Rules

Because I only have a few prizes remaining, I wanted to try this new set of rules. Here is how you can win the remaining prizes:

• Receive 1 point if you comment below with what you would like to win and why
• Receive 4 points if you blog about this giveaway, what you would like to win and why (with a link back to sharepointbuzz.com). Just email me the URL of your post
• 10 points - email me a sharepoint tutorial that is your own unique content and and has not been written before.  If it’s good quality, then we will be using it as a guest post on this blog during the first two weeks of August

I’m looking forward to the entries and hope its as successful as our last giveaway.

Prizes

• Software
  • One (1) - Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008
  • Four (4) - One Year Subscriptions to Windows Live OneCare
  • One (1) - Balsamiq Mockups
  • One (1) - Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1
  • Two (2) - Microsoft Expression Studio
• One (1) DVD - SharePoint Server 2007 Training Videos - Learn to Setup Your Own SharePoint Server - Step by Step!
• One (1) Hardware - VCC-300 Virtual Console Connection - control two computers as if they were one
• Book
  • One (1) - The SharePoint Sheperd’s Guide for End Users by Robert L. Bogue
  • One (1) - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices by Ben Curry and Bill English
• One (1) Service - 3 hours of SharePoint Branding Consultation by Kanwal Khipple

If your company would like to giveaway a product, please feel free to contact me.

Any SharePoint Buzz visitors residing in Vancouver / Victoria recommend places to visit?

Without having you wait much longer here are the winners:

• David Tappan wins the Balsamiq Mockups
• ReKKer wins Microsoft Expression Studio
• grimloque wins Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008
• pogle wins Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1

You four will be contacted via email.  If you are really eager, just email me sharepointbuzz AT gmail DOT com and I will reply with instructions.  Look forward to tomorrow when I hold another contest.

1. Balsamiq Mockups
2. Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008
3. Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1
4. Microsoft Expression Studio

Those of you that are making comments to win the books or training dvds will have to wait for a future contest and comment then.  All comments that are not about the prizes listed above, will not be counted.

How do you win?

Simple just comment in the Free Software Giveaways - July SharePoint Buzz Giveaway post on what you would like to win from the above list and why you would like to win!  It’s that easy.

1. Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 - favorite tool of SharePoint designers with WYSIWYG editor and integration with SharePoint its a must have.
   • Download 60 day trail of SharePoint Designer 2007
   • SharePoint Designer 2007 Step by Step Book
   • SharePoint Designer 2007 Tips
   • SharePoint Training Resource
2. Balsamiq Mockups - an amazing tool that I have recently started using.  Its a must have for any business user that needs to create web site layouts to communicate .  I’m so happy with it that I’m currently giving away a licensed copy to one lucky commenter @ July SharePoint Buzz Giveaway.
   

   SharePoint Mockup using Balsamiq Mockups

3. Codeplex
   • SharePoint Branding Tool
   • Stramit SharePoint 2007 Master Picker
   • SuperBranding
   • Dynamic Sharepoint Rebranding Module
   • SharePoint 2007 Features

Are there tools that you prefer over others or have I missed out tools that I or others would find useful? If so, comment below. Don’t forget to comment in our post July SharePoint Buzz Giveaway for Free Software Giveaways.

Next Giveaway

1. Balsamiq Mockups
2. Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008
3. Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1
4. Microsoft Expression Studio

How To Win

I’m trying to make it a bit more difficult then our last giveaway.  This one you have to contribute a little more. Just comment below on what you would like to win and why you think you should win!  The winners will be announced next Tuesday, July 21, 2008.

Prizes:

The list of prizes still is the same as when we launched the giveaway. Except that we have added the book Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices by Ben Curry and Bill English.  Here is the official list:

• Software
  • One (1) - Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008
  • Four (4) - One Year Subscriptions to Windows Live OneCare
  • One (1) - Balsamiq Mockups
  • One (1) - Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1
  • Two (2) - Microsoft Expression Studio
  • One (1) DVD - SharePoint Server 2007 Training Videos - Learn to Setup Your Own SharePoint Server - Step by Step!
• One (1) Hardware - VCC-300 Virtual Console Connection - control two computers as if they were One
• Book
  • One (1) - The SharePoint Sheperd’s Guide for End Users by Robert L. Bogue
  • One (1) - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices by Ben Curry and Bill English
• One (1) Service - 3 hours of SharePoint Branding Consultation by Kanwal Khipple

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Prizes

We have a new addition: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices by Ben Curry and Bill English. The full prize list as it currently stands is as follows:

• Software
  • One (1) - Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008
  • Four (4) - One Year Subscriptions to Windows Live OneCare
  • One (1) - Balsamiq Mockups
  • One (1) - Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1
  • Two (2) - Microsoft Expression Studio
  • One (1) DVD - SharePoint Server 2007 Training Videos - Learn to Setup Your Own SharePoint Server - Step by Step!
• One (1) Hardware - VCC-300 Virtual Console Connection - control two computers as if they were One
• Book
  • One (1) - The SharePoint Sheperd’s Guide for End Users by Robert L. Bogue
  • One (1) - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices by Ben Curry and Bill English
• One (1) Service - 3 hours of SharePoint Branding Consultation by Kanwal Khipple

Windows Live OneCare Winners!

Our first prize is Four (4) - One Year Subscriptions to Windows Live OneCare. With 5 comments and four licenses, the chances were pretty good.  I have randomly picked 4 winners:

• tkaniski
• piercove
• slslusher
• KoenVosters

Each of you have been randomly selected and will recieve an email with instructions.

Any ideas on what are the nicest things to do in Vancouver?

What better way to celebrate this then to giveaway 4 one-year subscription to Windows Live OneCare.

Windows Live OneCare is a computer security service developed by Microsoft for some of its Windows operating systems. The software is an annual paid subscription, which can be used on up to three computers. (source: wikipedia)

What does Windows Live OneCare have:

• Antivirus & antispyware
• Online ID protection
• Firewall
• Multi-PC management
• Printer sharing
• Backup and restore

How to Win

Just comment below and I will randomly draw out the winner by July 9th, 2008.

Things to Think About

• Make sure you use the markup validation (http://validator.w3.org)
• Use color blindness simulators (http://www.vischeck.com) to test pages
• Make sure content and pages have meaningful and accurate titles
• Always provide images with an alt attribute; be brief but meaning, as long you convey the appropriate meaning
• Pages should remain usable if users enlarge text up to twice its original size

Tips

• Separate structure from presentation (CSS) and use proper markup
• HTML headings (e.g. H1) are better than using CSS to style text that makes it look like a heading

Additional Links

Just recently some new content has been made available.  I have also included other links that I found useful:

• Deliver accessible solutions by using Office SharePoint Server (white paper)
• Best practices for developing accessible Web sites (white paper)
• Accessible 404 (PageNotFound) in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Accessibility Kit for SharePoint (codeplex)
• SharePointUrlChanger (codeplex)

With this being my birthday month, recently purchasing a new MacBook Pro (am enjoying it so much) and SharePoint Buzz just going into our 3rd year, I decided it was also a good time to celebrate!.  Instead of one prize giveaway at the end of the month, why not giveaway prizes through out the month.

Without further adue, lets start by listing the prizes for our July SharePoint Buzz Giveaway!

Prizes:

• Software
  • One (1) - Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008
  • Four (4) - One Year Subscriptions to Windows Live OneCare
  • One (1) - Balsamiq Mockups
  • One (1) - Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1
  • Two (2) - Microsoft Expression Studio
  • One (1) DVD - SharePoint Server 2007 Training Videos - Learn to Setup Your Own SharePoint Server - Step by Step!
• One (1) Hardware - VCC-300 Virtual Console Connection - control two computers as if they were One
• Book
  • One (1) - The SharePoint Sheperd’s Guide for End Users by Robert L. Bogue
  • One (1) - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices by Ben Curry and Bill English
• One (1) Service - 3 hours of SharePoint Branding Consultation by Kanwal Khipple

Why Giveaway all this stuff?

Well, the community has been so helpful in getting me closer to my goal of sharing knowledge, I wanted to give back.  Majority of the prizes have been won at community events or purchased by me.  The remaining are products that have donated by company’s that would like to be a part of the SharePoint Buzz Giveaway.  Any company that is interested in participating, then contact me via comments.

Rules

The rules are going to be different based on the giveaway.  Here is how you can win a prize:

• 1 point - Comment in the post
• 5 points - blog about the contest and link to sharepointbuzz.com
• Duplicate submissions for the same prize will only be counted once

Today’s Giveaway

Starting off with a new service for all visitors, anyone who wants a sharepointbuzz.com email address can now register via the sidebar.  Now anyone, can have an email address that ends with @sharepointbuzz.com.  There is no need to comment, browse to sharepointbuzz.com and click the link via the sidebar.  This will be available from now on.

The domain services are hosted by Windows Live. So you get all the additional benefits of:

• Hotmail, Messenger, Contacts
• Spaces, Skydrive
• Events, Gallery, etc.

Click on the Sign Up to register your new email address. Look forward to the next giveaway!