Master Microsoft Expression Web 2 Build dynamic, standards-based web sites for personal or professional use with help from this easy-to-follow guide. How to Do Everything: Microsoft Expression Web 2 shows you how to use all of the versatile features this powerful web design tool has to offer. Screenshots along with detailed text demonstrate how to build your site, style it with Cascading Style Sheets, add multimedia, and enable interactivity. You'll also get details on using PHP and ASP.NET. Now it's easier than ever to get your web site up and running! Build web pages and add and configure text and images Link content in your site View and edit XHTML code Create and manage styles with Cascading Style Sheets Lay out pages with dynamic web templates and layers Organize content in tables and frames Create JavaScript code to add behaviors for action and interaction Include media elements using Silverlight, Flash, Microsoft Media, Java, and Podcasts Collect and validate information with forms Build dynamic pages with PHP and create ASP.NET web pages Optimize, test, publish, and manage your web site

The smart way to learn Microsoft Expression Web 4 -- one step at a time! Experience learning made easy -- and quickly teach yourself how to create dynamic, standards-based Web sites. With Step by Step, you set the pace -- building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Build your site with customizable templates -- or create your own Adjust settings in Expression Web 4 to create different sites Add Photoshop files, Microsoft Silverlight video, and .wmv files Use CSS, HTML, and XHTML to manage site style and accessibility Connect to servers using Microsoft ASP.NET and PHP Choose the right publishing method for your scenario Your Step by Step digital content includes: All the books practice files -- ready to download and put to work. Fully searchable online edition of this book -- with unlimited access on the Web. Video tutorials illustrating important procedures and concepts

The ultimate guide to creating and managing websites using Microsoft Expression Web 4. "In the trenches" guidance, big-picture insights, and exclusive troubleshooting help for building standards-compliant, cross-browser web sites Case studies draw on the author's extensive experience building Web solutions with Microsoft technologies Leverage ASP.NET's power without writing code - and use the free Visual Web Developer Express Edition to develop robust ASP.NET apps Four bonus chapters located online! Download Part 7: Creating Add-ins Using JavaScript and HTML including: 36.Expression Web 4 Add-in Basics 37.Creating a Basic Add-in 38.Packaging, Testing, and Debugging Add-ins 39.Expression Web 4 JavaScript API Reference

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll learn how to build flexible, easy-to-maintain, standards-based websites with Microsoft Expression Web 2. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master the entire process—from concept and design through delivery! Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a strong real-world foundation for success, no matter what kind of site you’re building! Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Expression Web 2 tasks. Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge. By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion. Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks. Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them Learn how to… · Build your first Expression website in just five minutes! · Import text from Microsoft Word and other software · Make the most of Expression Web 2’s advanced image-editing features · Create hyperlinks that simplify navigation, perform actions, and send commands · Write error-free code quickly and easily with Code View and IntelliSense · Use CSS to control your site’s appearance, create standards-based, cross-browser content, and simplify redesigns · Design site layouts that communicate more effectively · Use Dynamic Web Templates to consistently format (or reformat) hundreds of pages · Implement state-of-the-art interactivity with Behaviors · Add Silverlight, Flash, and other multimedia content · Build a web-based email form with FrontPage Server Extensions and PHP · Integrate web application code written in ASP.NET or PHP Morten Rand-Hendriksen is a web designer, developer, programmer, and digital media expert based in Burnaby, B.C., Canada. He has operated Pink and Yellow Media since 2002, creating web and design solutions for small businesses and individuals. For his work with Expression Web, he was invited as a Canadian VIP to the MIX08 conference in Las Vegas and asked to present on Building Compelling Websites on the Microsoft Platform at Microsoft’s Innovation Briefing. He blogs on Expression Web at http://blog.pinkandyellow.com/. Category: Web Development Covers: Microsoft Expression Web 2 User Level: Beginning–Intermediate

Essential guide to Expression Web 2, Microsoft's professional designer and developer tool for creating Web sites.

Microsoft Expression Web offers a powerful array of visual tools for creating great looking sites while fully supporting Web-based standards. Expression Web makes it easy for designers to quickly design cool sites with tools that feel familiar. Thanks to Expression Web's underlying standards, the files can then be passed to developers who can code the site in the development tools they prefer. This back and forth without designers having to touch the code unless they want to makes this a powerful program. In Expression Web 2, Microsoft has added support for PHP backed sites and made it easy to work with PHP. Other new features include: Silverlight support and new editing capabilities for Flash SWF and Windows Media files. In addition Expression Web 2 now provides ASP.NET AJAX server controls that enable users to quickly create web pages that include a rich user experience with responsive and familiar user interface (UI) elements.

Microsoft's Expression Suite promises new levels of power in creating rich dynamic user experiences on the web, and Expression Web Designer is but one program within that suite. This is one of the first books available on the subject. The author starts with the very basics, and then takes the reader up to advanced level through a series of practical real world exercises. Although no knowledge is assumed, the book is carefully written to not be patronizing, and be of use to more advanced web developers and designers wishing to make use of the software, as well as complete beginners.