Lead Generation with Umbraco Forms
Niels Christian Laursen demonstrated how Umbraco’s Growth team uses Umbraco Forms, webhooks, and Zapier workflows to generate leads and recommend partners in an unbiased, automated way.
Show & Tell
After lunch, it was time for lightning talks. I was especially impressed by Alice, who shared great tips on how we can use AlpineJS to improve accessibility on websites (or as we might better call it, making them truly accessible).
Presentations:
Smørrebrød
With the aptly titled “The Umbraco Smorgasbord”, Carl demonstrated how to enable 2FA, implement Entra ID login, and create automated workflows, all spiced up with a bit of Blazor magic.
He was so engaging and entertaining that I added him on LinkedIn right away!
Sustainable Technology
Dennis clearly knows his stuff when it comes to sustainability and he knows how to talk about it too 😊 I really liked his idea of including “at least one Green Ticket in every sprint.”
There was a lot packed into this session, so it’s definitely worth checking out the presentation.
The Friendly CMS
Owain shared tons of inspiration on how we can make the editor experience in Umbraco even smoother and more intuitive. Many (if not all) of the suggested improvements will soon be added to our internal Boilerplate, which we use to kick-start new projects.
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Owain also, well-deservedly, won the top prize in the evening raffle! I do wonder how he managed to get that table hockey game home to Cardiff.
Speaking of Cardiff, I’d love to visit someday to see the filming locations from Doctor Who and Torchwood.
90-ish Sites in One Installation
Daniel and Hannes showed how they built a client solution consisting of one main site and around 90 smaller local microsites that inherit content from the main one.
They admitted it’s not ideal for SEO, but it’s an incredibly efficient setup for maintaining a large number of sites.
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Extras
The best part of events like this isn’t just the talks — it’s all the between-the-lines insights and seeing what tools people use during their demos.
Here are a few worth checking out:
