Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web (Paperback)

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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

About the Author

Jim Cheshire is best known as the owner of Jimco, the most popular producer of freeware add-ins for Microsoft FrontPage. Jim is also the author of Special Edition Using Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003, the highest-rated book on FrontPage 2003.

 

In his real job, Jim works as an Escalation Engineer at Microsoft on the ASP.NET team. He has worked on the FrontPage, Visual Basic, ASP, IIS, and ASP.NET teams at Microsoft over the last 8 years.

 

You can reach Jim by visiting one of his Web sites, www.jimcobooks.com or www.jimcosoftware.com. You can also e-mail him at [e-mail].

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Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Que; Book & CD-Rom edition (January 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789736055
• ISBN-13: 978-0789736055
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #188,007 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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44 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simplifies the complex!, January 12, 2007

By	kesali (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

If you have been using Front Page and think you are going to jump right into Microsoft Expression, you are in for a big surprise. You are basically "starting over" to learn a new Website building program. I am very familiar with Front Page, but that was of little help in finding my way around Expression.

Using Microsoft Expression Web is an excellent and well-written book. It is of tremendous help for me in learning and utilizing Expression. It has step-by-step examples, helpful illustrations, troubleshooting help for each chapter, and tips thrown in as you go along.

I have four books plus the manual to help me stay afloat with Dreamweaver MX. I have one book, Jim Cheshire's Using Microsoft Expression Web, to help me stay afloat with Expression. If you purchase Expression, get this book along with it.

Kesali

36 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Kits, Cats, Sacks, Wives, February 27, 2007

By	Alarmed Nut (Storrs, CT) - See all my reviews

I found the book difficult to follow. For example, Expression Web offers four options for publishing. All of them were described in some detail, but I still can't tell which one to use for a simple website. The book does a good job of telling you everything you would find out eventually if you clicked the options yourself at random. Unfortunately, I needed something with a more focused approach, not something that keeps telling me there three other ways to do whatever I want to do.
The book does capture a certain enthusiasm for standards and cascading style sheets, but would profit from practicing what it preaches. Focusing on a central idea in each chapter and subordinating the rest would help readers like me. I'll order the Visual Quick Start and keep this for reference.

37 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As Good, As Complete a Book as You'll Find, January 6, 2007

By	John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The popular web design tool from Microsoft named FrontPage was first developed by a software company named Vermeer. Microsoft bought the company, and down through the years has updated, revised, and greatly expanded FrontPage to make it an ever more powerful tool. Having said that, FrontPage remained a tool of the casual web developer, not the professional. It simply had too many structural problems to be useful at a professional level.

Now Microsoft has done a basic structural re-write of FrontPage, fixing problems, making the resulting web pages standards compliant, supporting the new standards, and incorporating Microsoft's new expanded operating system environment ASP.NET.2.0. The result is an entirely new package that builds on the FrontPage concepts and takes them to a new level.

Jim Cheshire maintains the JimcoSoftware website which is the best known source of add-ins for FrontPage. He has worked in the FrontPage team at Microsoft, and now works in the ASP.NET team. He has been a FrontPage fan for many years and has written this book from the view of one who completely understands his subject but still knows how to inform the beginner of what's going on. This is as good, as complete, a book on 'Expression Web' as you will ever find.