Comments on: Thoughts on Umbraco after getting my first site live http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/ Technology blogging from David Conlisk Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Google, Umbraco and DotNetDave | Mr Happy http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/#comment-25 Google, Umbraco and DotNetDave | Mr Happy Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:26:19 +0000 http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/#comment-25 [...] - a strange thing in itself with Dot Net stuff normally being expensive and rarely free. So when DotNetDave started talking about Umbraco I was hugely interested - I generally only code (badly) in php so [...] [...] - a strange thing in itself with Dot Net stuff normally being expensive and rarely free. So when DotNetDave started talking about Umbraco I was hugely interested - I generally only code (badly) in php so [...]

]]> By: Sjors Pals http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/#comment-23 Sjors Pals Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:17:08 +0000 http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/#comment-23 Sounds familiar Dave ;) I am using Umbraco for about 1.5 year now, and i agree some things are frustrating (what you say, displaying a image in XSLT), but after building a complete site, you know 95% of the familiar things. My first site took about 3 weeks to build (the site in my profile). But the second one took only 20 percent of the time, even a lot of code was reusable with some small tweaks. Sounds familiar Dave ;)
I am using Umbraco for about 1.5 year now, and i agree some things are frustrating (what you say, displaying a image in XSLT), but after building a complete site, you know 95% of the familiar things. My first site took about 3 weeks to build (the site in my profile). But the second one took only 20 percent of the time, even a lot of code was reusable with some small tweaks.

]]> By: dotnetdave http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/#comment-22 dotnetdave Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:20:05 +0000 http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/#comment-22 Thanks Niels, I have to admit that I didn't pay too much attention to the built-in XSLT templates but I will. One obvious point that's missing from the post is of course the value of the community. Despite the frustrations, for the majority of issues a solution could be found through the Umbraco Community Search, and if not then a post to the forum would do it. Cheers, Dave Thanks Niels,

I have to admit that I didn’t pay too much attention to the built-in XSLT templates but I will.
One obvious point that’s missing from the post is of course the value of the community. Despite the frustrations, for the majority of issues a solution could be found through the Umbraco Community Search, and if not then a post to the forum would do it.

Cheers,

Dave

]]> By: Hartvig http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/#comment-21 Hartvig Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:44:05 +0000 http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/#comment-21 Hi Dave! Great feedback - much appreciated. You're right that some basic things are too complex and we should definately do something about that (like inserting an image). If you e-mail me a list of the things that was most frustratious (like most basic tasks that was too complex), I'd be happy to divide them into issues and see if we could do better, which I'm sure we could. Are you familiar with the XSLT templates build into umbraco? When you choose to create a new XSLT, there's a drop down in the create dialog with around 8-10 templates/patterns that will help you get started. I use them a lot myself :) Cheers - and again I appreciate this constructive feedback. A post like this is *really* useful. /n Hi Dave!

Great feedback - much appreciated. You’re right that some basic things are too complex and we should definately do something about that (like inserting an image). If you e-mail me a list of the things that was most frustratious (like most basic tasks that was too complex), I’d be happy to divide them into issues and see if we could do better, which I’m sure we could.

Are you familiar with the XSLT templates build into umbraco? When you choose to create a new XSLT, there’s a drop down in the create dialog with around 8-10 templates/patterns that will help you get started. I use them a lot myself :)

Cheers - and again I appreciate this constructive feedback. A post like this is *really* useful.

/n

]]> By: Sarah http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/#comment-20 Sarah Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:53:37 +0000 http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/#comment-20 It's great that the copy and image management seems to be quick and intuitive for the client. It’s great that the copy and image management seems to be quick and intuitive for the client.

]]> By: Colin http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/#comment-19 Colin Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:15:56 +0000 http://equatorlive.com/blogs/dotnetdave/tech/thoughts-on-umbraco-after-getting-my-first-site-live/#comment-19 Well done Dave, the sites are good Well done Dave, the sites are good

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