Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web

Editorial Review:

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

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Technical overview not site design:

I don't think the description "The only Expression Web book you need" is correct.
It is a book designed for web developers. It is not designed for relatively new web designers. Even though I have built many sites using Frontpage, this book was confusing to read.
One of the key components of a website is navigation, yet in a book with 720 pages, only 20 pages is devoted to navigation, and then only using ASP.NET, so if your webhost doesn't support ASP.NET you are out of luck.
It is a great... more info

Essential:

If you use expression, this book is for you, learn everything there is to learn!

Is this the best book out there?:

I bought this book based on the many very positive reviews it received, and maybe my expectations were unrealistic.
I'm new to web design, so I'm learning a lot of things at once. I was hoping that this book would make the Expression part of the learning curve feel a little less steep, and it did help. But it did not answer all of the many questions I have. Possilby I'm so unsophisticated that the answers are right in front of me and I don't see them.
I ended up using the templates that come with... more info

Learn from the FrontPage Master:

Anyone who used FrontPage knows who Jimco is and knows that he is the master of FrontPage. When Microsoft got rid of FrontPage and gave us Expression Web, Jimco picked up the ball and ran with it. The result is this book.
Like alot of people who were new to Expression Web, I had trouble with moving to CSS and starting to use ASP.Net to replace all of the FrontPage bots that I found missing in Expression Web. This book taught me everything I needed to know to get up to speed on building a website that... more info

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