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Webinar: VMForce is coming for Spring and Java developers

Matt Kaufman — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:02:39 +0000

Salesforce.com is holding two tech talks on the upcoming VMForce functionality. The first webinar introduces VMWare’s Spring framework to existing force.com developers. The second webinar introduces force.com to existing java developers.

Whichever fits you best, you can register at developerforce.com.

Dreamforce 2010 50% Discount ends tomorrow

Matt Kaufman — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:41:51 +0000

If you haven’t registered for Dreamforce 2010 yet, you may want to do so quickly. The 50% early registration discount ends on July 30th.

You can register at www.dreamforce.com.

If you’ve never attended Dreamforce before, it’s the most valuable event for a Salesforce.com Administrator or Developer. It will instantly increase the ROI on your salesforce.com licensing!

Discounted Dreamforce Registration for Nonprofits

Matt Kaufman — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:00:13 +0000

Nonprofit Registration for Dreamforce 2011 is now open!

Discounted Registration is available to the first 400 employees of nonprofits or education institutions (be sure to use a .org or .edu email address). Registration is only $99.00 a whopping discount from the standard registration rate of $999.00.

You can register at dreamforce.com and be sure to use the nonprofit code of NPRCSTM99.

AppExchange and other Salesforce Link Tips

Matt Kaufman — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:53:53 +0000

Have you ever been sent a link to an AppExchange package and just couldn’t get it installed? Well, sometimes, you need to do a little URL hacking to get things to work.

For instance, here is the installation link for our Web-to-Case Asst product:

https://login.salesforce.com/?startURL=%2Fpackaging%2FinstallPackage.apexp%3Fp0%3D04tA0000000DiMP

Pretty messy,isn’t it. And when you use it you’ll have to login to Salesforce even though you may already be logged in. This can be fixed though. There are several tools on the web that can decode this URL to look more like this:

https://login.salesforce.com/?startURL=/packaging/installPackage.apexp?p0=04tA0000000DiMP

This is starting to look better, but the above URL wont work on Sandbox and still requires you to login. Watch what happens when we split the URL after “startURL=”:

https://login.salesforce.com/?startURL=

/packaging/installPackage.apexp?p0=04tA0000000DiMP

The first part doesn’t look that useful, but the second part is very useful. It’s a relative URL for any salesforce org. This means you can just paste this second part after your Salesforce server URL and instantly go to the right page without any login required. For example:

If you’re on na1 then, to install Web-to-Case Asst in your production org, you would use the following URL:

https://na1.salesforce.com/packaging/installPackage.apexp?p0=04tA0000000DiMP

If you’re on cs3 then, to install Web-to-Case Asst in your production org, you would use the following URL:

https://cs3.salesforce.com/packaging/installPackage.apexp?p0=04tA0000000DiMP

All you have to do is replace the server subdomain with your specific one and voila, instant satisfaction! So stop struggling and start URL hacking, it’ll save you time and you might learn something.

Unofficial Transfer Form for Google Voice to Google Apps

Matt Kaufman — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:49:05 +0000

Lifehacker is reporting some success with a Google form that allows you transfer your Google Voice account to your Google Apps account. The process is officially not sanctioned by Google for this purpose, so you may want to wait, but others are reporting success.

If you’re still not a Google Voice user, then checkout some of our previous posts on the wonderful free tool.

Request to allow Google Voice account transfer [via Lifehacker]

Free Developer Cheat Sheets

Matt Kaufman — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:37:11 +0000

If you’ve ever found yourself in a position where you have to keep referencing API documentation, then you probably know how useful a quick cheat sheet would be. Well, believe it or not, but there’s a whole website dedicated to just cheat sheets for developers. devcheatsheet.com has a plethora of cheat sheets for almost all of your development needs. We say almost, because it doesn’t have the salesforce.com cheat sheets available at developerforce.com.

devcheatsheet.com [via downloadquad]

Webinar: Salesforce Report Builder Developer Preview

Matt Kaufman — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:18:29 +0000

The next salesforce.com Tech Talk webinar is on July 22, 2010 at two different times, 6:00am PDT and 10:00am PDT. This time they will be demoing the new Report Builder interface as detailed below:

Report Builder is a new version of building reports on Force.com. This new interface is intuitive and blazingly fast. In this Webinar you will:

Learn about the reporting features in Report Builder
See a demo of Report Builder in action
Learn how application users can use and customize custom reports
See how to create custom reports for packaged apps
Hear about the near-term Report Builder roadmap

Gmail: Rich Text Signatures now available

Matt Kaufman — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:54:17 +0000

The Gmail team at Google just added the ability to use rich-text in your email signature! This is a long awaited feature and one that makes Gmail even more suited for business email.

Rich Text Signatures [The Official Gmail Blog]

Android vs iPhone

Matt Kaufman — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:52:47 +0000

If you’re all about Google then you probably already have an Android phone. If you don’t and are curious about how they stack up against the iPhone, then checkout this post on Lifehacker.com about Adam Dachis’ experience migrating to an Android Phone.

Jumping Ship from iPhone to Android a Switchers Guide

Highlights of new Google Apps features

Matt Kaufman — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:02:07 +0000

If you haven’t already switched to Google Apps and are looking for even more reasons to do so then check out these latest features on the Official Google Apps blog

Google Apps Highlights – 7/2/2010

If you’re interested in Google Apps, give us a ring, we can get you up and running with all of your existing emails migrated in a week or less!