Moving SQL Server System Tables
Moving SQL Server System Tables sounds like it's going to be a complicated and fairly long-winded task, but with a few SQL queries, you're good to go. - read more.
22 Feb 2018Solved: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity
One of those types of annoying errors that'll have you do a lot of work for something that's actually a 2 second job and no real effort. - read more.
20 Dec 2017 - 1 CommentsMy experience at Umbraco UK Festival 2017
This year I spent two days in London for the 2017 Umbraco UK Festival, and although I didn't attend the hackathon (more on that later), I had some pretty unique experiences I thought I'd share. - read more.
8 Nov 2017 - 3 CommentsSimple 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 CommentsXamarin Forms app not updating after deploy
Xamarin Forms has an intermittent bug where an app will build and successfully deploy, but when checking the app of the device/emulator, the app hasn't updated at all and remains running an old version of the app. The solution to this lies within the bin folder of your project. - read more.
25 Jul 2017 - 1 CommentsXamarin Forms multiple instances of same app open
Fixing an issue where multiple instances of a Xamarin Forms app can launch, sometimes on top of each other. The issue is usually caused when the application is already running and the app gets launched again from the home screen rather than the recent applications menu. - read more.
22 Jul 2017 - 5 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 2017 - 1 Comments