OwainJones.dev Blog
Ramblings about coding, Umbraco, Azure, and whatever else I feel like :D
How to fix: "Umbraco.Templates could not be installed, the package does not exist"
Published: 2nd June, 2025Ran into "Umbraco.Templates could not be installed" on a new laptop? Here's why it happens and how to fix it by adding nuget.org as a package source.
Easter 2025: A Packed Week of Umbraco Meetups and Conferences
Published: 28th April, 2025From sharing migration tips at UmBristol to hosting UmbraCymru and soaking up inspiration at DDD Southwest, Easter 2025 has been one for the books!
Automatically Adding Member Groups to Umbraco Public Access
Published: 23rd February, 2025How to use middleware to enforce/add a default Member group to group-based Public Access restrictions in Umbraco.
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 the 2024 Umbraco Codegarden Conference in Odense Denmark!