Microsoft Expression Web Step by Step (Microsoft) [Paperback]

Chris Leeds (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 16, 2007

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

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About the Author

Chris Leeds is a long-time digital photographer and Web enthusiast who has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Office FrontPage for more than three years. He is also a Microsoft FrontPage Registered Web Presence Developer and a member of both the HTML Writer s Guild and International Webmaster s Association and developed a software product that users can use to easily create sites that can be edited and managed with just a browser. Chris was the technical editor for FrontPage 2003 (The Missing Manual) and has also developed several tutorials on FrontPage. He has delivered presentations on how to use FrontPage at various colleges, written articles for various online publications, and contributed extensively to newsgroups dedicated to FrontPage.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (November 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735624402
• ISBN-13: 978-0735624405
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,029,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful Book for Everyone, December 19, 2007

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Corey Bryant - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Expression Web Step by Step (Microsoft) (Paperback)

This book helps the novice webmaster start with Expression Web or convert their website over from FrontPage. If you buy Expression Web, this is a must have book for all. It is simple to follow and contains tutorials for all (from HTML to .NET). Learn how to move "upgrade" your FrontPage website, even if you don't understand HTML code.

This book is a must for users needing to start to use Expression Web, whatever the reason.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Confusing, frustrating, and time-consuming, November 15, 2007

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After I brought the Microsoft Expression Web program, the first books that I brought dealt with coding, i.e. "HTML & XHTML with CSS" by Elisabeth Freeman & Erick Freeman, HTLML, XHTML & CSS Visual Quickstart Guide by Elizabeth Castro, "CSS: The Definitive Guide" by Eric Meyer. After that, I wanted to more specifically learn how to use the Expression Web program, so I purchased Nolan Hester's "Microsoft Expression Web Visual Quickstart Guide," and "Using Microsoft Expression Web" by Jim Cheshire, and this book, "Microsoft Expression Web Step-by-Step."

Although, no book is perfect, Chapter 1 in "Microsoft Expression Web Step-by-Step" was a big disappointment. Many of the directions are incomplete, and the illustrations in the book don't coincide with what is shown in the lesson files. This is confusing, frustrating, and time- consuming.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars worthless or worse, February 18, 2008

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Tom Owen "mister24t" (Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This Step-by-step book is not step-by-step. There are no clearly defined terms, no attendant images, way too many assumptions and the author in general couldn't teach a sack to hold air. If you want to waste your money, buy this book. Otherwise, look elsewhere. It got one star just because I couldn't post this with no star.