Issue No 119
This Summer, Do This One Thing Before the Chaos Returns
by Joke Van Hamme
Between beach days and OOO replies, summer gives us a rare thing: breathing room. Joke suggests using that space to reassess what’s really worth your time, energy, and focus. From asking “am I working on the right things?” to mapping your daily energy like a productivity chart, she guides us through building a smarter, more human calendar.
Beyond Culture: Using Umbraco 16 Segments for Contextual Experiences
by Sean Thorne
Sean shows us how Umbraco 16’s segments lets you serve different versions of the same content based on context, not just language. He walks through a low-bandwidth mode for users with poor connections, and shows how to implement it in both Razor and Vue setups. It's a simple way to make your site more responsive, more accessible, and a lot cleaner to maintain.
Issue 118 :: July 2025
Issue 117 :: June 2025
Stay Plugged in to the Community!
A curated collection of Umbraco and industry related tools, tips, tricks, and tutorials from around the web.
No‑code content sync with MCP servers for Sitecore and Umbraco
If you missed Codegarden you may have missed that MCPs (Model Context Protocols) are all the buzz in Umbraco right now - maybe even everywhere! Jeroen takes us through an awesome exploration of the Sitecore and Umbraco MCPs in tandem, using them to sync content between the two different pieces of software!
Read the blog postUmbraco.Community.Smidge for v16
With the removal of the RuntimeMinifier in Umbraco 14, Smidge has not been as viable as it was in previous versions of Umbraco. Aaron has written a package that re-introduces the RuntimeMinifier and lets you bundle your javascript and css file server-side using Smidge!
Download the packageOpen Sourcing an Umbraco Cloud Site
With Cloud's new(ish) CI/CD workflow, open-sourcing a cloud site is easier than it's ever been. The new community website is on it's way for Umbraco and Lotte speaks about open-sourcing it to the community while keeping important information like license keys private. Check out her article and test the new repository!
Read the blog postAdding 2FA (+ recovery codes) for Umbraco Members
When Rick started setting up 2FA for his Umbraco members in v13, he discovered that the docs were either lacking or confusing so he decided to share the wealth of his learning with us. His blog article will take you through setting up 2FA for your front-end Umbraco members, including recovery codes!
Read the blog postHow I Saved 5GB of Storage Per Year for UMB.FYI
When Matt started noticing that his UMB.FYI newsletters - which are simple and text-based - were getting truncated, he knew he had to figure out why. Follow his journey taking his newsletter file size from a whopping 215KB down to 57KB and learn some lessons along the way!
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