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Monday, July 17, 2006

Umbraco in the UK

Filed under: Umbraco - by Darren Ferguson @ 12:59 PM

I was wondering how many Umbraco users we have in the UK with a view to maybe getting some kind of user group together.

If you are based on the island, then leave a comment on this post with your name, location and a little background on what you do with Umbraco, e.g. hobbyist, personal site hosting, commercial site.

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  1. Warren Buckley says:
    Warren Buckley
    Hello Darren,
    We are starting to use Umbraco as a CMS solution for our client websites.

    It would be good to see how many UK users there are.

    Warren
  2. Darren Ferguson says:
    Darren Ferguson
    Hi Warren, I know of two other guys Ismail and Dion, but hopefully there are a few more.
  3. Darren Ferguson says:
    Darren Ferguson
    Hi Warren, I know of two other guys Ismail and Dion, but hopefully there are a few more.
  4. Ismail Mayat says:
    Ismail Mayat
    As Darren mentioned I am in the UK work for IASSmarts. Couple of sites under my belt. Also got a blog where you can get some things ive already built.

    Regards

    Ismail
  5. Michael Chung says:
    Michael Chung
    Hello Darren,

    We're using Umbraco for the first time on one of our projects.

    Regards,
    Michael - PHWT

  6. Jonathan Whiteside says:
    Jonathan Whiteside
    I'm working on my first 2 sites using Umbraco at the moment. All on Ismail's recommendation - and so far everything is going great!
  7. Joel Miller says:
    Joel Miller
    Hi, I have built 1 commercial site using Umbraco which went live about 6 months ago, and am working on another at the moment.
  8. Stewart Twynham says:
    Stewart Twynham
    Hi Darren,

    I'm based up here in (sunny!) Manchester and am delighted with Umbraco... despite having developed using linux / CGI / perl / php for over a decade, I've been a convert to C#.net over the last few years. Other .net based CMS platforms such as DNN and Rainbow simply don't give you the 100% control over the HTML that Umbraco does.
    I'm now looking to launch Umbraco based sites for several customers where accessibility / SEO / etc are critical.

    Regards,

    Stewart
  9. Dion says:
    Dion
    Hi Darren

    Think this would be a great idea, this is a excellent application although the documentation is poor. The speed that you can create and update web sites is fantastic. The user interface is simple to use so even a complete novice should be able to update there site content.


  10. Mark Smith says:
    Mark Smith
    Working & Living in Skye, Scotland. Building cool stuff for Microsoft Groove, and using Umbraco for web sites. GrooveForms being a 'practice run' for the creation of our main company web site..
  11. Paul Groves says:
    Paul Groves
    I work for in the marketing department of a UK based software company.

    After joining the company in Dec 05 I researched CMS and foudn Umbraco.

    I rebuilt the main site with Umbraco which was launched a couple of months ago and am working on more of the group's sites.

    Think a UK Umbraco user group would be a great idea.


  12. Warren J says:
    Warren J
    Hi Chaps

    We have been using umbraco for about 4 months now.

    Are implementing a couple pf sites at the moment, but have been mostly working on a flash front end set up to allow slick CMS flash sites.

    Should have our first version up in a couple of weeks.

    Love the idea of a UK user group
  13. Ryan Roberts says:
    Ryan Roberts
    I would definately be interested in a UK user group. It's a damn impressive CMS and I have far too many ideas for enchancements and plugins.

    I currently work with Ismail in Manchester but am about to naff off consulting again.
  14. Michael Falconer says:
    Michael Falconer
    I'm based in Glasgow, Scotland, and am currently developing four sites using Umbraco after experimenting with it over the past 6 months or so.
  15. George Bliss says:
    George Bliss
    Hi, I've just started developing our new site, with Umbraco behind it. I love it. Its quick, easy to use and setup, and nice to look at. Top marks. Umbraco will go places...

    Definitely interested in a user group. I'm based in Richmond, W London.

    GEORGE
    Increase Ltd
    44 (0)20 8099 1300
  16. George Bliss says:
    George Bliss
    Hi again
    Our new shiny Umbraco powered site went live a few weeks ago - I'd welcome any feedback you might have. Please feel free to have a look at http://www.increasecrm.co.uk (Hosted Microsoft CRM).

    Still v interested in helping to organise a UK user group.

    Best wishes
    George
    Increase Ltd.
    44 (0)20 8099 1300

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