Issue No 124
Using Serilog Enrichers with Umbraco
by Nathaniel Nunes
When you’re digging through logs, knowing who triggered an error and which site it came from matters. Nathaniel shows how to use Serilog enrichers in Umbraco to automatically add MemberId, MemberEmail, and Domain so you get cleaner, more useful telemetry without cluttering your code.
Not Your Usual Compliance Monitoring Tool
by Georgina Bidder
When uptime tools hit a wall, simulate the path. Georgina shows how a single Playwright test can handle auth, form steps, and redirects, then verify the payment endpoint, all without touching the site’s build.
Issue 123 :: January 2026
Issue 122 :: November 2025
Stay Plugged in to the Community!
A curated collection of Umbraco and industry related tools, tips, tricks, and tutorials from around the web.
What Working in Forensic Psychiatry Has Taught Me About the Umbraco Community
Mathilde used to be a nurse, and now she is a community manager. In her previous job, she worked in a closed psychiatric ward for mentally ill patients who had committed crimes were sent instead of to the prison system. How do these skills translate to working with our friendly community? There's more crossover than you would think!
Read the blog postUpgrading from Umbraco 13 to 17: My Practical Approach
Johan knows upgrading from Umbraco 13 to17 is not a simple version bump. It is a upgrade that affects your framework, dependencies, search layer, and often a significant amount of custom code. He has established a phased approach to this important LTS upgrade and is sharing his wisdom with you so you can plan your own accordingly!
Read the blog postMake Umbraco’s Welcome Dashboard Your Own
Umbraco's dashboard comes with a lot of handy default information for developers, which is really useful for us, but... not always so useful for our clients. Søren's tutorial takes us through the step of customizing the v17 welcome dashboard to make it useful for our clients' needs, not just our own!
Read the blog postGreenStack from UmbHost
After being in development for months, UmbHost has finally released load balanced hosting for Umbraco! They are offering a 99.9% uptime guarantee, zero-downtime deployments, and powered by 100% renewable energy - it can't feel better than that. Check out the post to see everything offered in the package!
Read the release postMedia Colour Finder v2 is out for Umbraco 17
Want to enhance your site by using colors that come straight out of your imagery? This functionality is what Media Colour Finder can help you achieve! Use your focal point to obtain the average color, brightest color, opposite color, and text color and then take advantage of this palette to make your site gorgeous.
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