Restrict Umbraco Back Office by IP
In this blog post, I'll describe how to protect the back office/backend of the Umbraco CMS interface by restricting it to a set of specified IP addresses. - read more.
22 May 2018Using SQL DataTables to speed up database performance
If like me, you've found yourself with a project that requires operations on hundreds of records simultaneously from a web project, you might have found yourself running a SQL insert/update/delete command for every one, but with the use of a C# DataTable, you'll be able to perform an action on all items with one command. - read more.
27 Feb 2018Simple fix for 'Cannot bind source type Umbraco.Web.Models.RenderModel to model type xx'
When calling @Html.Partial("MyPartialName", myModel), you might sometimes run into 'Cannot bind source type Umbraco.Web.Models.RenderModel to model type xx', it turns out that the solution to this issue might be a little simpler than you first thought. - read more.
7 Nov 2017 - 1 CommentsCustom section tree nodes and routes - Umbraco
It seems many people find it difficult to understand how custom Umbraco section tree structures work and how to set custom routes to specify a different html file for different nodes, this post aims to clarify and answer any questions you might have. - read more.
30 Jul 2017 - 1 CommentsUmbraco back office - Creating dialog windows
Dialog windows are an often requirement for custom datatypes in the back office of Umbraco and for beginners, they can also be quite complicated. Once you get to know how they work and when to use them, you'll find yourself created them for more clients because they're a brilliant way of allowing clients to work with your custom data in a user friendly way. - read more.
31 May 2017Umbraco package/datatype JS not updating on live site
So you've created a package or a custom data type and it's going pretty well, you publish your changes and that works too. But then you make a change to the js and this time it hasn't updated, console logs aren't coming through and everything you try just doesn't seem to get the updates to work on the live site. What's wrong? The good news is, it's a simple fix. - read more.
30 May 2017How to open a modal window for a custom datatype in the Umbraco back office
It's a simple one and can be done by using a regular link with a small bit of JavaScript and you shouldn't need any dependencies. - read more.
28 May 2017Visual Studio 2017 - Black text on XAML and XML files
I've just upgraded Visual Studio and I'm getting this problem, most answers seem to be 'run the installer again and choose repair'. This didn't work for me. Here's what did. - read more.
12 May 2017JQuery Unobtrusive Validation for dynamically created elements
A short 'how to' on making jQuery unobtrusive validation work for elements that you've dynamically added to the DOM. - read more.
29 Mar 2017 - 3 CommentsFixed: Visual Studio Xamarin - 'The ResolveLibraryProjectImports task failed unexpectedly'
Sometimes pops up during a build and remains persistent on a random line that has nothing to do with what it actually means. Fixing this error could be a massive waste of time for such a simple fix, if only you knew that this is yet another one of those typical Visual Studio errors that no not mean what they say and actually mean something completely different. - read more.
15 Jan 2017 - 2 Comments