In this video series, you will learn how to develop and customize a WordPress website entirely based on the Microsoft Web Platform using technologies like Windows Server, IIS, Silverlight, Bing Maps and Expression. This video series has been inspired by a French cottage with a website that offers their visitors an interactive photo album, an immersive tourism and cottage visit, a pre-reservation system and an itinerary solution.

In this video series, we will go through the steps required to install, deploy and enrich your site on top of WordPress.

• The Web Platform Installer offers a quick and easy access to IIS, WordPress and the Search Engine Optimization toolkit for the web fundamentals of your site
• Expression Web is used to customize the HTML/CSS presence and run some Cross Browser Compatibility checking
• The Internet Explorer 8 Developer Toolbar gives web developers the opportunity to debug scripts and behaviors
• Internet Explorer 8 WebSlices allow visitors to stay informed with site updates
• Expression Blend and Silverlight offer an unique way to enrich your site with interactive content such as interactive photo album and immersive experience
• Bing Maps enriched the Cottage site to geographically guide visitors and build itineraries

You can download the written guide to follow along with this video series.  As you visit each video, you can download the files associated with that video, and download the video for offline viewing as well.

Videos in this starter kit: