Overview

Need answers quickly? Microsoft Expression Web 3 on Demand provides those answers in a visual step-by-step format. We will show you exactly what to do through lots of full color illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions.   Create Web sites using drag and drop controls Create Cascading Style Sheet layouts Insert Flash, Windows Media, and Photoshop content Write, edit, and optimize code and scripts Use IntelliSense to help reduce coding errors Preview and compare pages in multiple browsers Update Web sites for Windows Internet Explorer 8 Integrate media and Web applications using Microsoft Silverlight Create dynamic Web templates Create forms to gather online information Retrieve and present data from live RSS feeds Integrate data from databases or XML data Create dynamic Web content using ASP.NET technology Explore the capabilities of Microsoft Expression Studio Register your book at queondemand.com to gain access to: Workshops and related files Keyboard shortcuts Includes Workshops More than 500 of the Most Essential Expression Web Tasks  

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Author:   Steve Johnson ,  . Perspection Inc.
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Que Corporation,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.766kg
ISBN:  

9780789739803

ISBN 10:   0789739801
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   05 November 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Introduction xv 1 Getting Started with Expression Web 3 1 Preparing to Install Expression Web 3 2 Installing Expression Web 3 3 Starting Expression Web 3 4 Viewing the Expression Web Window 5 Working with Toolbars 6 Using Panels 8 Viewing the Folder List 10 Creating a Simple Web Page 11 Saving a Web Page 12 Opening an Existing Web Page 13 Working with Views 14 Switching Between Pages and Views 16 Using Visual Aids 17 Getting Help While You Work 18 Getting Expression Web Updates on the Web 20 Closing a Web Page 21 Exiting Expression Web 22 2 Creating a Web Site 23 Planning a Web Site 24 Creating a Web Site Using a Template 25 Working with Template Content 26 Managing Template Content 28 Creating a One Page Web Site 30 Opening an Existing Web Site 32 Importing Web Content 34 Adding Pages to Your Web Site 36 Creating a Web Package 38 Saving a Web Site 39 Renaming a Web Site 40 Deleting a Web Site 41 Managing Site Lists 42 3 Working with Web Pages 43 Creating an HTML Page 44 Opening Web Pages from Within a Web 46 Navigating Web Pages 48 Displaying Web Pages in the HTML Format 49 Managing Web Pages 50 Setting the Home Page 52 Changing the Web Page Title 53 Changing Web Page Properties 54 Inserting Background Pictures and Watermarks 56 Changing Background Colors 58 Adding Background Sound 59 Setting Paper Size 60 Previewing Web Pages in Snapshot 61 Previewing Web Pages in a Browser 62 Displaying Web Pages in SuperPreview 64 Printing Web Pages 66 Creating a Page Template 68 Using a Dynamic Page Template 70 Creating a Master and Content Page 72 Saving a Web Page with Different Formats 74 Expression Web Formats 75 Animating Page Transitions 76 4 Working with Web Page Text 77 Entering Text in a Web Page 78 Selecting Text in a Web Page 79 Editing Text 80 Making Corrections 81 Inserting a Line or Paragraph Break 82 Moving and Copying Text 84 Setting Text Indention and Spacing 86 Setting Text Alignment 88 Inserting Symbols 89 Inserting Horizontal Lines 90 Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists 92 Creating Sublists 94 Applying Styles 95 Creating Heading and Definitions 96 Formatting Text 98 Adding Text Effects 100 Accessing More Colors 101 Finding and Replacing Text or Code 102 Finding and Replacing HTML Tags 104 Checking Spelling 106 Using Custom Dictionaries 108 Checking Spelling for Language 110 Checking Spelling as You Type 112 Finding the Right Words 113 Changing Default Text 114 Creating and Changing Font Families 115 Inserting Text from a File 116 5 Working with Web Page Graphics 117 Understanding Graphics 118 Changing Graphic Defaults 119 Inserting Graphics 120 Inserting Photoshop Graphics 122 Inserting a Graphic from a Scanner or Camera 124 Copying and Pasting Graphics from the Web 125 Selecting and Moving Graphics 126 Working with Graphics 127 Resizing and Resampling Graphics 128 Creating Thumbnails 130 Cropping Graphics 132 Rotating and Flipping Graphics 133 Changing Graphic Positioning 134 Changing Graphic Stacking Order 135 Working with Layers 136 Wrapping Text and Aligning Graphics 138 Adjusting Graphic Contrast and Brightness 140 Converting Graphic Color 142 Adding a Bevel to a Graphic 144 Adding Margins and Padding to Graphics 145 Applying Borders and Shading 146 Changing Graphic Formats 148 Changing the Way Graphics are Displayed 150 Restoring a Graphic 152 6 Working with Web Page Media 153 Inserting Flash Movies 154 Setting Flash Movie Properties 156 Inserting Windows Media 158 Setting Windows Media Properties 160 Working with Silverlight Media 162 Inserting Silverlight Media 163 Inserting Silverlight Videos 164 Inserting Deep Zoom Composer Images 165 Setting Security for ActiveX Controls 166 Running ActiveX Controls 167 Previewing and Playing Media 168 Previewing Silverlight Media 170 7 Adding Hyperlinks to Web Pages 171 Creating Bookmarks 172 Creating Hyperlinks Within a Web Page 174 Creating Hyperlinks to Files and Web Pages 176 Creating Hyperlinks to E-mail Addresses 178 Creating Target Hyperlinks 179 Editing Hyperlinks 180 Adding Hyperlinks to Graphics 182 Adding Graphic Hotspots 184 Highlighting Graphic Hotspots 185 Modifying Graphic Hotspots 186 Adding ScreenTips Hyperlinks 187 Working with Hyperlinks View 188 Verifying Hyperlinks 189 Repairing Broken Hyperlinks 190 8 Adding Interactive Behaviors 191 Inserting Interactive Buttons 192 Working with Interactive Buttons 194 Adding Behaviors to Elements 196 Modifying Behaviors 198 Going to Another Web Page 199 Creating a Jump Menu 200 Displaying Text Messages 202 Preloading and Swapping Images 204 Checking for Browsers and Plug-ins 206 Changing Element Properties 208 Opening Another Browser Window 210 Executing a Script 211 Playing a Sound 212 9 Adding Tables and Layout Tables 213 Creating a Layout Table 214 Drawing a Layout Table and Cells 216 Modifying a Layout Table 218 Creating a Table Using Microsoft Excel Data 219 Creating a Conventional Table 220 Entering Text in a Table 222 Converting Text to a Table 224 Filling a Table with Information 225 Creating Table Captions 226 Adding Cells, Rows, or Columns to Tables 228 Resizing Rows and Columns 229 Splitting and Merging Cells 230 Deleting Table Elements 232 Aligning Cell Contents 233 Changing Table Properties 234 Changing Cell Properties 236 Formatting a Table 238 Adding Color to a Table 240 Adding Images to Table 242 10 Adding Frames and Borders 243 Viewing a Frames Page 244 Creating a Frames Page Using a Template 245 Customizing a Frames Page Template 246 Inserting an Inline Frame 247 Adding Content to Frames 248 Changing Frame Properties 250 Saving Frames Pages 252 Targeting a Frame 254 Editing Frames Pages 255 Splitting Frames 256 Deleting a Frame 257 Show or Hide Border Frames 258 11 Gathering User Input Using Forms 259 Creating Forms 260 Setting Form Properties 262 Understanding Form Fields 263 Setting Form Tab Order 264 Inserting Labels 265 Inserting Text Boxes 266 Inserting Drop-Down Boxes 268 Inserting Group Boxes 269 Inserting Radio Buttons 270 Inserting Check Boxes 271 Inserting Buttons 272 Creating Picture Buttons 274 Inserting File Uploads 275 Saving Form Results to a File 276 Using a Custom Confirmation Page 277 Sending Form Results as E-Mail 278 Saving Form Results to a Custom Form Handler 280 Saving Form Results to a Database 282 Using Other Form Handlers 284 12 Creating Styles and Layouts with CSS 287 Working with HTML Code 288 Understanding CSS Styles and Layouts 289 Inserting Common HTML Tags 290 Using Tag Tools 292 Setting Tag Attributes 294 Using the Quick Tag Selector 295 Using the Quick Tag Editor 296 Using CSS Tools 297 Using IntelliSense 298 Creating Tag-based Styles 300 Creating Class-based Styles 301 Creating Inline Styles 302 Working with Styles 303 Creating and Attaching Style Sheets 304 Using Rulers and Grid 306 Setting Position Properties 307 Creating a CSS Layout Page 308 Creating Contextual Selectors 309 Creating a CSS Layout Page from Scratch 310 Checking for CSS Problems 312 Setting CSS Options 314 13 Working with Advanced Pages 315 Creating an ASP.NET Page 316 Using ASP.NET Controls 317 Inserting ASP.NET Controls 318 Inserting ASP.NET AJAX Controls 320 Using Custom ASP.NET Controls 321 Getting Started with PHP 322 Creating a PHP Page 323 Working with PHP Code 324 Inserting a PHP Script 326 Creating an XML Page 328 Creating a Data View 329 Working with Data in a Data View 330 Formatting Data in a Data View 332 Checking XML Pages 334 Adding RSS Feeds 336 Creating an ASP Page 337 14 Publishing and Managing a Web Site 339 Generating Reports for a Web Site 340 Saving or Copying a Web Site Report 342 Marking Site Files to Not Publish 344 Checking for Accessibility 345 Checking HTML Compatibility 346 Optimizing HTML Before Publishing 348 Changing Web Site Settings 350 Specifying a Remote Web Site 352 Managing Multiple Web Sites 354 Changing Publishing Options 355 Connecting a Remote Web Site 356 Publishing a Web Site 358 Publishing a Web Page 359 Updating a Web Site 360 Checking Publishing Status 362 Managing Files Shared by a Team 363 15 Customizing Expression Web 365 Changing General Options 366 Changing Startup Options 368 Configuring External Editors 369 Customizing Reports View 370 Customizing FTP Options 371 Setting General Page Editor Options 372 Setting Code Formatting Options 374 Changing Code Snippet Options 376 Setting Design View Formatting Options 377 Creating Custom Colors 378 Setting Default Font Options 380 Setting Ruler and Grid Options 381 Setting Byte Order Mark Options 382 Changing Plug-in Properties 384 16 Working with Expression Studio 385 Exploring Expression Design 386 Getting Started with Expression Design 387 Working with Expression Design 388 Exploring Expression Encoder 390 Working with Expression Encoder 392 Exploring Expression Blend 394 Working with Expression Blend 396 Adding Interactivity with Expression Blend 398 Getting Started with Deep Zoom Composer 399 Creating Deep Zoom Composer Images 400 New Features 401 Keyboard Shortcuts 405 Index 411

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Author Information

Steve Johnson has written more than 50 books on a variety of computer software, including Adobe Photoshop CS4 and CS3, Adobe Flash CS4 and CS3, Dreamweaver CS4 and CS3, Adobe InDesign CS4, Adobe Illustrator CS4, Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003, Microsoft Windows 7 and Vista, Microsoft Expression 2, Microsoft Office 2008 for the Macintosh, and Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard. 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. 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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