The MediaWizards
an Umbraco test site

Hi there,

Welcome to my Umbraco test site.

I'm a semi-retired full-stack developer and an active member of the Umbraco community. I have been recognized as an Umbraco MVP (x2) and am known for my contributions to the community, including my involvement in the Umbraco Discord Server and Forum.

My journey into software development began somewhat accidentally while working as a corrosion technician. I started coding to improve the software used in my job, which eventually led to a career in software development. Over the years, I have worked with various technologies, including Borland Delphi and .NET, and have a broad knowledge of development and setting up IIS websites.

In addition to my work with Umbraco, I also enjoy tinkering with the Snitz^TM Forums 2000 MVC codebase and Raspberry Pi projects.

When members of the Umbraco community were asking about the availability of a simple Forum package for Umbraco 8, I thought I would give it a go, I had been using Umbraco for about 18 months to create customer portals for some of our clients so had a reasonable understanding of Umbraco development at the time. Roll forward and  Umbraco now uses .Net Core so this was my testbed to migrate the forum package. It only has a very basic layout, my first goal was to get the Forums working in Umbraco 9 and .Net core, and now also working in Umbraco 14. It is a little rough around the edges, but in principal it is all working I think. 

To check out the forums, click the Forums link in the menu above.