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Default Values in Contentful

Default Values in Contentful

Finally default values have been added as an option in Content Models in the Contentful CMS
1 Minute Read
Wed, 8th Sep 21
New site for Wife of a Geek

New site for Wife of a Geek

Also built on Contentful and Azure Cognitive Search
1 Minute Read
Fri, 23rd Jul 21
How to open rich text links in a new tab in Contentful.net

How to open rich text links in a new tab in Contentful.net

Contentful doesn't have an option to choose a target for links in a rich text field (yet), so for now I assume that external links should be opened in a new tab. This is achieved with an IContentRenderer.
4 Minute Read
Thu, 22nd Jul 21
Improving Contentful Search with Azure Cognitive Search

Improving Contentful Search with Azure Cognitive Search

Contentful does have some basic search functionality, but it is quite limited and quite difficult to implement (at least in .net). So leveraging Contentful webhooks I decided to index the data into Azure Cognitive Search service.
3 Minute Read
Tue, 15th Jun 21
Promoted and Certified

Promoted and Certified

What a busy week
1 Minute Read
Thu, 20th May 21
Tagging in Contentful

Tagging in Contentful

Contentful have recently introduced tagging, I think this is a really important step forward for the headless CMS.
2 Minute Read
Tue, 20th Apr 21
Mediator Design Pattern for CMS builds

Mediator Design Pattern for CMS builds

My approach to dynamic CMS content using Mediatr (and Automapper)
1 Minute Read
Fri, 19th Feb 21