28Sep2015
18May2015
When simple lists are not enough in Umbraco
Enable some features in Umbraco for better lists
2Apr2015
Keep those pop-ups responsive
A short piece of JavaScript to help those colorbox pop-ups stay responsive.
24Mar2015
Include / Exclude Images for Pinterest
Simple tips on excluding images and including background images for Pinterest
6Mar2015
How to Intercept the Umbraco Publishing Events
Some methods for intercepting the save and publish events for content in Umbraco.
19Feb2015
Adding a custom control to Umbraco 7 Action Menu
Customize the Umbraco 7 action menu using AngularJS and Event Handlers
3Feb2015
Updating Code: Remember to scroll down
Sifting through 1000s of lines of code you are bound to miss something during debugging.
9Jan2015
jQuery Email Validation when the user is done
Validate your email address field when the user has finished typing.
11Dec2014
YouTube and Vimeo Background Images
Example of how to render thumbnails for YouTube and Vimeo videos on your site using their public API.
28Nov2014
Secure custom CMS with Umbraco Security
Step through process to use Umbraco security to lock down your custom MVC CMS application.
7Oct2014
ASCII Character Replacement for Imported Documents
Replace those fancy single and double quotation marks with boring HTML.
15Jul2014
You build websites? What language do you use?
A common question with a convoluted specific answer.
18Jun2014
Could IE finally be coming to the CSS party?
The time has come for CSS to work together on all platforms with IE dropping conditional comments.
16May2014
Some CMS fields for setting up Standard Content Pages
Helpful field names to include in your CMS from the start for page content.
23Apr2014
Umbraco packages and settings for your ease
Configure your Umbraco CMS with all the bells and whistles that make development and management a breeze.
25Mar2014
Locking down dynamic image resizing
When setting up a dynamic image re-sizer done via a URL be sure to lock down the allowed resolutions sizes to prevent potential flood attacks.
26Feb2014
When using SSL be sure it's all SSL
When hosting parts of your site under SSL you need to be sure that everything displayed on the page is also under SSL or you are going to have a bad day.
31Jan2014
Load, load load all that data, but not too much
If you're going to load all your data the first time a user hits your homepage, you're gonna have a bad day.
28Nov2013
Setting up settings saves time
Putting time to allow for manageable settings from contact email addresses to payment gateway paths will save you a lot of time down the track.
20Nov2013
Just Cache it!
Caching should never be used to disguise website speed and performance issues. Though it can offer plenty of value to a well-built website when properly planned and implemented.
9Oct2013
jQuery it up. But not too much.
Websites are becoming more and more dynamic. jQuery is great to this extent... though only to an extent.
12Aug2013
Check your SSL provider
For a web developer, installing an SSL Certificate is a pretty straightforward thing. For others, it might not be so straightforward, especially as not every certificate behaves the same.
25Jul2013
Email Templating with Umbraco
Emails sent from websites should also allow for customisation and personalisation so the recipient knows the information is for them and not a generic template that contains no personal details.
12Jun2013
Integrating your .Net Console Application with Umbraco
One of the more common issues that comes up with Umbraco is how to access its data store and methods from an external source.
24May2013
Umbraco gets easier with MVC
The good thing is with the current version and using MVC it has become even easier as a .NET developer.
1May2013
A finely built website is like a finely brewed beer
One thing to remember as always as a developer is that regardless of the system, if you don’t know what the end product is going to look like and what the desired result is you are going to falter and no amount of adding extra ‘sugar’ is going to fix it.
11Feb2013
Simple coding keeps all projects clean and manageable
The biggest concept for development is scalability and extension
28Nov2012
Umbraco Members Search
Umbraco allows you create many dynamic Membership Types through their editor for your sites requirements.
30Aug2012
AJAX – Hooking it together.
The preferred visual effect is when clicking a submit button you see a loading icon and then the page magically refreshes itself without ‘blinking’ that you get from traditional form posts.
4Jul2012
Umbraco Hostnames for consolidated management of Mobile and PC-based websites
As a CMS, Umbraco is pretty good at supporting your website and mobile website through one management interface.
23Mar2012
Umbraco Add-Ons
One of the great things about Umbraco is its developer community and their contributions to the platform.
6Jan2012
Umbraco – Utilising uComponents for simpler search expressions
One of the good things I have come across while developing within the Umbraco environment was the uComponents add-on.
31Oct2011
It’s not fixed until you’ve broken it at least twice
As a developer it is important to ensure your code works and has been property tested prior to being given to a client. The trick to this is to try to break your code a few times by interacting with it before you can be sure it is safe.
7Oct2011
10 things to remember when building eCommerce
Having developed a few eCommerce platforms in my time I have thought it would be good to come up with a listing of things to remember when implementing such systems on your website.
12Sep2011
Rebinding Nonobtrusive JavaScript Validation after AJAX postbacks
Recently I was faced with the wonderful prospect in MVC 3 of building a form that consisted of multiple page tabs controlled by jQuery and multiple postbacks. They had to be able to work exclusive of each other and with their own sets of validation rules.
17Jun2011
10Jun2010
Optimise your jQuery
There are many jQuery plugins out there that allow for dropdown menus to work. Here is how I like to do it..
21May2010
19Jan2010
The release of HTML 5
Depending on who you ask, HTML 5 is either the next important step toward creating a more semantic web or a disaster that's going to trap the web in yet another set of incomplete tags and markup soup.
12Nov2009
You're in IT, can you work from home?
When telling people I work in IT they usually follow up with 'that must be good, because you can work from any where'.
22Oct2009
The food that makes the programmer
Being a developer it is important to ensure the delicate balance of caffeine and carbohydrates is in alignment. The morning should start with at least 2 cups of coffee and some kind of fatty/greasy/sugary delectable to get you through the code warm up.
2Oct2009
Overcoming Software Bloat
This is all about optimization and code reuse. It should not be forgotten that optimization should always be part of the programmers ethos.
26Aug2009
How Much Code Do You Really Need To Know?
As the internet continues to expand it has become more of a challenge for a developer to keep up with evolving code structures. In the beginning it was just a bit of HTML then came along Javascript. Before you knew we had all kinds of libraries joining the party ASP, PHP, Cold Fusion, Ruby, VB and so on.
22Jul2009
Books Actually Do Contain Useful Information
As I like reading books and find them a much more useful tool when learning than forums, blogs and God forbid Microsoft’s MSDN Library I took it upon myself to scour some of my favorite sites for a new book for skill improvement.
7Jul2009
Trapped by ‘All in one’ Solutions
Starting out many years ago as a developer it was good fun trying to develop solutions that could be used across multiple websites. This was a great idea in the beginning. The challenge was to try and build some code that could be used over and over again for multiple clients thus streamlining the development process and faster project turn around.
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