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How-to

Converting existing site to Umbraco
[ Not Version related ]    What I went through to move my existing site to Umbraco.
Written by Anders Heie    
Creating and Using an Action Handler
[ All ]    This How To will explain what ActionHandlers are and how you can write and use your own ActionHandlers.
Debugging
[ All ]    How to debug your user controls
Written by Simon Justesen    
Extending Canvas
[ 4.0 ]    Create menu, and controls for the canvas function in Umbraco
Written by Andreas Ek    
Get Over 1000 Templates In Umbraco
[ Not Version related ]    In this article, I am going to show you how to get access to a huge range of cross-browser CSS-templated layouts

in Umbraco using one CSS file and two Umbraco templates.

Written by Richard Weeks    
How to Import RSS (and other) data
[ All ]    Learn how to import virtually any data into Umbraco
Written by Mark Burnham    
How to use Creative Website Starter (CWS) for Umbraco
[ 4.0 ]    This book tells you how to install and use the example Creative Website Starter(CWS) for Umbraco.

I highly recommend you look at this book if you are NEW to the Umbraco platform.

Written by Warren Buckley    
Installing v4.0.0 on a Plesk shared host
[ 4.0 ]    Describes the steps needed to install Umbraco 4.0.0 on a shared hosting provider using Plesk
Written by shop_jon@brains4rent.nl    
Introduction to /Base
[ 3.0 ]    /Base is a extendable system for building url based xml feeds of data from Umbraco. Lets go through howto build your first xml feed
Introduction to Canvas
[ 4.0 ]    The cool new Canvas features explained for everyone from developers to end users.
This book includes demo files.

Written by Ruben Verborgh    
Multilingual 1:1 sites
[ 3.0 ]    How to create multilingual sites with only a single navigation-tree,
> using 'tabbed translation' and the dictionary.

Written by torleik    
Running multiple websites on one Umbraco installation (1)
[ All ]    How to guide on having several websites hosted on a single umbraco installation.
Written by Ove Andersen    
Using IronPython with Umbraco
[ 3.0 ]    A new feature in the Umbraco 3 branch is the integration of IronPython which is a .NET implementation of the Python programming language. I'll start out easy and occasionally expand this book with more tips 'n tricks
Written by Simon Justesen    
Using Livewriter
[ 3.0 ]    This book will walk you through the steps needed to post content to your Umbraco 3.0.3 sites using WindowsLiveWriter.
Written by bob    

Install and setup

Install umbraco 2.1.x on Windows XP
[ 2.1 ]    A step-by-step guide to install and configure everything you need to run umbraco 2.1.x on Windows XP Pro. (including IIS, MSXML, .NET Framework, SQL Server 2005 Express, SQL Server Management Studios Express, and umbraco 2.1.x)
Written by Douglas Robar    
Install umbraco 3.0 on Windows Server 2003
[ 3.0 ]    A step-by-step guide to install and configure everything you need to run umbraco 3.0 on Windows Server 2003 with SQL Server 2005.
Written by Douglas Robar    
Install umbraco 3.0 on Windows Vista
[ 3.0 ]    A step-by-step guide to install and configure everything you need to run umbraco 3.0 on Windows Vista. (including IIS7, SQL Server 2005 Express, SQL Server Management Studio Express, and umbraco 3.0)
Written by Douglas Robar    
Install umbraco 3.0 on Windows XP
[ 3.0 ]    A step-by-step guide to install and configure everything you need to run umbraco 3.0.x on Windows XP Pro. (including IIS, MSXML, .NET Framework, AJAX, SQL Server 2005 Express, SQL Server Management Studios Express, and umbraco 3.0.x)
Written by Douglas Robar    
Install umbraco 4 on "localhost" - simplified
[ 4.0 ]    A super-simple installation for evaluation and development on personal workstations (using Cassini and VistaDB).
Written by Douglas Robar    
Install umbraco 4 on Windows Vista
[ 4.0 ]    A thorough step-by-step guide to install and configure everything you need to run umbraco 4 on Windows Vista. (including IIS7, SQL Server 2005 Express, SQL Server Management Studio Express, and umbraco 4)
Written by Douglas Robar    
test  New!
[ 4.0 ]    adas
Written by shop_pochu@eminenttechnology.com    
Umbraco on asp.net 3.5 and integrated pipeline
[ 4.0 ]    Umbraco 4.0 by default comes with a configuration for asp.net 2.0.
This can clash with default settings on windows server 2008 which uses asp.net 3.5 and an integrated pipeline.

This book explains howto get umbraco running on a asp.net 3.5 configuration.


Written by Per Ploug Hansen    

MIsc

Codegarden 2008
[ Not Version related ]    Codegarden 2008 open space minutes.
Codegarden US 08 Open Space Sessions
[ Not Version related ]    
Conceptual overview for ASP.NET skilled persons
[ 4.0 ]    A conceptual overview for persons knowing ASP.NET but without knowlege of CMS concepts
Written by Anders Djursaa    
Diary of a Newbody
[ 3.0 ]    Experience in setting up Umbraco and my first website.
Umbraco Retreat 08 Open Space Minutes
[ Not Version related ]    13 Core/mvp people met at a country house in Denmark prior to CodeGarden 08 to discuss "What is umbraco".

We used the format "Open Space Technology" and these are the minutes from the different sessions.

What's new in v3
[ 3.0 ]    In this book I'll occasionally add a new chapter explaining a new feature/enhancement inside v3 of umbraco.

Quick Tip

Harnessing the power of datatypes and the rich text editor
[ 3.0 ]    You can quickly and easily implement multiple versions of the TinyMCE rich text editor to suit different purposes, simply by creating new data types in umbraco.
Written by Pete Koutoulas    
Hide debugging features for production systems
[ 3.0 ]    Use the url rewriting feature included in umbraco 3.0 to hide debugging info.
Written by Marco Lusini    
Optimize Umbraco Usage with IE7 Tabbed Browsing
[ Not Version related ]    Use the tabbed browsing feature of Internet Explorer 7 to work smarter with the umbraco back-end.
Written by Kalle Wibeck    

Reference

API Cheatsheet
[ 4.0 ]    A collection of code samples to perform common tasks with the umbraco API such as creating and publish documents, members and users.

Basics of Document Types
[ Not Version related ]    Document Types are the heart of the umbraco content handling. This book shows you what Document Types are and how they interact with Generic Properties and Templates and how they define the content structure of umbraco.
Document Types Explained
[ Not Version related ]    Document Types are essential in umbraco, this book will hopefully give you a solid understanding of them and what they are for.
Written by Bill Woodson    
Important files and folder structure
[ 4.0 ]    An overview of all system folders and important files in a default umbraco installation.

Also includes an overview of what files need modify permissions.

Written by Per Ploug Hansen    
Macro Parameters syntax
[ All ]    A look at the mysterious macro parameter types and their syntax.

Not found handlers
[ All ]    Not found handlers are used to present alternative content when a url doesn't return a page. This will go through the standard handlers and show how to create and setup your own.
Overview of all Events in Umbraco 4.0.1
[ 4.0 ]    This book gives you an overview of all the events that you can wire up in your application.
Written by Richard Soeteman    
Package Actions reference
[ 4.0 ]    Overview of all build-in Package installer actions.
Written by Per Ploug Hansen    
Programmer's guide to Live Editing
[ Not Version related ]    This document explains how the new Live Editing feature works for Umbraco programmers.
Written by Ruben Verborgh    
Templates Explained
[ Not Version related ]    Templates are also essential in umbraco, this book will hopefully give you a solid understanding of them and what they are for.
Written by Bill Woodson    
Umbraco Basics
[ All ]    What umbraco is, what you need, how to get started.
Written by Heather Floyd    
Understanding Templates & Stylesheets
[ All ]    Since umbraco itself doesn't generate any XHTML, you need to break your site design into templates and stylesheets to control the appearance of every page. Here are the basics of how templates work and strategies for using them.
Written by Heather Floyd    
XSLT Basics
[ All ]    A quick overview of how to use XSLT in umbraco.

XSLT Example

Extending XSLT with C# or JavaScript
[ 3.0 ]    Learn how extend XSLT with your own custom C# or JavaScript functions
Inline XSLT
[ Not Version related ]    How to use the handy inline XSLT expressions to customize item output.
Written by Ruben Verborgh    
Re use content
[ All ]    How to reuse existing content
Written by Ismail Mayat    
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