OwainJones.dev Blog
Ramblings about coding, Umbraco, Azure, and whatever else I feel like :D
How to Make Umbraco Truly Friendly!
Published: 18th December, 2024 on 24 Days in UmbracoUmbraco is widely known as "The Friendly CMS." But, as much as I love Umbraco, I think a more accurate label might be "The Potentially Friendly CMS." While Umbraco provides the foundation and tools for a friendly content editor experience, it's up to us as developers to fully utilise these resources to make the backoffice experience intuitive and enjoyable for our content editors.
My go-to Umbraco packages
Published: 15th July, 2024A quick blog about my go-to Umbraco packages that I always install when setting up a new Umbraco site!
Codegarden 2024
Published: 3rd July, 2024Some thoughts and pictures from Codegarden 2024!
How to access Composition properties on an IPublishedContent object
Published: 3rd April, 2024Umbraco's compositions are perfect for creating reusable properties across DocTypes, but how do we access these properties on an IPublishedContent object?
How a Custom IMediaPathScheme Came to the Rescue for our Migrated Media!
Published: 13th November, 2023How I used a custom IMediaPathScheme to solve an issue with the slugs in our migrated media!
The Umbraco back-office is now available in Welsh!
Published: 22nd February, 2021 on Method4.co.ukDuring last year’s Hacktoberfest I submitted my first ever pull request into the Umbraco CMS core, I added Welsh translations for the entirety of the Umbraco back-office!
Content Apps - the what, the why and the how?
Published: 5th December, 2020 on 24 Days in UmbracoHave you heard of Content Apps, the cool new feature introduced in Umbraco 8, but don't fully know what they are or what you could do with them? Then grab a coffee, get yourself comfy and give this a read!
Fy mlwyddyn mewn diwydiant yn Method4
Published: 8th July, 2018 on Method4.co.ukFy Mlwyddyn mewn Diwydiant, ble ydw i’n dechrau? Dros y 12 mis diwethaf, rwy wedi bod yn gweithio i gwmni Method4 yng Nghaerdydd fel datblygwr meddalwedd, lle rwy wedi cael y cyfle i weithio ar lawer o brosiectau gwahanol i gwmnïoedd cenedlaethol mawr a wedi cael profiad defnyddio llawer o dechnolegau gwahanol ar yr un pryd!