UMB.FYI 2025-08-20

📰 Effective A/B Testing (Part 4)

Niels Christian Laursen emphasizes the importance of timing in A/B testing, highlighting the pitfalls of stopping tests too early or running them too long. They advocate for setting clear sample sizes and durations beforehand to avoid biases and ensure reliable results. The article concludes by promoting Umbraco Engage as a tool for smarter testing.

[ @Umbraco ] [ #marketing ] [ #umbracoengage ]

📰 New Video: Umbraco MCP Quickstart in 5 Minutes (with 3 Practical Examples)

On August 18, 2025, Umbraco introduced the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, developed by Phil Whittaker and Matthew Wise, enabling AI integration with the Umbraco Management API for content management. Jason Prothero shares his experience setting up the server and invites feedback and suggestions for its use.

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📰 Endless possibilities in Umbraco with MCP, Cursor and one prompt

Jeroen Breuer showcases how to use the Umbraco MCP server to create and publish an "Announcement Banner Block" efficiently. The process includes defining the block's properties, configuring it in the Block Grid, integrating it into the homepage, and ensuring responsive design, ultimately streamlining block creation in Umbraco.

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📺 DevRel Deep Dive: Open Sourcing an Umbraco Cloud Site - Part 2!

Sebastiaan and Lotte from the Umbraco DevRel team thanked contributors for PRs to their open-sourced Cloud repository, then shared key learnings: simplifying version handling in GitHub Actions, avoiding saving sensitive artifacts, optimizing builds, and automating frontend asset inclusion.

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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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📆 EDINBUUG - August Umbraco Meetup

2025-08-27 from 18:30 to 20:30 - Waracle Ltd, Waracle, Unit 2, 14 King's Stables Rd, EH1 2JY, Edinburgh, GB

📆 Glasgow Umbraco - August meetup - Codegarden '25 Roundup

2025-08-28 from 16:00 to 18:00 (Europe/London) - Factory73 Offices, 4th Floor, The Forsyth Building, 5 Renfield Street, Glasgow, GB

[ #codegarden ]

📆 UmbraCymru - Umbraco Meetup, August 2025

2025-08-28 from 18:30 to 20:30 - Method4, 12-14 Trade Street, Cardiff, CF10 5DT, Cardiff, GB

[ @UmbraCymru ] [ #azure ] [ #caching ]

📦 IM.ContentSecurityPolicy

Content Security Policy utilities for Umbraco CMS applications.

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📦 Limbo.Umbraco.FilterList

Filter list module for Umbraco.

💬 MediaProtect for Umbraco v16 released

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💬 Building a Custom Workflow Engine for UMB.FYI

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