Microsoft Expression Web On Demand [Paperback]

Steve Johnson (Author), Perspection Inc. (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0789736470 | ISBN-13: 978-0789736475 | Publication Date: April 29, 2007 | Edition: 1

<>Microsoft^® Expression^®Web On Demand

FOR THOSE WHO WOULD RATHER BE SHOWN HOW THAN TOLD HOW

SEE HOW TO

• Create Web sites using drag and drop controls

• Employ Cascading Style Sheets formatting and management

• Create Cascading Style Sheet layouts

• Create a page design using layout tables

• Create page transition effects and background sounds

• Add interactive buttons and create hyperlinks

• Create dynamic Web templates to reuse

• Create forms to gather online information

• Write, edit, and optimize code and scripts

• Use IntelliSense to help reduce coding errors

• Retrieve and present data from live RSS feeds

• Integrate data from databases or XML data

• Create dynamic Web content using ASP.NET technology

 

On the Web

This book uses real world examples to give you a context in which to use the task. This book also includes workshops to help you put together individual tasks into projects. The Expression Web example files that you need for project tasks are available at www.perspection.com

 

Perspection has written more than thirty-five books on a variety of computer software, including Microsoft Office 2007 and XP, Microsoft Windows Vista and XP, Apple Mac OS X Panther, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Macromedia Flash 8, Macromedia Director MX, and Macromedia Fireworks. In 1991, after working for Apple Computer and Microsoft, Steve Johnson founded Perspection, Inc. Perspection is committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively. Perspection has written more than 80 computer books, and sold more than 5 million copies.

 

Introduction        

1        Getting Started with Expression Web  

2        Creating a Web Site               

3        Working with Web Pages         

4        Working with Web Page Text           

5        Working with Web Page Graphics                 

6        Adding Hyperlinks to Web Pages         

7        Adding Interactive Behaviors              

8        Adding Tables and Layout Tables                  

9        Adding Frames and Borders               

10      Gathering User Input Using Forms                

11      Creating Styles and Layouts with CSS          

12      Publishing and Managing a Web Site          

13      Customizing Expression Web              

Index          

 

 

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About the Author

Steve Johnson has written more than 35 books on a variety of computer software, including Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista and XP, Apple Mac OS X Panther, Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and 8, Macromedia Director MX 2004, Macromedia Fireworks, and Adobe Photoshop CS and CS2. In 1991, after working for Apple Computer and Microsoft, Steve founded Perspection, Inc., which writes and produces software training. When he is not staying up late writing, he enjoys playing golf, gardening, and spending time with his wife, Holly, and three children, JP, Brett, and Hannah. When time permits, he likes to travel to such places as New Hampshire in October, and Hawaii. Steve and his family live in Pleasanton, California, but can also be found visiting family all over the western United States.

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Introduction

How You'll Learn

• How This Book Works

• What's New

• Keyboard Shortcuts

• Step-by-Step Instructions

• Real World Examples

• Workshop

• Get More on the Web

• Get Updates

• Expression Studio

Welcome to Microsoft Expression Web 2 On Demand, a visual quick reference book that shows you how to work efficiently with Expression Web 2. This book provides complete coverage of basic to advanced Expression Web 2 skills.

How This Book Works

You don't have to read this book in any particular order. We've designed the book so that you can jump in, get the information you need, and jump out. However, the book does follow a logical progression from simple tasks to more complex ones. Each task is presented on no more than two facing pages, which lets you focus on a single task without having to turn the page. To find the information that you need, just look up the task in the table of contents or index, and turn to the page listed. Read the task introduction, follow the step-by-step instructions in the left column along with screen illustrations in the right column, and you're done.

What's New

If you're searching for what's new in Expression Web 2, just look for the icon: New!. The new icon appears in the table of contents and through out this book so you can quickly and easily identify a new or improved feature in Expression Web. A complete description of each new feature appears in the New Features guide in the back of this book.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Most menu commands have a keyboard equivalent, such as Ctrl+P, as a quicker alternative to using the mouse. A complete list of keyboard shortcuts is available in the back of this book and on the Web at http://www.perspection.com.

Get Updates

Like any software, it continues to change and get better with updates and patches, so it's important to regularly check the Microsoft Expression Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/.

Expression Studio

Expression Web is part of the Microsoft Expression Studio, which includes Expression Design, Blend, and Media. Expression Design is a professional illustration and graphic design tool that lets you build compelling elements for both Web and desktop application user interfaces. Expression Blend is the professional design tool to create engaging, Web-connected, user experiences for Windows. Expression Media is a professional asset management tool to visually catalog and organize all your digital assets for effortless retrieval and presentation. See Chapter 16, "Working with Expression Studio" for more information and step-by-step instructions for using individual Expression Studio programs.

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--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (April 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789736470
• ISBN-13: 978-0789736475
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Inaccurate Content and Too Simple, May 21, 2008

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Rebecca G. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Expression Web 2 On Demand (Paperback)

I bought this book to try and get a handle on the new features in the product. I found some of the information to be inaccurate (not sure if it was based on a version prior to the version that Microsoft released or if the author was just careless) and some of the information that was included is confusing and hard to follow. I do like the quality of the graphics, but that hardly makes up for the other shortcomings.

There are much better choices available. I also bought Jim Cheshire Using Expression Web 2 and I found it to be much better.

One more thing. I'm not sure why the 5-star review that I see on this book appears here. It appears to be a review for the first Expression Web book from this author. It doesn't seem right for that to be used for this book. Strange.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Waste Your Money, September 9, 2008

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Charles A. Walker "Charlie Walker" (Newborn, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Expression Web 2 On Demand (Paperback)

This book was shipped to me on June 23, 2008. I picked it up a couple of days later to start learning Expression Web 2. I have been using FrontPage in a simple fashion for ten years. I was reminded in the Introduction to download the example files and workshop files from the Publishers web site.

I found the example files, but there was a note that the workshop files would be available 5/25/08. Bear in mind this was the last week in June that I was reading the note. I purchased this book thinking that these files would teach me how to post a reasonably simple CSS EW2 web site. I emailed Perspection and got a prompt response on 7/16 from the Author, Steve Johnson. Steve said there had been a server crash and they were redoing the files. I thanked him and have continued to check the Perspection site frequently. The note is still there on 9/9/08 indicating they would be available 5/25/08. Maybe they meant 2009.

So I gave up and contacted Amazon's instant call back service. This is a great service, and I commend Amazon. I got a lady whose primary language is obviously not English, and she informed me that since I was past the 30 return period, I would have to pay the return postage and a return charge. So I have written a letter to Jeff Bezos, the President of Amazon protesting. I trusted the Publisher and I don't think I should have to eat this book. I have spent several thousand dollars with Amazon this year, and I expect they will do the "right thing", but it sure is a hassle to have to go through this because of the Publisher's ineptude. This is an esthetically pleaseing book as mentioned, but it is not going to teach you Expression Web 2 even if you have a working knowledge of FrontPage. I have not been able to find a book yet that will do that. Too bad that someone does not seem to be able to write a book like David Plotkin's FrontPage 2002, which taught me how to revise my web site to include Frames and some other simple features in an easy step by step fashion. I am now studying some free Expression Web video tutorial sites, a couple of which are quite good, in an effort to grasp EW2 such that I can put up a simple web site in place of my current FrontPage site. Caveat Emptor on this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I concur with other reviewers--this book is dreadful, July 12, 2009

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Lucas "on a quest to read Audible's entire no... (Austin, TX, United States) - See all my reviews
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I'm trying to catch up with the times after being a 9-year user of FrontPage. I was hoping this manual could help me make the transition but it is just absolutely useless. I know how to open a page and edit text--I need to understand what CSS, ASP.NET, etc. is and how to use them. I have never been so disappointed with a computer manual. Do not waste your money.