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This post is to accompany the YouTube video tutorial I created. I will share the code I wrote for each section in the video.
dev What does the term dogfooding mean?There are certain terms in the software industry which you may hear for the first time and immediately understand their meaning. For instance, backdoor; a hidden method of gaining access to a computer system. The term dogfooding is not an obvious one. This post explains what dogfooding is and gives you examples of which companies are doing it.
dotnet How to create and use custom configuration sections in ASP.NETThis post will show you how to create a custom config section in your .NET application and use it in your code.
dev Developers are creative tooI used to think I wasn't a creative person, I just have a logical thinking brain and not a creative one. I used to think the creative types of people are the graphic designers or the front end developers who make fancy animations.
dotnet How to scrape meta data from a url using HtmlAgilityPack in C#This post gives you the code create a meta data scraper so you can get information from a url, using HtmlAgilityPack in C#.
umbraco How to format the pre html tag in Umbraco for code blocksA simple approach to formatting your pre tags
umbraco Automatically resize your media images in UmbracoThis post shows you how you can add a class to your umbraco project which automatically resizes any new images in Umbraco.
dotnet Simple .NET keep alive handler to prevent timeoutThis post shows you how to create a simple keep alive for a .NET website so people can stay logged in whilst the page is open, instead of it timing out after 20 minutes.
umbraco How to reset the Umbraco admin account passwordThis post gives you simple instructions to help you reset the Umbraco admin password.
umbraco Umbraco Site Navigation Menu Model Example in C# MVCThis post gives you the basic code to loop through the pages in your site and populate the navigation model. It also gives you the code to add it to and call it from the cache.
dotnet Simple Reusable .NET Caching Example Code in C#Caching is important because it can speed up your website or application. Here is a simple example for you to take away and re-use:
umbraco Umbraco HTML Sitemap Template Example Using RazorMost websites will have an HTML sitemap. There is an easy way to create one in Umbraco using razor. Just follow these simple steps.