Issue No 114
Neurodivergent Tech Leadership: It's the Best.
by Andy Eva-Dale
Andy might have once reset the entire London Stock Exchange's passwords to 'password,' but that wasn't even his toughest challenge. From childhood struggles with dyslexia to becoming CTO at Tangent, he shows how neurodiversity shaped his problem-solving mindset and determined career path.
What is Neurodiversity?
by Kai Wodicka
Brains aren't identical, and neither are people's needs. Kai explains neurodiversity in practical terms, showing us why there's no single perfect solution, but plenty of room for improving how we interact and understand each other.
Issue 113 :: February 2025
Issue 112 :: January 2025
Stay Plugged in to the Community!
A curated collection of Umbraco and industry related tools, tips, tricks, and tutorials from around the web.
From Our umbraco to forum.umbraco.com
Umbraco's forums are moving! The our forum is nostalgic but showing it's age so after much research and testing, it is being moved to forum.umbraco.com, which runs on Discourse. Go set up your account (through GitHub) and familiarize yourself with the new forums - they're already seeing use!
Read the release postGo to the forums
Cultiv.Hangfire for Umbraco Cloud
See Kenn's article below? This was the necessary hitch for getting Cultiv.Hangfire through the hurdle of working on Umbraco Cloud! With this new release for v14/15 versions of Umbraco, you can now seamlessly integrate Hangfire with your Cloud solution.
Get the package on NuGetUsing UMB_UCONTEXT with Umbraco 14+
With the changes to the Umbraco backoffice from 13 to 14+, the way backoffice authentication works is different. Kenn walks us through the history of the setup and shows us how we can hook into the UMB_CONTEXT authentication cookie (or not) in Bellissima.
Read the blog postAutomatically Adding Member Groups to Umbraco Public Access
Umbraco's Public Access settings are incredibly useful but surprisingly restrictive. Recently Owain needed to automatically add a group when an editor sets up public access. With no Notifications to hook into, Middleware is the answer and he shows us just how to use it!
Read the blog postEasier Responsive Emails for Umbraco Forms with MJML
Styling HTML e-mails has always been one of the biggest banes of the front-end existence. But as the web changes, we get new options, such as MJML! Søren shows us how we can integrate MJML with .NET/Umbraco Forms so we can suffer less when setting up responsive e-mail templates.
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