Issue No 103
Ten Commandments for Building a Website Using a CMS
by Jen Wolke
As web professionals, we try to follow best practices in every aspect of our trade. Jen's experience with CMSes have led her to develop the best practices for building with them, which she's summarized in ten commandments for us to follow.
Automatically Creating Thumbnail PDFs in Umbraco
by Aaron Sadler
Nothing's better than a tool that helps you automatically accomplish a tedious chore, like creating thumbnails for all those pesky PDFs. Which is why it's great that Aaron's here today to show us how to automate that for the Umbraco Backoffice with three free packages and some helpful code.
Issue 102 :: February 2024
Issue 101 :: January 2024
A curated collection of Umbraco and industry related tools, tips, tricks, and tutorials from around the web.
Step-by-Step: Keycloak Authentication for Umbraco Backoffice
We always love to see integrations between open source and open source! Robert introduces us to a step by step integration using Keycloak for your backoffice login, giving you both flexibility and security for your users!
Read the blog postMaintenance Manager for v14
Kevn (and Henry) Jump give us the opportunity to keep our Umbraco site smooth during updates with the Maintenance Mode package (for Umbraco 14!). Deploy with less stress with this fancy new package!
Download on NuGetHow to add code samples to an Umbraco website
Code samples are something we highlight on Skrift all the time, so we're always interested in seeing other folks' clever solutions for including them in their front-end displays as well! Mike's article takes you through adding code snippet functionality to your TinyMCE editor so you can share all your wonderful knowledge right on your Umbraco instance!
Read the blog postLimit an Umbraco Tag Picker
Owain shares a clever trick to limit Umbraco's Tag Picker to just one tag, enhancing editor control. Check out his quick guide and help your content managers to have an excellent experience!
Read the blog postUmbraco Community Runtime Validators
Warren introduces us to the new Umbraco Community Runtime Validators package, which helps enable you to have the most optimized production setup! A collaborative effort with Gibe Digital, this tool checks environment configurations, preventing boot issues with detailed error insights!
Read the blog postDownload the package