CodeGarden 13 - 5 Packages you should know

Lee Kelleher is a key figure in the Umbraco community, having contributed and developed many packages including the ever popular uComponents project.

Over the past few years, I've had the fortune to speak at various Umbraco events, which have all been about uComponents... so when considered to speak at this year's CodeGarden, the suggestion was made to talk about "anything, but uComponents"!

Given the number of Umbraco websites that I have built; I will be present my top 5 most useful packages, (not uComponents). This is an ideal opportunity for attendees to discover lesser known packages and functionality, as well as hints & tips to aid their own Umbraco development.

http://codegarden13.com/speakers/sessions/thursday/1445-1530/5-packages-you-should-know.aspx

Transcript

1. 5 PACKAGES THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW / Lee Kelleher @leekelleher
2. WHO AM I? Hello, my name is Lee. www.umbrellainc.co.uk
3. WHAT IS A PACKAGE? An installable file containing custom functionality to extend the Umbraco experience
4. WHERE PACKAGES CAN HELP YOU Media Search Content maintenance Health checks Structure
5. MEDIA (IMAGES)
6. IMAGEGEN Image resizing, manipulation, text overlay, watermarks http://our.umbraco.org/projects/website-utilities/imagegen
7. HONOURABLE MENTIONS
8. IMAGERESIZER http://imageresizing.net/
9. CROPUP Intelligent auto-cropping http://our.umbraco.org/projects/website-utilities/eksponent-cropup
10. DAMP Digibiz Advanced Media Picker http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/digibiz-advanced-media-picker
11. SEARCH
12. XSLTsearch Quick, easy, drop-in search engine http://our.umbraco.org/projects/website-utilities/xsltsearch
13. HONOURABLE MENTIONS
14. EXAMINE (LUCENE) MVC / Inline Razor approach e.g. @ M o d e l . C o n t e n t . S e a r c h ( . . . )
15. MAINTENANCE
16. CONTENT MAINTENANCE DASHBOARD Bulk content tasks (move, delete, publish, un-publish) http://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/content-maintenance-dashboard- package
17. HONOURABLE MENTIONS
18. F.A.L.M HOUSEKEEPING Log viewer, clean-up tasks (content, media, users) http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/falm-housekeeping
19. UNVERSION Auto-remove old content versions http://our.umbraco.org/projects/website-utilities/unversion
20. HEALTH CHECKS
21. UGOLIVE Pre go-live check-list http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/ugolive
22. HONOURABLE MENTION
23. SEO CHECKER Helps you resolve common SEO issues http://our.umbraco.org/projects/website-utilities/seo-checker
24. STRUCTURE (SOURCE-CONTROL)
25. USITEBUILDER ADMIN Synchronization of DocumentTypes (and more) http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/usitebuilder-admin
26. HONOURABLE MENTION
27. USYNC Disk syncing tool http://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/usync
28. BONUS PACKAGE
29. FESTIVAL STARTER KIT available to download after CG13
30. THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS?