Joe Glombek

The Umbracian's Guide to Bristol (2026) Are you heading to Umbraco Spark and hoping to explore Bristol while you're here? I live near Bristol and now consider myself a Spark veteran, so thought I'd share my insights!

It's that time of year again where I share my tips for the #UmbracoCommunity about what to do in #Bristol in and around the #UmbracoSpark conference (featuring a map of venues as usual!)

https://joe.gl/ombek/blog/umbracian-bristol-guide/

#Umbraco

Introduction to Umbraco Search, Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup Umbraco Search is coming your way – fast! But... what's this all about anyway? And how can you prepare for it? Kenn Jacobsen joins us to break down Umbraco Search, why it

Meetup Alert! 🚨

Did you know a new Umbraco Search paradigm is coming?

This month Kenn Jacobsen joins the U.S. Umbraco Virtual Meetup to break down Umbraco Search, why it matters, and how it will reshape search in Umbraco.

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#umbraco #search

Want to attend #Codegarden for free? 🌿🤔 Apply for one of 20 tickets for underrepresented groups, students, or junior devs by March 31!

🔗 Opportunity Tickets: umbra.co/3NdPh6I
🔗 Student Tickets: umbra.co/3OKQPWn

#Umbraco

GitHub Actions .NET and Azure workflows locally with Act Act is a fantastic tool for testing GitHub actions locally instead of pushing that 10th commit in a row called Testing GitHub Actions (again) but configuring it to work correctly can be a balancing act, so here are some tips for getting Act working with your .NET CI/CD flows.

On Friday I #Blogged about running #GitHubActions locally using #act, with a particular focus on #DotNet and #Azure.

https://joe.gl/ombek/blog/act/

I'm speaking at Codegarden 2026 Developers, Assemble! Community is Your Team's Superpower Wed, 6/10/2026 4:25 pm — Copenhagen, Denmark Joe Glombek

I'm pleased to announce I'll be on the #Codegarden Moose stage talking about why #Community is so valuable to development teams.

Come and see me (or send your boss!) to see the returns pizza can provide!

https://codegarden.umbraco.com/program/?session=1139403

I’m old enough to remember the layer vs div wars and inline styling! I’m expecting younger developers to turn up outside my house and offer to duel me for my arcane knowledge anytime soon 😂

A visually impaired skier and their guide going round a slalom turn, with the words Our Turn Next overlaid

Our turn next.

Paralympic Winter Games ❄️
6-15 March
#ParalympicsGB #MilanoCortina2026

v17 Editor experience: A ${template} for success, Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup Editor experience isn’t just a nice‑to‑have — it’s what makes or breaks an Umbraco build. With Umbraco v17 and the first LTS of the new backoffice, we’re entering a new era

I'm speaking at the #Umbraco US #Meetup today (this evening in Europe) about customising the Umbraco 17 Backoffice.

Be good to see you there!

https://www.meetup.com/umbraco-us-meetup-group/events/313191641/

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Our #Umbraco #LightningTalks and #Demos #Meetup is next week, on Wednesday 25 February!

Bring something you'd like to show us (as informal as you like) or just come to see what others have to share!

https://www.meetup.com/umbristol/events/312730103/attendees/

DDD events are fantastic and DDD South West is especially so because Bristol is a delightful city - and their CFP is open, so get those talks in now and hopefully see you in Bristol in May!

Today is my 33⅓ birthday!
You’re only a third of a century once!
33.333… today!

But I’ve not received a single card!

#Birthday #BigBirthday #ThirtyThreeAndAThird #RecurringDecimal

umBristol Lightning Talks + Demos - February 2026 Feb 25 6:00 PM By umBristol Clockwise, Generator Building, Finzels Reach,... Attend on meetup

After an interesting evening of talks last night, we're looking forward to getting our heads together again next month for our #LightningTalks and #Demos #Meetup on 25 February!

Bring something you'd like to show us (as informal as you like) or just […]

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This was fantastic last year!

Although my idea for a package fell flat, I learnt a lot about Umbraco in the process, and helped others get packages into the competition!

Well worth if if you have the ability to come along!

The lineup for #UmbracoSpark has been announced and tickets are still available!

I'll be there and hope to see you too! I'm sharing a new lightning talk "Developers, Assemble! #Community is Your Team’s Superpower".

#Umbraco #Conference

Want your brand front and centre before Umbraco Spark kicks off?

Sponsor the Umbraco Spark Pre-Party in Bristol @ Roxy Lanes 🎉
✔️ Sole sponsor
✔️ 2 free Spark 2026 tickets
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Let’s make it a night to remember.

#UmbracoSpark #Umbraco #BristolTech #WebDev #DotNet

Had a pretty chill week, but it’s time to start seriously looking for work again! Anyone need an experienced #umbraco freelancer? 😃 next week is time to start pounding the digital streets, going to have more of a play with 17 as well, now it’s LTS.

Go to @codecabin.bsky.social so you too can sit on a rock! 🪨

Umbraco 2026 Predictions – Bump Digital YouTube video by Bump Digital

Happy New Year! Our team is back and ready to get stuck in with some juicy technical projects! 🎉

Chief Bumpster @callumbwhyte.bsky.social shares his predictions for #Umbraco in 2026 in our latest video – AI, global Blocks, cyber threats, and migrations with Compose!

youtu.be/udV4CX9XhZY

umBristol Talks - January 2026 Jan 21 6:00 PM By umBristol Clockwise, Generator Building, Finzels Reach... Attend on meetup

We're kicking off the year of #Umbraco events in #Bristol with our January Talks #Meetup featuring Matt Sutherland and @Sean!

See you there?

https://www.meetup.com/umbristol/events/312727700/

New drinking game: every time I see the Coca Cola #AIGenerated ad I crack open a can of Pepsi Max.

We have written 2 articles for 24 Days in #Umbraco – both packed with valuable technical insights from our experience with the latest .NET and CMS features.

Be sure to check them out below (and all 20+ others too!)

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Happy Holidays everyone! 😃

Even the Sue Ryder logo is flipped!

I’d’ve recognised it if the photo was a little to the left!

Good spot! Did you recognise it or is this the result of research!?

A screenshot of a Christmas card with an image of a snow-covered village with the text “Seasons Greetings From Catsfield”

A photo of a Christmas card with the exact same image of a snow-covered village with the text “Seasons Greetings From Arbroath”

A little bit suspicious that Catsfield looks IDENTICAL to Arbroath… 🧐

#Christmascards

This article pairs wonderfully with my Bellissima Backoffice blog series:
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A screenshot of an Umbraco Block List. The default block labels used in Clean Starter Kit are rendered out showing but with some pills replacing the words in square brackets. It reads: "Blog Articles since January 2025 [Paginated]", "Rich Text: Here's some bold, italic rich text! [Hidden]", "Image: Meetup organisers", "Video: Fireside chat: Umbraco Upgrades", "Image Carousel" and "Code Snipper: hello-world.js [HIDDEN]"

Umbraco Flavored Markdown: A ${template} for success!

In case you missed it, my #24DaysInUmbraco article, went live last weekend!

Ever felt daunted by replacing your #Umbraco site's Angular Label Templates with #UmbracoFlavoredMarkdown (#UFM)? This is the guide for you!

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I was honored to be invited to speak at #Umbraco DK Festival again this year. The event was fantastically organised (in their best venue yet!) with some really interesting talks sparking even more interesting conversations!

Vi ses næste år! 🤞🏻 […]

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Belissima Backoffice: Custom block views Custom block views have changed with recent versions, so let's take a look at how we might do this.

Travel days are great for finishing off in-progress blog posts!

Here's one on replacing the default block views in the #Umbraco #Backoffice.

https://joe.gl/ombek/blog/belissima-backoffice-custom-block-views/

Belissima Backoffice: Blocks in the RTE We've been able to add blocks (as seen in Block List and Block Grid) to the Rich Text Editor (RTE) since Umbraco 13, but they're topical at the moment with v17 being released, the first LTS version since macros have been removed, more of us are looking to replace macros for good! RTE Blocks are a new way of thinking about content (and a good replacement for macros!)

Continuing my series on the modern #Umbraco #Backoffice, today I’m sharing how to use Blocks in the Rich Text Editor!

https://joe.gl/ombek/blog/belissima-backoffice-blocks-in-the-rte/

umBristol 2025 festive social, Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup Hey folks, We're delighted to invite you to join us for a festive social to celebrate and enjoy some food/drink as our last event of the year. Don your favourite Christmas

Next week we’ve got an umBristol end of year social, if you wanna join in on the #Umbraco festive-ness, come along!

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