It's January 2... do you know if your site's copyright notice is up-to-date?

With a quick bit of inline XSLT in your umbraco template you need never worry about it again!

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Extending your umbraco XSLT macros to access .NET namespaces is very simple and will help you make the most of your macros. An example of file-level access from an XSLT macro is provided.

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Download my slides from Umbraco CodeGarden '09 presentation, "What I wish I had known in my first 30 days with umbraco" (PDF).

A fast-paced session for beginners who want to learn from (rather than repeat) others' mistakes, focusing on concepts, best practices, tips, hidden gems, and "rules of thumb"

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Create your first XSLT macro in umbraco and greet the world!

In this article you'll learn the steps to create an XSLT macro and insert that macro into a template. You'll also learn that what you type in XSLT is what you get out of XSLT for both text and HTML tags.

This article is foundational to working with umbraco XSLT-based macros and you won't want to miss it.

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XSLT (eXtensible Sylesheet Language Transformation) is used to transform XML into other formats, such as (x)HTML. In this series of articles you'll learn how to create umbraco macros with XSLT. This is the first article in that series.

Before diving in and starting to write an XSLT macro, let's take a moment to understand the anatomy of an umbraco XSLT file. Understanding each of the lines in that make up the structure or "anatomy" of an XSLT file will give you confidence and guidance as you develop your XSLT skills.

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