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You’re pretty confident about your web development abilities and feel you can tackle any web related challenge that comes along. But maybe you’ve been spending too much time on the server side. What’s your knowledge of jQuery? Not really strong on that one. OData? What’s that O for? DotNetNuke? Never heard of it. Uh oh… seems you’re in need of some training.

Microsoft’s Web Camps are training events that teach attendees how to build websites using the latest web technologies including ASP.NET MVC, WebMatrix, OData, jQuery, IE9 & HTML5, Web Apps, and more. The Web Camps Training Kit covers all of these technologies and includes the content presented around the world at the Web Camps events: presentations, demos, labs, and more. Oh, and it’s completely free!

Accelerate your learning and round out those skills on the latest web technology – download the Microsoft Web Camps Training Kit today!

You need answers. For education, market research, event scheduling, and more. Sending emails intrudes upon your customers and you want to build satisfaction. And besides, who will correlate the responses? What you want is an easy way to ask questions and take polls within the context of your site. Microsoft WebMatrix and Polldaddy to the rescue!

Microsoft WebMatrix provides an easy way to get your web site up and running, and Polldaddy allows you to set up an online survey in minutes and start collecting responses in real time. With the Polldaddy Helper for WebMatrix it’s easy to add Poll widgets, ratings, and surveys to your WebMatrix site with just a few lines of code. The Helper also provides access to the Polldaddy API, wrapping some of the API methods to retrieve Poll data.

Get the information you need today to improve your business with WebMatrix and Polldaddy.

An executive consensus has been reached: it’s time to liberate our company content to the world. That means they are looking to you to convert thousands of documents into web pages, and make them easy to read, share, and access across mobile devices. But how?

Scribd is the world’s largest social reading and publishing company, and the Scribd Helper for WebMatrix allows you to easily show Scribd documents in your site. When the helper is in place, it interacts with the Scribd API and with Scribd Reader to easily list your documents, enabling users to view them without having to leave your site.

Still haven’t heard about WebMatrix? Microsoft WebMatrix is everything you need to easily build Web sites using Windows. To make things better, it offers a range of helpers – like the Scribd Helper – that provide you a simple and consistent way of performing common web development tasks that otherwise would require a great deal of custom coding.

Publishing documents on your web site is easier than you think – just take a look at what you can achieve with WebMatrix and Scribd.

You’re getting started with your online business and need to collect tons of data from customers, partners, vendors and even potential employees. But just the thought of creating all the forms you need to collect the data is starting to put you off. Shouldn’t there be an easy way to add and manage forms in your web site? Well, there is.

Microsoft WebMatrix provides an easy way to get your web site up and running, and the Wufoo Helper for WebMatrix provides an easy way to integrate Wufoo forms and data into your WebMatrix site: it allows you to add Wufoo forms in your pages and integrate the data submitted in your forms by using Web Hooks.

Start focusing on your business strategy and let WebMatrix and Wufoo handle your data challenges.

After having a good run of visitors in the past few months you noticed that your site traffic has started to slow down. Is your content to blame? Maybe. Or perhaps you just need to give your visitors another reason to return.

The Groupon Helper for WebMatrix allows you to easily add a Groupon badge to your WebMatrix site. When the helper is in place it can query the Groupon API to get the deals for a given location for you to display them in new, different ways.

Still haven’t heard about WebMatrix? Microsoft WebMatrix is everything you need to easily build Web sites using Windows. To make things better, it offers a range of helpers – like the Groupon Helper – that provide you a simple and consistent way of performing common web development tasks that otherwise would require a great deal of custom coding.

Making your site more attractive for your visitors is easier than you think. Explore your options now with the WebMatrix Groupon Helper!

Millions of users turn to Foursquare every day to help them find their friends and explore their world. Whether checking out a new restaurant or visiting their favorite store, they share their activities and shape many of their decisions based on what their friends do. But how can your business take advantage of this fact?

Microsoft WebMatrix is everything you need to easily build Web sites using Windows. To make things better, it includes some helpers that provide you a simple and consistent way of performing common web development tasks that otherwise would require a great deal of custom coding. For example, the Foursquare Helper for WebMatrix makes it simple to integrate Foursquare into your site. With a few lines of code you’ll be able to show an “Add to My Foursquare” button, allowing your customers to keep in touch with the brand and help attract new customers. The Helper also allows you to show any user’s badges in your web site.

Speak to your customers using their language and show them where to find you with WebMatrix and Foursquare!

“They have a great product but their customer service is horrible. I can never reach anyone when I need them most”. If this has become one of your customer scenarios then you probably need to make some adjustments.

UserVoice and GetSatisfaction are two great tools to build online communities and collect feedback for your product or organization. The UserVoice Helper for WebMatrix allows you to easily add UserVoice feedback functionality to your web site to enable your customers to submit, discuss, and vote on feedback for your organization (the Helper also wraps several public API calls). Additionally, the GetSatisfaction Helper allows you to easily integrate GetSatisfaction feedback functionality into your web site: It provides a set of widgets for your users to share their ideas, questions, problems, and praises.

Still haven’t heard about WebMatrix? Microsoft WebMatrix is everything you need to easily build Web sites using Windows. To make things better, it offers a range of helpers – like the UserVoice and GetSatisfaction Helpers – that provide you a simple and consistent way of performing common web development tasks that otherwise would require a great deal of custom coding.

Don’t turn your back on the community – start creating compelling customer service encounters.

The Marketing executives have made their decision: “Next year we will double our company participation in industry events”. Which means only one thing: you will have double the amount of events to manage and publicize…with no extra hands on deck. So how will you survive this storm?

Microsoft WebMatrix is everything you need to easily build Web sites using Windows. To make things better, it includes some helpers that provide you a simple and consistent way of performing common web development tasks that otherwise would require a great deal of custom coding. For example, the Eventbrite Helper for WebMatrix makes it simple to promote your Eventbrite events in your WebMatrix site. With a few lines of code you will be able to display your events on your web site with integration with Windows Live Calendar and Google Calendar. With the helper in place you can also easily sell tickets, or leverage the Eventbrite API for managing your events information.

Additionally, the Plancast Helper provides you an easy way to integrate Plancast on your WebMatrix site to show your Plancast plans or the ones from your friends. It is also designed for accessing Plancast data through its API, enabling you to use Plancast in new and interesting ways.

Several event campaigns coming up? No worries, let the new WebMatrix helpers get you there in a breeze!

Tweet this! Still wondering how to get your web site content out there? Or are you just spending long hours thinking how you could make your web site more attractive for your users to keep coming back? Maybe it’s time to snoop around in the social toolbox and get some social help!

The Twitter Helper for WebMatrix makes it simple to integrate several Twitter social features in your site. For example, you can display Twitter widgets like “Follow Me” and “Tweet” Buttons, and access the Timeline Resources exposed by the Twitter API in a few lines of code.

Still haven’t heard about WebMatrix? Microsoft WebMatrix is everything you need to easily build Web sites using Windows. To make things better, it offers a range of helpers – like the Twitter Helper – that provide you a simple and consistent way of performing common web development tasks that otherwise would require a great deal of custom coding.

Socialize your web site with WebMatrix – it’s never been easier.

The company word has come down: “Let’s mobilize!” Meaning it’s now your job to figure out how to expand your applications into the mobile phone space. The new Windows Phone 7 devices provide a rich user experience and the ability to easily connect to your application services. But where do you start?

The Windows Phone 7 Developer Guide follows a scenario-based approach to show developers how to create WP7 applications. In this case, a fictitious ISV (“Tailspin”) wants to extend its flagship application (“Tailspin Surveys”) to mobile users, so that their customers can publish surveys with Windows Phone 7 devices from the field.

Don’t tie your users to the desktop or even a laptop – get the WP7 Developer Guide and mobilize your application today!