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Chase Burandt  |  January 25, 2023

Upgrading from Umbraco 7 to 11 — The Editor Experience

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Umbraco no longer supports Umbraco 7. What does this mean for the overall editorial experience, and what can you expect as you begin upgrading?

Development  |  Umbraco

January 17, 2023  |  The Web Project Guide Podcast

Episode 15: Determine System Requirements (w/ Joe Kepley)

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Corey and Deane discuss the three parts of selecting a CMS: requirements, tool, and development team. Then, Joe Kepley, chief technical officer at Blend Interactive, joins us to discuss the world of translating design and IA into code within a content management system — including balancing groundbreaking design with realistic engineering — and the need to tie high-level project goals into the real nuts and bolts of code.

Design and Front-End  |  Development

December 14, 2022  |  The Web Project Guide Podcast

Episode 14: Know Your Integrations (w/ Greg Dunlap)

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Corey and Deane discuss the four major parts of a content model. Then, Greg Dunlap, Director of Strategy at Lullabot, joins us to define a web integration, discuss the finer details of development risks and runtime risks — as well as real-time vs scheduled data — and praise the efficiency of using Google Docs as a workflow tool. Corey and Greg give Deane a music lesson, too.

Design and Front-End  |  Development

Bob Davidson  |  October 28, 2022

How Code Rots (and What To Do About It)

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Websites age, and need to be cared for. Here are a few thoughts on how to manage and prevent "code rot."

Development

October 13, 2022

From Design System to Final Launch

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Icertis needed more than a new design — they needed a full design system, and they needed it built in a robust tool. Blend and Optimizely stepped up to help them out.

Commercial Services  |  Technology  |  Design and Front-End  |  Development  |  Optimizely

September 20, 2022

A Progressive Trade Show App that Connected Without Connectivity

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Using Umbraco Heartcore, Blend helped Raven Industries create a trade show application that allowed for easy editorial access while being completely internet-free under the trade show tent.

Manufacturing  |  Development  |  Strategy  |  Umbraco

September 13, 2022

Sunsetting Umbraco 7: Your Path to Upgrading

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Content management systems — like all software applications — are living, breathing systems of code and design. They are built with the intention of constantly improving. They are upgradable, and they are patchable. Here's what to do to ensure your Umbraco install doesn't fall behind as Version 7 is sunsetted in 2023.

Development  |  Umbraco

July 15, 2022

Moving a Bank from Design to Umbraco Implementation

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Western State Bank had a design that needed to be implemented within Umbraco. Thankfully, that’s exactly what Blend was able to help them do.

Financial Services  |  Development  |  Migration  |  Umbraco

May 3, 2022

Blend Releases Two Umbraco Utilities Into the Wild

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At Blend, we’ve created our own utilities and shortcuts for helping every project become a success — and we’ve released two new ones to the Umbraco community: Blend.Sitemap and Blend.RobotsTxt.

Development  |  Umbraco

April 21, 2022

Announcing Blend.Optimizely

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Announcing release of Blend.Optimizely, a collection of helpful utilities for Optimizely CMS 12 sites from the development team at Blend.

Development  |  Optimizely