OwainJones.dev

Hello, I'm Owain Jones.
I make Umbraco do stuff and things!

A collage of Owain in three different settings. On the left, Owain is on stage at Codegarden, surrounded by fellow Umbraco MVPs, all smiling and celebrating together. In the middle, Owain is giving a talk at the UmbraCymru Umbraco Meetup, standing behind a clear podium with a laptop, focused on presenting. On the right, Owain is dressed as a Ghostbuster at Comic Con, posing next to a life-sized Slimer model from Ghostbusters, with a playful and fun atmosphere around.

Latest blog posts

Easter 2025: A Packed Week of Umbraco Meetups and Conferences

Published: 28th April, 2025

From sharing migration tips at UmBristol to hosting UmbraCymru and soaking up inspiration at DDD Southwest, Easter 2025 has been one for the books!

Automatically Adding Member Groups to Umbraco Public Access

Published: 23rd February, 2025

How to use middleware to enforce/add a default Member group to group-based Public Access restrictions in Umbraco.

How to Make Umbraco Truly Friendly!

Published: 18th December, 2024 on 24 Days in Umbraco

Umbraco is widely known as "The Friendly CMS." But, as much as I love Umbraco, I think a more accurate label might be "The Potentially Friendly CMS." While Umbraco provides the foundation and tools for a friendly content editor experience, it's up to us as developers to fully utilise these resources to make the backoffice experience intuitive and enjoyable for our content editors.
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