Our thoughts

Secure your sites and accounts with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

23 October 2024 Olivier Reuland

Strengthen Your Defences: Tips for Long, Strong, and Unique Passwords

17 October 2024 Olivier Reuland, Chief Information Security Officer

For this year’s Cyber Smart Week, CERT NZ (now part of NCSC) are pushing for good password hygiene, as well as the adoption of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

The Art of Product Ownership: The Three F's

10 September 2024 Katie Elks

A great Product Owner brings purpose and vision to a development team and is critical to keeping a project on track. At Effect, we love to work closely with our Product Owners because they act as our guiding lights to ensure we build the right thing, the right way.

Why Upgrading to Umbraco 13 Is Your Next Strategic Move

2 May 2024 Pete Lister

Navigating the software lifecycle is essential for staying secure and relevant. Umbraco's commitment to safety and accessibility ensures smooth transitions to newer versions aligned with Microsoft .NET Core. Pete talks to Effect's expertise in New Zealand our offer of tailored support, guiding clients through seamless upgrades and ongoing maintenance.

The Power of the Weekly Question

19 January 2024 Edel Sweeney-Lee

Unveiling the Heartbeat of Our Team

Water Safety in Summer

19 December 2023 Lesley Walls

Being Water Safe in Summer

The three C’s of Delivery in a Emergency

26 October 2023 Pete Lister

The three C’s of Delivery in a Emergency

The Power of Design Intent: Guiding Projects and Designing with Purpose

16 August 2023 John Mallett

When initiating a project, it is good to keep design intent. Setting goals and holding decisions against them can help guide the process in a clear and consistent way and stop delineation from what has been set out to do.

When should I budget for a new website?

12 July 2023 Jonathon Alsop

"It feels like we only built our website yesterday but now we need a new one - how long should a good website last?

GA4: Empowering Your Analytics in a Changing Digital World

8 June 2023 Edel Sweeney-Lee

In the ever-changing landscape of digital analytics, staying up to date is crucial. Let's rewind back to 2005, the birth year of Google Analytics and just look at how much progress we've made in tracking and analysing website data. However, progress always demands updates. To keep pace with the evolving digital realm, software updates are essential.

Stopping the slow painful death of a beautiful website

2 December 2022

Everyone loves new things - we especially love the feeling after a new website is launched. Fast forward 8 years and how will we feel about it then? At last months ALGIM conference we presented "How to stop the slow painful death of a beautiful website".

Umbraco 10 is here

22 July 2022

June saw Umbraco HQ release Umbraco 10, a brand new version of Umbraco with cross platform development and scheduled major releases every 6 months and minor updates every 6 weeks.

Our story of striking gold

9 May 2022 Jonathon Alsop

When we founded Effect we were looking for an open source CMS, based on Microsoft technology that worked - 13 years and nearly 100 websites later its a corner stone of our business?

Umbraco life expectancy falls from 10 to 3 years

17 March 2022

To ensure the Umbraco CMS is safe and easy to use Umbraco has moved from releasing new major versions of the software somewhat sporadically (3-6 years) to twice a year. Why is this and how will it impact the community?

Why lots of acronyms and their versions impact your users experience?

4 February 2022

Expanding on the previous article "How to stop the slow painful death of a beautiful website". Why is your old content management system and the underlying technology impacting the users experience?

Integrating Okta SSO with Umbraco CMS

22 November 2021 Ismael Machuca

Okta is one of the leaders in identity protection and access management solutions and can be easily integrated with Umbraco CMS to allow organisations authenticate back-office users simply and effectively.

How does Umbraco’s security stack up?

30 September 2021 Effect

Having a secure website is critical for both your customers and your organisation.

The road to success is always under construction

24 August 2021

The Umbraco community are an active bunch, continually looking for ways to improve and expand the CMS we know and love. With this comes updates to the CMS, some small, others more substantial. To get the most out of your site, we recommend making regular updates to your CMS as part of your website maintenance. An outdated CMS system not only limits your content editors, it is also the number one cause of cyberattacks.

What the hack is 2FA?

5 July 2021

While we like to think our clients have moved past ‘one password to rule them all’ and are a little more savvy with their online security, sometimes a system calls for a higher level of security. Adding two-factor authentication (2FA) to your login process is a simple way of adding an extra layer of security to your Umbraco Content Management System (CMS).

How to creating content will help your website

1 July 2021

Your website was built to help you connect with your community of interest and your content is key in helping you engage your audience. Having content that engages your audience and gives them what they are looking for should be at the heart of your digital strategy.