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UMB.FYI 2025-08-13

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Translation Manager DashBoardTranslation tools for the Umbraco CMS: UKAD’s experience with…

Sofiia Nakonechna discusses UKAD's implementation of the Translation Manager plugin within their Umbraco CMS to efficiently manage multilingual content. This integration enhances workflow, maintains consistency, and improves user experience across Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Dutch languages. The tool simplifies translation processes, allowing content managers to focus on quality and efficiency.

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The Art of Coding with AI: Blending Human Vision with Machine Power

Developers today face concerns about AI coding assistants diminishing creativity in programming. However, effective collaboration with AI can enhance creativity by allowing developers to focus on vision and curation, similar to artists like Damien Hirst and musicians like Kanye West. Embracing this partnership can lead to innovative and impactful software solutions.

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Building an MCP Server for Umbraco Commerce

Building on Phil Whittaker and Matt Wise’s MCP integration at Codegarden, which supercharged Umbraco’s AI capabilities, Matt Brailsford unveils an Umbraco Commerce proof-of-concept: a conversational store-management assistant delivering actionable insights and analytics—and inviting the community’s feedback to shape what comes next.

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UmbracoTreeHandler — Add User Group-Based Visibility to Content & Media in Umbraco 13

Anjumolbabu introduces UmbracoTreeHandler, a package for Umbraco v13 that enhances content and media visibility management by allowing restrictions based on User Groups. This tool features a custom property editor for dynamic group selection, enabling tailored access and editing experiences, thus improving editorial workflows in multi-role CMS environments.

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Playing to Win: Claude Code and the Art of AI-Controlled Development

Phil Whittaker likens AI-assisted development to a solo tennis match, emphasizing the dynamic interaction between developers and AI. By crafting precise prompts, managing multi-step solutions, and adapting strategies, developers can effectively navigate AI's unpredictability, fostering a productive collaboration that enhances coding outcomes.

[ #ai ] [ #industry ]

Watch & Listen

Umbraco Codegarden 2025 YouTube Playlist

Missed Codegarden 2025 or want a refresher? Dive into the complete playlist of recorded sessions on YouTube—keynotes, deep dives, and community highlights. Binge the best talks, learn new tricks, and catch every moment you couldn’t attend, all in one place.

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DevRel Deep Dive: Request Protect

This DevRel Deep Dive episode explores the “Request Protect” package for Umbraco (by Moriyama), which adds IP whitelisting, URL pattern-matching, query-string and header-based access controls, and an optional back-office admin panel to view configurations.

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Events

umBristol - Summer Picnic

2025-08-14 from 18:00 to 23:00 - Gibe Digital, Unit 1.8, Paintworks Central Trading Estate, Bristol, GB

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Umbraco Virtual Lunchtime Chat

2025-08-20 from 13:00 to 14:00 CEST - Online on ONLINE

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Umbraco London August - in person social

2025-08-20 from 18:30 to 20:30 - The Grocer Market Tavern, Spitalfields Market, Crispin Place, E1 6DW, GB

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Umbraco Kent Meetup - Summer Social - Thursday 21st August 2025

2025-08-21 from 19:00 to 21:00 - Needs a location

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Packages

Limbo.Umbraco.FilterList

Filter list module for Umbraco.

Umbraco.Community.Hotspots

Hotspot editor for Umbraco.

Umbraco.Community.Forms.Workflows

Umbraco Forms Workflows by the community

Umbraco.Community.ImageHotspot

An Umbraco property editor that allows an editor to place a hotspot on an image.

UmbracoTreeHandler

UmbracoTreeHandler enables user group-based access control for content/media trees.

UmbCountryPicker

A property editor for Umbraco CMS that let's you pick a country from a list of countries.

Umbraco.Community.MemberImpersonation

Impersonate members directly from the backoffice

Social

My "How to Create a Neurodivergent Friendly Workplace" Codegarden talk is now online

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Obsidian Umbraco 15 plugin now live!

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