Umbraco

Umbraco allows quick access to tools that easy web development and speed up website deployment in live scenarios.

Some of the world's biggest companies use Umbraco as their website's backend, including Microsoft, Heinz, Wired, Peugeot, FOX, Vogue, SanDisk, Tesco, Speedo and many more.

What is new in this release:

• Fixes:
• SQL Fail upgrading om 7.2.4 to 7.3 - due to index on master col.

What is new in version 7.2.5:

• Adds new installer image.

What is new in version 7.2.4:

• Adds new installer image.

What is new in version 7.2.2:

• Adds new installer image.

What is new in version 6.1.0:

• Updates to caching and load-balancing
• Improvements to hostname/language management
• Improvments to sorting, publishing children and required field validation
• UmbracoApiController for using ASP.NET WebAPI with an Umbraco context
• MiniProfiler added (see blog post)
• Public request pipeline
• Relations API

What is new in version 6.0.0:

• A new API for working with Content and Media in your custom code
• We're using the new API in the backoffice as well, leading to speed improvements
• Support for Partial View Macros
• You can now use PetaPoco and our added on database migrations framework
• MVC 4 (upgraded from MVC3)

What is new in version 6.0.0 Beta:

• A new API for working with Content and Media in your custom code
• We're using the new API in the backoffice as well leading speed improvements
• Support for Partial View Macro's
• Can now use PetaPoco and our added on database migrations framework
• MVC 4 (upgraded from MVC3)
• All logging now goes to a text file, so your log table won't grow so much any more

What is new in version 5.2:

• Html.BeginUmbracoForm signature change. Now has no optional params, but can accept an object htmlAttributes param (inline with the default Html.BeginForm implementation).
• GetEntityByRelationType has been made obsolete. Please use GetChildren instead.

What is new in version 5.2 Beta:

• Package Builder
• Starter Kits
• Dynamic Extension Methods
• Querying / IsHelpers
• Friendly alt template URLs
• Localization
• Various bug fixes / performance enhancements

What is new in version 5.1:

• Some new APIs
• 5.1 adds support for backoffice editing of Members.

What is new in version 5.0.1:

• Fixed bugs:
• Using .Where() with boolean on DynamicNode
• Insert page field in template not working as expected
• Document types containing Capitalised first word aliases auto created template incorrectly
• First time an app is given permissions it doesn't appear until logging back in
• DynamicModel & Query for HomeNode HiveIDs no longer match
• The tree doesn't update after sorting content nodes
• Dot In Project Name Causes Child Action Macro Not To Render
• Exception after uploading media in IE9
• Section navigation not working
• RTE issue in Firefox
• PluginManager.Initialize should fail silently
• Login redirect does not check destination is on same domain
• Icon next to "Cancel creating new property" is same as for "Click here to add a new property"
• Automatically set focus on first field when Creating a new doctype Property
• Slider values are not persisted on save
• TypeFinder can not scan assemblies when Umbraco is installed on a UNC path.
• No provider group matches the requested route when calling action in Area with querystring
• Text encoding in file when saving the template
• CustomTypedEntity cannot have Nullable properties
• Issues creating a thumbnail while using the Umbraco.Hive.Providers.IO.Blob

What is new in version 5.0:

• DynamicModel pluralization support for content navigation.
• Umbraco Helper - GetContentById(hiveID).
• With no published content, you get the installer on each visit to the site.

What is new in version 5.0 RC 3:

• Bug fixes:
• Unpublished content shows up in DynamicModel.Children
• No easy way to provide a custom application icon
• Installation Step 3 (Starter Kits) redirects back to start of installation.
• Can't include a PartialView Macro in a package
• Installing Package - The RouteData must contain an item named 'id' with a non-null value
• Simple Editor not updating when prevalue is changed.
• Using multiple parameters in a .Where() statement
• DynamicModel Query - Still shows unpublished items
• Sort Applications in Sections
• When Start Node in Content is changed, user can only see its children
• Copying node at root level causes YSOD
• Leaking NHibernate sessions if RenderRouteConstraint doesn't match
• And many much more.

What is new in version 5.0 RC 1:

• Further improved front-end query APIs, including Ancestors / Descendants on DynamicModel
• Recursive property support (_propertyName) on DynamicModel like v4.7
• @Umbraco helper for Razor views
• Composite document types - inherited document types, but including multiple parents (a la "Mix-ins")
• Dictionary support & methods to the @Umbraco helper, including hierarchical dictionary keys
• Alternative templates using ?altTemplate in the querystring
• Fix for Alpha issue deleting properties on document types & many other bug fixes
• Many improvements under the hood

What is new in version 5.0 Beta 1:

• @Umbraco helper for Razor views
• Examine Hive provider (experimental) - run your site lightning fast straight out of Lucene without any database needed
• Nested templates & template sections in editor
• Partial View editor
• Updated TinyMCE insert media dialog
• More browsers supported
• Fix for Alpha issue deleting properties on document types & many other bug fixes from your feedback, please keep it coming!
• 60% faster backoffice Content tree - more improvements to come though
• Many improvements under the hood

What is new in version 5.0 Alpha 3:

• Permissions.
• Rollback, Move, Copy, Recycle Bin.
• TinyMCE: Insert link to media, insert media dialog.
• Many improvements under the hood.

What is new in version 5.0 Alpha 2:

• Multiple hostname & routing support including port numbers
• Macro support from within content
• IE9 support
• Links embedded in content render routable URLs including hostnames
• Many fixes from bugs you reported

What is new in version 4.7.1:

• A new sectionGroup under
• It's three new keys under
• A new buildprovider section under
• A new system.web.webPages.razor element under

What is new in version 5.0 Alpha 1:

• Create, Edit, Delete: Data Types, Documents Types (both Content & Media), Content, Media, Users, Macros, Stylesheets, Scripts, & Templates
• Create & configure Dashboards
• Create media & upload images
• Lots of new property editors: Color swatch picker, Date time picker, Label, List picker, Numeric, Password, Slider, Tags, Text box, Tree node picker, True/False, Upload, Url Picker & WYSIWYG editor
• APIs to create plugins: Trees, Editors, Menu items, Editors, Surface controllers, Property Editors, Dashboard match rules, Dashboard filters, Tasks
• Support for the new Partial View & Child Action macros
• And of course rendering your content with Razor templates using the view's @Model or @DynamicModel syntaxes.

What is new in version 5.0 CTP 1:

• Back-office:
• Document type editor
• Property editors
• Template editor
• Content editor (of course!)
• Front-end:
• Templates using the easy-to-learn Razor syntax, similar to the popular implementation in v4.7
• MVC for both purists and pragmatists: use as much or as little classical MVC structure as you'd like

What is new in version 4.7:

• A new sectionGroup under
• It's three new keys under
• A new buildprovider section under
• A new system.web.webPages.razor element under

What is new in version 4.6.1 / 4.7 beta:

• A new sectionGroup under
• It's three new keys under
• A new buildprovider section under
• A new system.web.webPages.razor element under

What is new in version 4.6.1:

• Improved installer experience
• Updated Starter Kits (Simple, Blog, Personal, Business)
• Beautiful, free, customizable skins included
• Skinning engine and Skin customization (see Skinning Documentation Kit)
• Default dashboards on install with hide option
• Updated Login timeout handler
• Introduction of INode return type
• Introduction of IMacroEngine (interface is subject to change) for custom macro presentation engines
• Introduction of ILog interface and setting in umbracoSettings.config for easier integration with 3rd party log engines
• Default Data Editor Settings for Custom Data Types
• Upgraded User Control Wrapper to support custom settings and xml return types
• Upgrade of jQuery (in the back office)
• Upgrade of TinyMCE
• Polish of the new logout mechanism (a login modal instead of a js alert to ensure that you can continue work without loosing data (at least in most cases!))
• Support for Microsoft SQL CE 4.0 (CTP 2)
• Support for Microsoft Razor Syntax
• Automated Database Installation with WebPI (SQLExpress)
• Standardize on .NET 4.0

What is new in version 4.6:

• Improved installer experience
• Updated Starter Kits (Simple, Blog, Personal, Business)
• Beautiful, free, customizable skins included
• Skinning engine and Skin customization (see Skinning Documentation Kit)
• Default dashboards on install with hide option
• Updated Login timeout handler
• Introduction of INode return type
• Introduction of IMacroEngine (interface is subject to change) for custom macro presentation engines
• Introduction of ILog interface and setting in umbracoSettings.config for easier integration with 3rd party log engines
• Default Data Editor Settings for Custom Data Types
• Upgraded User Control Wrapper to support custom settings and xml return types
• Upgrade of jQuery (in the back office)
• Upgrade of TinyMCE
• Polish of the new logout mechanism (a login modal instead of a js alert to ensure that you can continue work without loosing data (at least in most cases!))
• Support for Microsoft SQL CE 4.0 (CTP 2)
• Support for Microsoft Razor Syntax
• Automated Database Installation with WebPI (SQLExpress)
• Standardize on .NET 4.0

What is new in version 4.6 Beta:

• Support for Microsoft Razor Syntax
• Data Editor Settings for Custom Data Types
• Easier xslt and rest extensions
• Updated Usercontrol Wrapper

What is new in version 4.5.1:

• Extreme Performance (40% avg reduction)
• 100+ Unit Tests in Datalayer
• Updates to DB schema
• DataType: Macro Container
• New XML Schema
• Help Button
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