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Umbraco and EXSLT sets do not work

Hi, I'm creating some xslt's using Umbraco 4.5.2 and I want to add de set:distinct function from EXSLT.org (http://www.exslt.org/set/functions/distinct/index.html) however, when I reference the set:distinct I get the error: System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransformException: Cannot find a script or an extension object associated with namespa...

Using diferrent version of binary in Umbraco 4.5

Hi all, I'm trying to integrate Umbraco 4.5 and Mailchimp .NET API wrapper. I'm running into problems because Umbraco uses CookComputing.XmlRpcV2.dll which is version 2.00 whereas Mailchimp API uses same binary but version 2.4 If I replace Umbraco binary with newer version, the admin area stops working (you can log in but all the cont...

Drupal or Umbraco: which is easiest for a junior dev/designer to come to terms with?

Hi, Out of Drupal and Umbraco, in your opinion which CMS would be easiest for a junior dev / designer to come to terms with? Initial configuration will be by an experienced developer, with handover to an in-house junior. I'm not a programmer, so forgive my terminology - but is one built using a more common language than the other, for ...

Grouping XML nodes by Month and Year in XSLT

Update I'd like to appologize to the people who provided answers, I seem to have caused all sorts of confusion. To avoid complicating things even further, I've removed the previous code and have added new information. Read on... I'm working on a custom Blog in Umbraco. Umbraco spits out XML as the output which is then read using XS...

Does latest version of Umbraco CMS use asp.net mvc?

I've heard that new version of Umbraco CMS will be completely rewritten and will be based on asp.net mvc? Current version is 4.5 and as I see it is still based on ASP.NET. ...

Umbraco vs Sitefinity

hello, I am getting a large website developed. The develop has asked me which do I prefer either sitefinity or umbraco. The site will be similar to wikipedia where users can come and edit pages without having to login. I would like to ask your opionions on these two csm systems and which one would you recommend for content website with a...

Umbraco - web.config issue when installing

I'm trying to install a default Umbraco installation on IIS7, and I'm getting the following error on my (unmodified) web.config file, any ideas? Config Error The configuration section 'system.web.extensions' cannot be read because it is missing a section declaration Thanks, ...

Umbraco UComment in IIS7 Application (Not Default Web Site)

Hello, I recently installed Umbraco 4.5.2 into an IIS application, not as the default web site. The main Umbraco CMS seems to work as expected, I can add and remove content, and all kinds of other wonderful things. However, when I'm trying to use the UComment module, it can't seem to locate the following two resources: /base/UComment...

Tracking down an Umbraco Error Message

I have a couple of packages installed in my Umbraco installation so it would be kinda hard to to track down each one of them one by one. I get this error message every 5 minutes in the log file: Error executing scheduled task: System.UriFormatException: Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed. at System.Uri.CreateThis(String uri, ...

Dynamic filtering, am I doing it wrong?

Hi, So I have an umbraco site with a number of products in it that is content managed, I need to search/filter this dataset on the front end based on 5 criteria. I'd estimate I will have 300 products. I need to filter this data very fast and hide show options that are no longer relevant based on the previous selections. I'm currently ...