Umbraco MVP and .NET Web Developer from Derby (UK) who specialises in building Content Management System (CMS) websites using MVC with Umbraco as a framework. Paul is passionate about web development and programming as a whole. Apart from when he's with his wife and son, if he's not writing code, he's thinking about it or listening to a podcast about it.
Articles by Paul Seal
How to set up Smidge properly in Umbraco
This post shows you how to setup smidge so it shows the real-time updates when working locally and it caches properly in production Read More
How to set up a CORS policy in Umbraco 12
In this post I show you how to set up a CORS policy in Umbraco 12. This is especially helpful when trying to use the Headless API from another app. Read More
Tips for going to Codegarden
Here are some tips about going to Codegarden that you will learn from going yourself, but you will benefit from if you find them out before you go. Read More
How to fix the error when a user is deleted in Umbraco v7
This is a simple and specific example for when someone has deleted a user in Umbraco 7 and now the pages aren't loading in the backoffice. Read More
How to strip the trailing slash off a URL in SQL
This post shows you how to remove the trailing slash off a URL in SQL and teaches you a lesson about Skybrud Redirects. Read More
How to display the current time in British Summer Time using C#
I was asked by someone to help them display the current date and time as it is in British Summer Time or Daylight Saving Time on their website using C# Read More
SQL snippet for creating a database with a login and user in SQL
This post is just basically a SQL snippet for you to copy, paste and edit for use when you need to create a SQL database with a login and a user. Read More
How to create a vCard in .NET
This is just a quick post to give you the code needed to create a vCard in .NET Read More
How to serve content for legacy .html urls in an Umbraco 8 site
In this post I share some code to help you serve content in your umbraco site where you have stored a legacy .html urls as a property on your content items in umbraco. Read More
How to create a custom section and dashboard in Umbraco 8
In this post I share some code with you that I used to create a custom section and dashboard in Umbraco 8. Read More