudio.Plugins.UmbracoForms

Plugin for Newsletter Studio to integrate with Umbraco Forms.

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Social

Umbracian, a Umbraco plugin for Obsidian is now available

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Update to Clean Starter Kit released

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Suggest questions for Mike Berners-Lee on sustainability

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Release Candidate 2 for Umbraco CMS 16 is out now

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New releases of BlockPreview are out

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