Articles by Umbraco

UMB.FYI
2023-10-25

🚨 [Breaking change]: User accounts will be prevented from creating simultaneous sessions by default in Umbraco 13

Umbraco 12.3 introduced a new configuration setting to limit concurrent logins which will have it's default value changed to false in Umbraco 13. This will prevent a user account from creating simultaneous sessions by default, meaning that only 1 session is allowed to be active at a time. This setting can always be set to true to not invalidate other active user sessions.

UMB.FYI
2023-10-18

📰 uProfile October 2023 - Laura Weatherhead

Meet Laura Weatherhead, a 5x Umbraco MVP and Full-stack .NET Developer with a decade of experience. She contributes actively to the Umbraco community, speaks at events, and co-hosts a podcast. Laura values Umbraco's openness and honesty. Currently, she's working on an Umbraco headless solution and enjoys circus training and unique experiences.

📰 Umbraco Heartcore Update October 2023

Umbraco Heartcore, a headless SaaS offering, is undergoing a core dependency upgrade for performance enhancements and new features like the Block Grid editor. Plan tiers are changing in 2024, offering more lenient restrictions. Rate limits on APIs and deprecation of Nested Content and Grid property editors are also announced.

UMB.FYI
2023-10-11

📰 Introducing the Umbraco Sustainability Challenge

Umbraco launches the Sustainability Challenge, targeting a greener digital industry. Participants innovate to reduce the environmental impact of websites. The challenge spans phases, encouraging creativity and community collaboration, with winners recognized for impactful contributions on Earth Hour, March 23, 2024. Deadline for entry is October 24th.

UMB.FYI
2023-10-04

📰 Umbraco Hacktoberfest 2023

Participate in Umbraco's Hacktoberfest—contribute code or no-code efforts like documentation verification, blogs, and sponsorships. Earn swag or plant trees upon completion. Join hackathons for collaboration and guidance. Happy Hacktoberfest!

📰 Umbraco’s position on the Cyber Resilience Act

Umbraco voices concerns about the European Commission's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and its potential negative impact on open-source software (OSS) communities. They emphasize the need for clear definitions to prevent deterring OSS contributions and innovation. Similar concerns are echoed by other open-source organizations.

👀 RFC 0026 Blocks in the Rich Text Editor

RFC 0026 proposes replacing macros with "Blocks" in Umbraco's Rich Text Editor (RTE). The intent is to allow editors to insert styled and controlled content into the RTE without relying on macros. Blocks would offer functionalities similar to Block List and Block Grid editors, enhancing the editing experience.

⚠️ [Breaking change]: Delivery API media models and controller namespaces will be changed in Umbraco 13

Umbraco 13 addresses compromises made in Umbraco 12.2 for backward compatibility with the Media Delivery API. Changes involve using new interfaces instead of concrete classes, restructuring namespaces, and introducing new crop and focal point models for enhanced customization of media item output in both Content and Media Delivery APIs.

⚠️ [Breaking change]: Default property value converters will be added for all value types in Umbraco 13

Umbraco 13 introduces default property value converters for property editors without custom converters, ensuring correct typing of property value outputs based on their declared value types. Custom converters take precedence over default ones. This change promotes type safety for value types, impacting IPublishedContent and IPublishedElement APIs.