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Umbraco CMS 17.1.0 Release Candidate is out with various improvements on the initial release of this LTS version (54 issues closed) 🎉

Release notes here 👉
https://umbra.co/3KXRl1G
https://umbra.co/4pTaiBV

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Owain Williams Dec 17

Blogged :

https://owain.codes/blog/2025/december/when-gitkraken-desktop-runs-slow/

#gitkraken #git

When GitKraken Desktop Runs Slow

Published on 17/12/2025

Owain Williams Dec 17

Umbracians Assemble 🙂 I'm needing your help / thoughts on something on the #umbraco forum.

https://forum.umbraco.com/t/upgrade-from-umbraco-7-to-16-issues-with-rte-data-going-missing/7016

Upgrade from Umbraco 7 to 16 issues with RTE data going missing

Hi everyone, I’m looking for your thoughts on something that seems to be causing us some issues. We have a couple of websites that were originally built on Umbraco 7 and have been upgraded to Umbraco 13. Now when we try and upgrade to v16 we lose all RTE data from the backoffice and the database. The sites have Nested Content and TinyMCE RTEs. Even if we go and step from U13 → U14 → U15 → 16, the RTE data is lost. We have even tried converting all Nested Content to Block List and then run u...

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Owain Williams Dec 16

@umb.fyi tip

Owain Williams Dec 16

Version 1.2.0 of OC.HiddenDashboard for Umbraco 17 is out this morning. I moved the "cheat code" to AppSettings so you can now set your own secret code to open up the hidden dashboard.

https://www.nuget.org/packages/OC.HiddenDashboard/1.2.0

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OC.HiddenDashboard 1.2.0

Hide a dashboard with Konami code to unlock. Features extensibility for third-party packages, configuration options, and includes a playable Pac-Man game as an example.

Owain Williams Dec 15

New Blog to go along with the new package #umbraco

https://owain.codes/blog/2025/december/ochiddendashboard-umbraco-package/

OC.HiddenDashboard - Umbraco Package

Published on 15/12/2025

Owain Williams Dec 15

Launched a new package this morning.

https://marketplace.umbraco.com/package/umbraco.community.oc.hiddendashboard

#umbraco

OC.Hidden Dashboard | Umbraco Marketplace

OC.Hidden Dashboard is listed on the official Umbraco Marketplace | Information, links, and install instructions

Owain Williams Dec 12

This is a fantastic article by @janae about her own burnout experiences. Thanks for sharing.

#Umbraco #devlife
https://www.proworks.com/blog/archive/if-burnout-is-an-injury-passion-is-the-sport/

If Burnout is an Injury, Passion is the Sport

Burnout is an injury. It takes time to heal, and it may never heal. Janae discusses passion, love, the last year, and how we try to maintain a good relationship to the aspects of our life we care about without burning out.

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Owain Williams Dec 12

Sebastiaan Janssen

Dec 12

It's here: Umbraco Power Tools 🧰

A small browser extension for Umbraco devs:
• One-click switch between site ↔ /umbraco
• Quick links to forum, socials & events
• Useful Umbraco resources in one place

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umbraco-power-tools/

Chrome & Edge: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/umbraco-power-tools/mnnecgajjbmjjeneclnohbhaflmpjafh

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Owain Williams Dec 12

New site launched - https://owain.codes is now on #umbraco 17

https://owain.codes/

Owain.Codes

Owain.Codes - A modern blog about .NET, C#, and web development.

Website	https://owain.codes
Github	https://github.com/OwainWilliams