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Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web 2 (Special Edition Using)

Jim Cheshire

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Special Edition Using Microsoft® Expression® Web 2

The only EXPRESSION WEB 2 book you need

The successor to the best-selling book on the first release of Microsoft Expression Web, this book provides comprehensive coverage of Microsoft Expression Web 2. You’ll learn the basics of Web design and Expression Web 2 and gain valuable insight into Expression Web 2’s advanced features, such as ASP.NET and PHP development. If you’re interested in learning how to design standards-compliant Web sites using Expression Web 2, this is the only book you need.

• Create standards-compliant Web sites with Expression Web 2 that work consistently in all browsers.

• Become proficient in the use of CSS by learning how to use the powerful CSS tools in Expression Web 2.

• Learn how to take advantage of ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX without writing any code.

• Learn how to use the new PHP features available in Expression Web 2.

• Add dynamic, interactive content with Behaviors and Layers.

• Design your Web site for accessibility using both Section 508 and WCAG compliance.

“Expression Web was built to help web authors create standards-based and standards-compliant web sites. Jim Cheshire has a broad understanding of those standards and a deep appreciation of Expression Web. Put the two together and you’ve got a guide that helps you understand and build sites that meet the challenges of modern Web design.”

—Steven Guttman,

Product Unit Manager,

Expression Web

Jim Cheshire is the owner of Jimco Software, a freeware software company and technology review site, and is the author of several books on Web development and ASP.NET. Jim has been heavily involved in Web development for more than a decade and has operated and designed many Web sites during that time. He’s been featured in numerous publications, including MSDN Magazine and PC Magazine. Jim previously worked on the FrontPage team at Microsoft and currently is an escalation engineer on the ASP.NET and IIS teams.

Category: Web Development

Covers Microsoft Expression Web 2

User Level Beginning—Advanced

On the CD-ROM

• Sample files from the author

• FREE! full version of Logo Creator (retail value of $39.95)

• FREE! full version of DHTML Menu Builder Lite (retail value of $25)

• Electronic version of this book in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF)

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Microsoft Expression Web 2 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))

Chris Leeds

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The smart way to learn Expression Web 2 one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, hands-on exercises, and practice files on CD and master the fundamentals of creating effective Web sites. You ll work with advanced design technologies and discover the powerful and easy-to-use Web design experience that Expression Web 2 delivers. Teach yourself how to create professional-looking Web pages, work with powerful design tools and task panes, and incorporate support for XML, Microsoft ASP.NET, and XHTML. You ll also learn how to build templates, work with sophisticated cascading style sheets and other design features that help you to precisely control your work, and take advantage of built-in support for today s Web standards. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction, building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Includes an easy-search companion CD with files for practicing the book s lessons, a complete eBook, and more!

Key Book Benefits

Covers the fundamentals for building dynamic, interactive pages that meet today s Web standards Features easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on skill-building exercises Includes an easy-search companion CD with practice files, a complete eBook, and other resources

Microsoft Expression Web For Dummies

Linda Hefferman, Asha Dornfest

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Good resource 4 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book may not be the best book available to get you up & running with expression web quickly, but it has been a valuable resource for me. It has a good index for finging topics quickly, and the explanations of how to do things in Expression Web are fairly simple.

I was a dummy for buying this 2 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I really was hoping that I could cobble together an actual website after reading this, but no. As another reviewer said, it's a mix of the extremely simple and the very complex. There's no in between for someone like me who has created websites in Front Page and other such applications and would like to to the same in Expressions Web. Alas, there is no bridge from one to the other in this book.

Maybe, after I go out an buy another book that tells me how to use the application I can go back to this one and cull some good tips out of some of the chapters on CSS. I thought that the Dummies series was supposed to have that entry-level book, but I thought wrong.

Editorial Review:

Expression Web is Microsoft's newest tool for creating and maintaining dynamic Web sites. This FrontPage replacement offers all the simple "what-you-see-is-what-you-get" tools for creating a Web site along with some pumped up new features for working with Cascading Style Sheets and other design options. Microsoft Expression Web For Dummies arrives in time for early adopters to get a feel for how to build an attractive Web site. Author Linda Hefferman teams up with longtime FrontPage For Dummies author Asha Dornfest to show the easy way for first-time Web designers, FrontPage vets, or users of other Web design tools how to get results from Expression Web.

Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web

Jim Cheshire

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Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web

We crafted this book to grow with you, providing the reference material you need as you move toward Expression Web proficiency and use of more advanced features. If you buy only one book on Expression Web, Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web is the only book you need.

• Create standards-compliant websites with Expression Web that will work consistently in all browsers.
• Become proficient in the use of CSS by learning how to use the powerful CSS tools in Expression Web.
• Learn how to take advantage of ASP.NET without the need to write any code.
• Learn how to use Expression Web with the free Visual Web Developer Express Edition to develop robust ASP.NET applications.
• Add dynamic, interactive content with Behaviors and Layers.
• Design your website for accessibility using both Section 508 and WCAG compliance.

Category Web Development

Covers Microsoft Expression Web

User Level Intermediate—Advanced

“There’s definitely more to this book than just how to use Expression Web. The chapter on tag properties not only clearly explains Expression Web’s Tag Properties task pane, but it also alleviates some of the mystery behind the use of tags in HTML. This is a great book for all users of Expression Web!”

—Detra Newhouse, Readiness Lead,

Microsoft Corporation

Jim Cheshire is the owner of Jimco Software, the most well-known source of freeware add-ins for Microsoft FrontPage, and is the author of Special Edition Using Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003. Jim has been featured in numerous publications including MSDN Magazine and PC Magazine.

Jim previously worked on the FrontPage team at Microsoft and is currently an Escalation Engineer on the ASP.NET and IIS teams.

On the CD-ROM

• Sample files from the author
• FREE! full version of Logo Creator (retail value of $39.95)
• FREE! full version of DHTML Menu Builder Lite (retail value of $25)
• Electronic version of this book in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF)

Introduction xxix

Part I An Overview

Chapter 1 A Tour of Expression Web 3

Part II Web Sites in Expression Web

Chapter 2 Creating a Web Site 25

Chapter 3 Importing a Web Site 41

Chapter 4 Web Site Management and Reporting 67

Chapter 5 Publishing a Web Site 83

Chapter 6 Using Personal Web Packages 93

Part III Creating and Editing Web Content

Chapter 7 Creating Pages and Content 103

Chapter 8 Using Web Page Views 127

Chapter 9 Using Tables and Layout Tables 149

Chapter 10 Using Frames 179

Chapter 11 Using Forms Controls 195

Chapter 12 Editing Tag Properties 215

Chapter 13 Using the Quick Tag Tools 227

Chapter 14 Using Graphics and Multimedia 241

Chapter 15 Configuring Page Editor Options 257

16 Using Find and Replace 271

Part IV Using CSS in Expression Web

Chapter 17 Creating Style Sheets 289

Chapter 18 Managing CSS Styles 311

Part V Optimizing Your Web Site

Chapter 19 Accessibility Features in Expression Web 339

Chapter 20 Designing for Compatibility 349

Part VI Scripting, DHTML, and Other Dynamic Content

Chapter 21 Using Dynamic Web Templates 363

Chapter 22 Using Interactive Buttons 381

Chapter 23 Using Behaviors 393

Chapter 24 Using Client Scripting 415

Chapter 25 Using Layers 439

Chapter 26 Creating VBA Macros 455

Part VII ASP.NET Development in Expression Web

Chapter 27 Using the ASP.NET Development Server 485

Chapter 28 Using Standard ASP.NET Controls 495

Chapter 29 Using ASP.NET Navigation Controls 527

Chapter 30 Using ASP.NET Master Pages 549

Chapter 31 Developing a Login System Using ASP.NET 569

Chapter 32 Implementing Form Validation Using ASP.NET 595

Chapter 33 Using ASP.NET Web Parts 607

Part VIII Accessing Data in Expression Web

Chapter 34 Primer on Data Access Technologies 629

Chapter 35 Accessing Data with ASP.NET 2.0 635

Part IX Appendices

A Using Expression Web with Visual Web Developer Express Edition 655

B Taking Advantage of E-Commerce 677

C The Future of Web Development 685

D Resources on Expression Web, Web Design, and ASP.NET 695

Index 699

Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 2 in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself -- Hours)

Morten Rand-Hendriksen

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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/.

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Microsoft Expression Web Plain & Simple (Bpg - Plain & Simple) (Plain & Simple)

Katherine Murray

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content is covered by the title 4 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

The title does exactly cover the content. The book is plain & simple. A perfect book to start learning Expression web. See it as a good appetizer. You will not learn things into detail, but you will learn the programs possibilties in an easy and simple way. Perfect start. To go into details, you will need another book. I would definitely buy it again.

Editorial Review:

You ll work with advanced design technologies and discover the powerful and easy-to-use Web design experience that Expression Web delivers. You'll learn how to create professional-looking Web pages and work with powerful, but easy-to-use design tools and task panes. You ll also learn how to build templates, work with cascading style sheets and other design features that help you precisely control your work, and take advantage of built-in support for today s Web standards. With PLAIN & SIMPLE, you don't have to wade through superfluous details. This easy-to-use book delivers fast, precise information exactly how and when you need it!

Covers common tasks for creating standards-compliant, professional-looking Web sites with Expression Web

Delivers concise answers in visual format; ideal for beginning-level users of Expression Web

The Microsoft Expression Web Developer's Guide to ASP.NET 3.5: Learn to create ASP.NET applications using Visual Web Developer 2008

Jim Cheshire

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The Microsoft® Expression Web Developer’s Guide

to ASP.NET 3.5

Learn to create ASP.NET applications using Visual Web Developer 2008

Jim Cheshire

“This book is a great reference for web designers new to ASP.NET who are looking to jump start their development with

Visual Web Developer 2008.”

Mikhail Arkhipov

Principal Development Manager – Web Development Tools

Microsoft Corporation

Expression Web introduced ASP.NET to a new group of web developers. This book is designed to help you start using ASP.NET right away to add powerful new features to your website. Don’t worry, you won’t have to learn a lot of programming; instead, you’ll create an ASP.NET application from start to finish using Visual Web Developer 2008, while writing only a very small amount of actual programming code.

DETAILED INFORMATION ON HOW TO…

• Create and work with websites in Visual Web Developer 2008

• Use the different compilation and code models in ASP.NET

• Configure ASP.NET security and other settings

• Use ASP.NET master pages and user controls

• Take advantage of ASP.NET membership features for a password-protected website

• Use form validation in ASP.NET

• Use CSS, skins, and themes

• Access, edit, and add data to a database using ASP.NET

• Send email using ASP.NET

• Use Ajax and ASP.NET Web services

• Debug and troubleshoot ASP.NET

. . . and much more!

Jim Cheshire is the author of several books, including Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web. He has been working with ASP.NET since before its release. He has been heavily involved in the web design community for more than a decade and is widely considered an expert in Microsoft’s web design technologies. Jim currently works as an escalation engineer on the ASP.NET team at Microsoft.

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Microsoft Expression Web (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Nolan Hester

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Get a jump start on using this brand-new Web creation tool from Microsoft. Built from the ground up using current Web standards, Expression Web make it easy to create pages that look good in all browsers. Mirroring the program’s focus on standards, the book shows you how to use Cascading Style Sheets to build consistent, easy to navigate designs. CSS newcomers will welcome the plain-spoken approach to a sometimes intimidating topic. Old hands at CSS will find plenty of tips on using Expression Web’s many style tools, which are some of the best available in any Web creation program.

Packed with more than 600 screenshots, the book goes beyond crafting good-looking single pages. Instead, it shows you how to use templates to generate whole sites with uniform, yet creative, layouts that can be reconfigured with the click of a button. You’ll also learn how to give sites extra polish with interactive behaviors and forms. Microsoft Expression Web: Visual Quickstart Guide contains exactly what you need to get started building standards-compliant Web sites using this powerful tool.

Microsoft Expression Web Step by Step (Microsoft)

Chris Leeds

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The smart way to learn Microsoft Expression Web one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, hands-on exercises, and master the fundamentals of creating effective Web sites. You ll work with advanced design technologies and discover the powerful and easy-to-use Web design experience that Expression Web delivers. You'll learn how to create professional-looking Web pages, work with powerful design tools and task panes, and incorporate support for XML, Microsoft ASP.NET, Extensible HTML (XHTML), and Web pages built using Microsoft Office FrontPage®. You ll also learn how to build templates, work with sophisticated cascading style sheets and other design features that help you to precisely control your work, and take advantage of built-in support for today s Web standards. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction, building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Includes an easy-search companion CD with files for practicing the book s lessons, a complete eBook, and more!

Covers the fundamentals for building dynamic, interactive pages that meet today s Web standards

Features easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on skill-building exercises

Includes an easy-search companion CD with practice files, a complete eBook, and other resources

Microsoft Expression Web 2 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Nolan Hester

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Good content but horrible graphics 3 out of 5 stars.
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My level of web development is pretty basic so I bought this book to help me migrate from using FrontPage to Web Expression. I found the chapters to be well laid out and full of step by step examples. It was useful to go to the publisher's website to get copies of the files used in the examples. However, I found the graphics (screen shots) in the book to be very frustrating. First of all they are too small. I often needed to get out a magnifying glass to see the details that the author was trying to demonstrate. Second, the examples are in black and white with a lot of grey shadings obscuring important text in the examples.

Editorial Review:

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.