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Thoughts and Articles from Blend Interactive

Bob Davidson  |  February 2, 2022

Content References in XhtmlString Properties

Bob Davidson sitting at a table in his office.

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

Bob Davidson sitting at a table in his office.

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

A laptop next to an Umbraco logo OR a Wordpress logo.

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

Development  |  Umbraco

Bob Davidson  |  November 9, 2021

Integrating Azure AD with Optimizely CMS 12

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Blend's Director of Development Bob Davidson talks through changes to how CMS 12 integrates with Azure Active Directory.

Development  |  Optimizely

Karla Santi, Corey Vilhauer & Deane Barker  |  September 21, 2021

Q&A With the Authors of The Web Project Guide

The Web Project Guide - From Spark to Launch and Beyond.

From early logistics conversations to the book's publishing, distribution, and marketing, it's been a long road to the finish line for The Web Project Guide. Blend's CEO Karla Santi sits down with authors Deane Barker and Corey Vilhauer to discuss the book and the process.

Content and IA  |  Design and Front-End  |  Development  |  Discovery and Scoping  |  Project Management  |  Strategy

Bob Davidson  |  July 1, 2021

Building an Episerver Site from Scratch - Part 1

Bob Davidson sitting at a table in his office.

Blend's Director of Development Bob Davidson provides some guidance on how to do just that in this Coding with Bob video.

Development  |  Optimizely

Bob Davidson  |  June 8, 2021

Meta Properties for On-Page Editing

Bob Davidson sitting at a table in his office.

Blend's Director of Development Bob Davidson highlights how to programmatically surface meta properties within on-page editing in this Coding with Bob video.

Development  |  Optimizely

April 7, 2021

Blend Adds Two Umbraco Certified Professionals

Umbraco logo and Blend logo.

Blend is proud to announce two new Umbraco Certified Professionals within our midst: Chase Burandt and Joe Kepley!

Development  |  Umbraco

Corey Vilhauer  |  September 23, 2020

A Glossary of Site Search Terms

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Better understand the scope of your site search with this site search glossary.

Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy

Corey Vilhauer  |  September 23, 2020

Understanding Site Search — Part Four: Choosing the Right Solution

Binoculars sitting on a table.

How do you choose the right search engine for your site search? In part four of our site search series, we look at making the final decision.

Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy