Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 3 in 24 Hours [Paperback]

Morten Rand-Hendriksen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0672330644 | ISBN-13: 978-0672330643 | Publication Date: September 28, 2009 | Edition: 1

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll learn how to build flexible, easy-to-maintain, standards-based websites with Microsoft Expression Web 3. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master the entire process, from concept through delivery. You’ll learn powerful ways to plan, design, construct, and even redesign websites that are simple to manage and easy to repurpose. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a strong real-world foundation for success, no matter what kind of site you’re building!

• Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Expression Web 3 tasks.
• Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.
• By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion.
• Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.
• Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them

Learn how to…

• Build your first Expression Web 3 website in just five minutes
• Establish work processes for building standards-based sites faster, with far less work
• Write error-free code quickly and easily with Code view and IntelliSense
• Create hyperlinks that simplify navigation, perform actions, and send commands
• Understand, create, and modify CSS style sheets with unprecedented speed and accuracy
• Use Dynamic Web Templates to consistently format (or reformat) hundreds of pages
• Implement state-of-the-art interactivity with buttons, behaviors, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Publish simple Silverlight applications and add multimedia content from Flash and other sources
• Build advanced drop-down and other CSS-based menus from scratch
• Learn how and when to use each of Expression Web’s six publishing options
• Integrate web application code written in ASP.NET or PHP

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About the Author

Morten Rand-Hendriksen is a web designer, developer, programmer, and digital media expert based in Burnaby, B.C., Canada. For his work with Expression Web, he has been honored with Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional Award. He contributes regularly to the official Microsoft Expression newsletter, has been published in international design magazines, and blogs on Expression Web at designisphilosophy.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (September 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672330644
• ISBN-13: 978-0672330643
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #617,137 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Morten Rand-Hendriksen is a web designer and developer with a passion for clean design, standards-based code, and open-source software. He is a multi-year receipient of the Microsoft MVP Award for his work with Expression Web and he specializes in advanced WordPress development and customization. Morten has published several books, articles, and videos on these topics and is a popular speaker at conferences. The Creative Director of the boutique-style digital media company Pink & Yellow Media, he divides his time evenly between building web solutions and teaching others how to do things right and get the most out of the web.

Morten blogs at www.designisphilosophy.com and Tweets under the handle @Mor10. When he's not glued in front of his screens bending and twisting web code to do his bidding you are likely to find him taking pictures, planning the next 12x12 Vancouver Photo Marathon or wearing out his shoes on a ballroom dance floor.

Morten grew up in Norway and made Canada his home in 2002.

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55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear Instructions for a Novice or a Pro, October 7, 2009

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Barry Hampe "Author: 'Making Documentary Film... (Lake Ridge, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 3 in 24 Hours (Paperback)

I bought Expression Web 2 a year ago along with several books of instructions and bogged down completely. (Don't worry, I'm coming to Expression Web 3 in a minute.) One book told what to do, but not why it was being done (basic theory behind the clicks). Another spent so much time on the why, it never seemed to get to the what, and my eyes glazed over. I'd start working my way through a book, then stop and put it off for awhile, then start again. But by then I'd forgotten what I'd done before. Then I found something by Morten online that made so much sense that when I discovered his book on Expression Web 2, I ordered it immediately. It was so great, that after working through a couple of chapters, I e-mailed Morten to tell him how much I liked it and how helpful it was. That's when I learned that he had a new book coming out on Expression Web 3.

Since I hadn't gone very far in EW2, I ordered an update to Expression Web 3 along with this book. Here's what I love about the book. In chapter 1, Morten shows you the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow -- the completed web site that you will build over the next 24 chapters. Then he goes back and shows you how to make a rainbow. The instruction is clear, friendly, and easy to understand. Even though I'm a novice at web site design and just want to be able to improve my own web sites, I'm confident I can do a project that at a minimum will be decent and professional looking and with a little effort can be quite nice. Thanks Morten

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Expression Web Novice, December 23, 2009

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Greg Marczak - See all my reviews
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I have been a fan of Sam's for quite awhile. I found this book to be a good step by step of how to use expression web, especially with CSS. My only complaint, is that for the most part, you must do all the lessons in order for future lessons to work. I wish that the folder for each hour could have been updated with the files that were supposed to have been modified in the previous hour. If they were, then you could skip the sections you know, instead of having to complete the whole book. That being said, I have bought two other books, and this book by far is much easier to understand as it's linear progression takes you from start to finish, instead of jumping all over the place.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Expression-Even for a Beginner, October 12, 2009

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I was a little nervous about Expression Web 3. It's been 7 years since I worked with MS FrontPage and Dreamweaver. I knew just enough to see what Expression Web was offering but not enough to use it without lots of frustration. Thank goodness for Sam's Teach Yourself. It is straightforward and well-organized. I can move to chapters (or "hours") for step-by-step directions, along with screen shots that make the whole process simple. Expression Web 3 has so many great features. Now, thanks to Sam's Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 3 in 24 Hours, I can actually use them.