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Indexing Word, Excel and PowerPoint Documents in Umbraco Using Examine

By default Umbraco only indexes media item names, not their contents. Umbraco.Community.Examine.OpenXml fixes that by indexing text from docx, pptx and xlsx files with no additional configuration.

by Nevitech Blog

Umbraco Spark 2026

My notes and reflections from Umbraco Spark 2026 in Bristol. Covering every talk from Umbraco Search and backoffice collaboration to AI, cloud hosting and community.

by James Carter

Optimizing Umbraco Member Pagination From Slow to Lightning Fast

by Owain Williams

Creating Custom Dashboards in Umbraco 17: A Beginner's Tutorial

Ever wish your Umbraco back office felt as custom as your morning coffee order? Good news—Umbraco 17 gives you the tools to craft dashboards that put the info you want front and center. No more endless clicking, no more searching for stats. Now it's just your data, your way.

by Dave Jonker

GitKraken CLI Beginner's Guide: A Better Git CLI for Developers

by Owain Williams

Umbraco In Action - Introduction to CMS for students

A session on what a CMS is, delivered to Coders Club students at Don Bosco College of Engineering, featuring practical demos using Umbraco, Next.js, and AI tools.

by Nathaniel Nunes

Umbraco In Action - Introduction to CMS for students

A session on what a CMS is, delivered to Coders Club students at Don Bosco College of Engineering, featuring practical demos using Umbraco, Next.js, and AI tools.

by Nathaniel Nunes

Building an AI-Powered Log Analyser for Umbraco at the Spark Hackathon

A look at how I built AI.LogAnalyser at the Umbraco Spark Hackathon - an open-source package that adds one-click AI analysis to the Umbraco backoffice log viewer. Click a button on any log entry and get a plain-language summary, likely cause, and recommended fix, powered by any AI provider via Umbraco.AI.

by Nevitech Blog

Developer’s Guide to Creating a Custom Umbraco 17 Backoffice Dashboard

by Debasish Gracias

OC.PowerSort Package

by Owain Williams

Getting Started with Umbraco AI

Umbraco AI is a modular, opt-in set of NuGet packages that brings AI capabilities into the Umbraco backoffice. Supporting multiple providers with no vendor lock-in, it offers prompt actions, conversational agents, and a copilot sidebar out of the box — plus a clean service abstraction layer that makes building your own custom AI features straightforward.

by Nevitech Blog

OC.UFMFallbacks Package

by Owain Williams