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At Codegarden 2025, Umbraco announced significant updates, including Umbraco Compose for streamlined content integration, the Umbraco MCP Server for AI tool connectivity, and enhancements to Umbraco Cloud. New features across various products aim to improve user experience, flexibility, and performance, with a focus on community feedback and future developments.
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In this piece, Umbraco emphasizes that open source software offers organizations transparency, flexibility, and long-term value, contrasting it with traditional proprietary systems. It highlights the benefits of community-driven security, developer engagement, and adaptability, asserting that investing in open source fosters innovation and resilience, supported by a stable business model.
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Featuring guest posts by Bishal Tim on "Dynamic Google Maps Integration in Umbraco, Code-First Guide" and Alina-Magdalena Tincas on "Cross-region Load Balancing with Docker & Umbraco Cloud"
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The Model Context Protocol (MCP), introduced by Anthropic, standardizes connections between AI models and various data sources, simplifying integrations. While creating MCP servers appears straightforward, mastering their nuanced design—like optimizing parameter schemas and tool descriptions—is essential for robust AI performance. Effective MCP development balances simplicity and functionality, enhancing AI's interaction with external services.
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Marc Love, co-founder and Technical Director of uSkinned, has been named an Umbraco MVP at Codegarden 2025, recognizing his significant contributions to the Umbraco community since 2008. His work with the Community Package Team and uSkinned Site Builder has empowered many users, fostering collaboration and support within the ecosystem.
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Owain Williams reflects on his experiences at the Umbraco MVP Summit and Codegarden 2025 in Odense, Denmark. He shares highlights from the MVP Summit, including engaging discussions on community growth and neurodiversity, along with personal anecdotes from his travels. The event marked a significant milestone, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Codegarden.
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Kenn Jacobsen discusses Umbraco's fallback feature, which determines output for properties lacking values, particularly useful for language and segment variance. He outlines built-in fallback limitations and presents a custom implementation using the IPublishedValueFallback interface to enhance fallback behavior. The post emphasizes performance optimization for effective property rendering.
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In June 2025, Marc Love attended the 20th anniversary of Codegarden, the official Umbraco conference in Odense, Denmark. Highlights included the inaugural MVP Summit, discussions on AI and content modeling, and uSkinned Site Builder's recognition in the Umbraco Package Hall of Fame. The event emphasized community collaboration and innovation, with plans for Codegarden 2026 in Copenhagen.
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Per Ploug explores the challenges of semantic testing in modern web development, particularly for search and content personalization. He proposes integrating a language model (LLM) into testing frameworks like Jest and Docker to evaluate content relevance and adherence to guidelines. This approach enhances the ability to assess user expectations and content quality effectively.
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Jesper Mayntzhusen attended Codegarden, where Ecreo won the Umbraco Award for "Best Editor Experience." He discusses enhancing the Dansani website's editor experience by integrating a Digital Asset Management system with custom AngularJS extensions. Key improvements included a custom media picker and a modal for product tagging, ensuring better data management.
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Owain Jones reflects on his experience at Codegarden 2025, celebrating its 20th anniversary. He highlights engaging discussions at the MVP Summit, insightful talks, and community activities, including a scavenger hunt and social events. Jones expresses gratitude for receiving the Umbraco MVP award for the fifth time, emphasizing the community's warmth and camaraderie.
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Codegarden 2025 in Odense marked a significant phase for Umbraco, showcasing community engagement and platform advancements. Key highlights included the introduction of Umbraco Compose, enhanced back-office customization, and a new search abstraction. The event emphasized collaboration with the community, promising exciting developments and improvements for future Umbraco releases.
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The Codegarden 2025 keynote celebrated Umbraco’s 20‑year community milestone, unveiled upcoming platform innovations like block‑level variations, reusable content, a revamped search system, Umbraco Compose orchestration, and an official MCP server enabling AI integration via the Management API
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The episode reflects on post-Codegarden fatigue, personal highlights, and key sessions—especially around AI, back office enhancements, and neurodiversity inclusion. It also discusses community engagement, awards, upcoming events, and the idea of forming a neurodiversity support group within the Umbraco community.
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Sebastiaan and Lotte explore umbPublisher, an Obsidian plugin by Umbraco MVP Owain Williams that publishes to Umbraco using API users and the management API, featured in Umbraco 15+.
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Last week, Emma and Lotte recorded a live episode at the Umbraco Codegarden conference in Odense, Denmark, joined by guests Richard Ockerby, Andy Boot, and Eli Holderness. They discussed their experiences, expressing gratitude to the audience and excitement for future events. Feedback can be shared via Twitter or email.
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Live preview of your blocks, right inside the backoffice — powered by your frontend.
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Adds cache keys and related metadata to the Umbraco Delivery API responses and OpenAPI schema.
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