HTML5 SharePoint websites

As the popularity of HTML5 is on the rise, I am putting together a list of sites running SharePoint 2010 which have been built using HTML5, as I come across them.

Dassault Falcon (English version launching soon)

University of Colorado Denver

More sites coming shortly....(if you know of any please feel free to let me know and I will add these to the above list).

Accessibility for SharePoint for Internet Sites

Vision Australia have produced a great white paper on achieving WCAG accessibility with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for Internet Sites. The document sets out the learning from Vision Australia’s experiences to date delivering an accessible implementation of SharePoint 2010, including an assessment of SharePoint 2010 conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0).

Click here to download the PDF

Webtrends for SharePoint World Tour

I will be speaking at the Webtrends for SharePoint World Tour event on the 15th February at the Microsoft offices in Cardinal Place, Victoria, London. There will also be great speakers there from Avanade, Ascentium, Brightstarr and Content and Code.

The key points we will be addressing at the event are :

• What trends are effecting digital marketing and branding.
• Why customer experience management (CXM) is important to e-commerce, reporting, communities and personalization.
• Who is using SharePoint to fuel customer experience, with case study examples of challenges, adoptions and integrations
• How to use analytics data to empower 3rd-party marketing systems, email, CRM, etc. and measure effectiveness of campaigns.
• How to optimize SharePoint and integrate with social media and mobile.

There are still some places left, so hurry to reserve your place.

Kinect + Surface + Windows Phone + Tag + Win 8 + SharePoint FIS

The power of the Microsoft stack is truly impressive when you start to combine really cool technologies such as Kinect, Surface, Windows Phone, Tag, Windows 8 and SharePoint for Internet Sites.

This amazing video shows how combining all these technologies can completely change our whole shopping and digital experience.

Click here to watch the video

Shopping of the future?

SharePoint 2010 HTML 5 Master Page

So many people are now focussing their attention towards HTML 5 because of the need to deliver a consistent user experience across multiple platforms (PC, Mobile, Tablet).

Kyle Shaeffer posted an excellent blog post where you can download a sample HTML 5 master page for SharePoint 2010.

Thanks Kyle for the great work!

Free SharePoint Internet Site Theme

The guys at topsharepoint.com have just released a new free theme for SharePoint Internet Sites called 'Tendance.' You can find the theme here.

Thanks to the guys at topsharepoint for this free theme.

Huge Momentum for SharePoint for Internet Sites

A few days ago I received an email from the guys at Top SharePoint saying:

"We've seen a spike in SharePoint 2010 adoption, at least for the public facing websites. During 2011 we’ve added in our showcase more than 200 websites based on SharePoint 2010."

Here at Microsoft we have also seen a huge increase in the number of customers implementing SharePoint as their public facing website or extranet. I think there are a number of reasons as to why we are seeing this trend:

• Customers who have already implemented SharePoint as an Intranet see the financial benefits and value of adopting the platform for their public facing websites.
• Customers are looking for an open and extensible platform where they can integrate other key business applications - Big driver is self-service
• Cost - SharePoint for Internet Sites Standard edition is a very cost effective solution with all the benefits of integration, authentication and scalability
• Eco-system - There are over 450 SharePoint partners in the UK and a whole load of fantastic ISV solutions out there which are built specifically for SharePoint for Internet Sites.

If you need any more information on SharePoint for Internet Sites then please feel free to contact me or my colleagues sharepointinternetuk@microsoft.com.