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April 1, 2022

Searching With Solr: A Startup Guide

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Chances are, you’ve found yourself in the sticky situation of adapting a default search engine. But, there are options beyond the default, starting with an open source solution called Apache Solr. Here's how to get started.

Development

Joe Kepley  |  March 14, 2022

How Blend Chooses a CMS

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Over its history, Blend has developed a pattern of being an early North American partner for a number of European CMS systems. Blend was an early North America Partner for eZ Publish (now Ibexa), Episerver (now Optimizely), and Umbraco (still Umbraco!).

Development  |  Discovery and Scoping

March 5, 2022

Blend’s Bob Davidson Named One of the Best: Optimizely OMVP

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Blend Interactive is excited to recognize Bob Davidson for his selection as one of 2022’s OMVP (Optimizely Most Valuable Professional) developers.

Development  |  Optimizely

Bob Davidson  |  February 2, 2022

Content References in XhtmlString Properties

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Blend's Director of Development Bob Davidson takes a brief look at the internals of XhtmlString properties and the fragments that make them.

Development  |  Optimizely

Bob Davidson  |  January 14, 2022

Multitenant Episerver Sites on IIS Express

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Blend's Director of Development Bob Davidson explains how to navigate IIS Express in order to bind multiple Episerver sites and languages in this Coding with Bob video.

Development  |  Optimizely

Joe Kepley  |  January 6, 2022

Making the Choice Between Umbraco and Wordpress

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An overview of the differences between two open-source CMS systems: Umbraco and Wordpress.

Development  |  Umbraco

December 20, 2021

Turning Chapters Into Search Results

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How Blend prepared the twenty-four chapters of The Web Project Guide for future search.

Technology  |  Content and IA  |  Design and Front-End  |  Development  |  Strategy  |  Umbraco

December 20, 2021

An Umbraco Upgrade for the Department of Revenue

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When the South Dakota Department of Revenue needed to upgrade its site across five versions of Umbraco, it turned to Blend Interactive, a team well-versed in Umbraco upgrades.

Government  |  Development  |  Umbraco

December 20, 2021

A Development Collaboration Designed for Success

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A partnership in coaching and co-development designed to bring a regional communications giant up to speed on Episerver (now Optimizely).

Commercial Services  |  Coaching  |  Development  |  Optimizely

December 20, 2021

200+ Sites, All Customized and Accessible

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Two hundred sites in one fell swoop.

Accessibility  |  Content and IA  |  Design and Front-End  |  Development