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Microsoft Expression Web 4 In Depth

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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

    Customer Reviews

    9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - paid for itself within days, August 2, 2011
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    Jane Bennett (Melb, Australia) - See all my reviews
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    This review is from: Microsoft Expression Web 4 In Depth (Paperback)
    This is EXACTLY the book I wanted.
    I'd bought the Expression Web4 program and was really struggling to learn to use it properly by myself. It's a complex full-featured program with a lot to know. I've only had this book for a few days, but it's already more than justified its cost by demystifying heaps of things about how EW works. I've already learned a whole lot of things I hadn't understood, plus a number of incredibly useful, quick and nifty (not to mention efficient!) ways of doing things that I'd been going about the looooonnng way around.

    I very much like the way it's laid out, and Jim writes very clearly and explains well. Heaps of helpful examples. I do recommend registering the book with informit, so you get access to a full PDF copy of the book in colour (which helps illustrate even better how some of Expression Web works, highlighting tags, etc) plus codes, and more to use with the book.

    I disagree entirely that this book is 'not for... Read more
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    4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good, but has weaknesses, February 4, 2012
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    Geoffrey Brown (Taconic, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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    This review is from: Microsoft Expression Web 4 In Depth (Paperback)
    Despite the advice to use this like a reference and look up things of interest, I am reading it "like a book" from front to back. Here's why: I started writing HTML before the web (as a way to make customer service scripts easier for telephone reps to use (click the term in question and read more about the topic)). I was an early user of Front Page, beginning when it was part of MS Office, and continuing through FP 2000, FP 2002, and am still using FP 2003 for several websites. I had looked at Expression Web when it was introduced, noticed all the missing features that I used in FP, and never made the switch. Now, a customer's web host has dropped FP server extensions, and I'm forced to use Expression Web.

    Microsoft has never bothered to create a really easy transition path from Front Page to Expression Web, unfortunately. I'm sure that someplace they have a secret list of exactly what breaks when you migrate from FP to EW, but I've not found it. They condemn you to... Read more
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    13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
    2.0 out of 5 stars not for those inexperienced with Expression Web., March 3, 2011
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    This review is from: Microsoft Expression Web 4 In Depth (Paperback)
    I think this book is for those who are experienced with Expression Web. It is a good reference book for anyone that is basically competent in Expression Web and needs a reminder on occasion how to perform a task, or wants to learn how to perform any new features.

    The procedures are given matter-of-factly with very few samples. In my opinion, any one buying this book to go from newby (like me) to competent will be very disappointed.

    Again, it is a good reference book for reminders on how to accomplish a procedure that you may have forgotten or are weak in. Definitely not a book for beginners!!!

    I rated it low to alert beginners that this might not be their best choice.
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    Online Sample Chapter

    Using Frames with Microsoft Expression Web 4

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    Table of Contents

    An Overview

    1.     An Overview of Expression Web 4

     

    Creating Content in Expression Web 4

    2.     Creating, Opening, and Importing Sites

    3.     Creating Pages and Basic Page Editing

    4.     Using Page Views

    5.     Using Tables

    6.     Using Frames

    7.     Editing Tag Properties

    8.     Using the Quick Tag Tools

    9.     Using Graphics and Multimedia

    10.   Using Find and Replace

    11.   Configuring Page Editor Options

    12.   Maintaining Compatibility and Accessibility

    13.   Using SuperPreview

     

    Publishing and Managing Websites

    14.   Publishing a Site

    15.   Site Management and Reporting

    16.   Using Personal Web Packages

     

    Using CSS in Expression Web 4

    17.   Creating Style Sheets

    18.   Managing CSS Styles

     

    Scripting, DHTML, and Other Dynamic Content

    19.   Using Dynamic Web Templates

    20.   Using Interactive Buttons

    21.   Using Behaviors

    22.   Client Scripting

    23.   Using Layers

    24.   Using Form Controls

     

    ASP.NET and PHP Development

    25.   Using Standard ASP.NET Controls

    26.   Using ASP.NET Navigation Controls

    27.   Using ASP.NET Master Pages and User Controls

    28.   Developing a Login System Using ASP.NET

    29.   Form Validation Using ASP.NET

    30.   Using ASP.NET Web Parts

    31.   Using ASP.NET AJAX

    32.   Using PHP

    33.   Using the Microsoft Expression Development Server

     

    Managing Data with ASP.NET

    34.   Displaying and Editing Database Data with ASP.NET

    35.   Creating an ASP.NET Email Contact Form

     

    (BONUS DOWNLOAD CHAPTERS) 

    Creating Add-ins Using JavaScript and HTML

    36.Expression Web 4 Add-in Basics (bonus download chapter)

    37.Creating a Basic Add-in (bonus download chapter)

    38.Packaging, Testing, and Debugging Add-ins (bonus download chapter)

    39.Expression Web 4 JavaScript API Reference (bonus download chapter)

     

     

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