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

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 43 Ratings

Complex Book For MS Expression New User - 2009-05-28
Reviewer Rating:
When I read book tittle:Using Ms Expression Web, I bought it thinking it give me a clear steps by steps how to "start using" this application. I was wrong. The author "starts" in CH1 by telling you most of the tools you will be using are available in task panes , and he goes on in describing each of them. Please Mr. Cheshire I am a new guy in your field, and never saw or learned this application before. Though I am very familiar with Front Page, Dreamweaver and Flash CS3 Professional, it is very hard for me to follow this book. First, I was expecting to see on CH1 starts explaining "MS Expression Web Workspace" with "all the toolbars", "title bars", "folders", "task panes", CSS components,"Layers Area etc, etc, which would give me the full picture of all the components of this application, "and from which" I would be working on all the specific details and features in a progresive manner. For example, on CH2 he describes many ways how to create a web site but nothing specific on this matter. Unfortunately, I need something focussed in the objective, not something that keeps telling me there are several ways how to skin the cat, but one ends up confused. I will search for another book that would teach me specifically in a progressive and systematic sequence this application. I need information where I can feel confortable that I fully understand from the basics to the most complex issues of MS Expression. When I learned Differential Equations, I did it because I had progressively learned before all the fundamentals of math.
Once I reach that level I would get back to this book and integrate its information into my experience. I am sure the book has all the information, but for the time being, I will keep it as a reference.By that time I might change my review level
Thank you

Merely advertising for Microsoft's product - 2009-04-08
Reviewer Rating:
This book is merely an extended advertisement for Microsoft's product. Each feature is presented with its window and expostulations, such as "such-and-such is one of many, useful features!" If you were, for instance, looking to write a DataSource for an adRotator, as SQL, mdb, or XML, you would find no information about how this is done; rather, you would find a picture of the very "Wizards" that you see on your screen with the admonition that "This is easy to do!" Don't waste your money if you have any skills at all and really need help with the basic questions.

Desk reference only - 2008-12-16
Reviewer Rating:
A good reference if you already know how to use Expressions Web - no help at all for the novice - no help even for an experienced Frontpage user.

SWEET BOOK, GREAT BUY! - 2009-09-16
Reviewer Rating:
I am a Technical Administrator and I picked up this book from Amazon to help me with ASP.net as well as some other functions. I like this book very much. There are pictures to refer to, and the book is very easy to navigate through. If you're looking for help with basic ASP.net functions and integrating login pages using Expression, then this is the book for you. If you are an amateur web designer, or new to Expression, this is defiantly the book for you. Even if you've been designing pages for a while it is defiantly a book you'll want to keep on your shelf to reference to. If you're looking for a more advanced book dealing strictly with ASP.net, check out "Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET 3.5 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit." (O_o)

hopefully not the best - 2009-01-14
Reviewer Rating:
I purchased this book, like other reviewers here, based on the positive views that preceded my purchase. I thought it was me but now I realize the book is just okay. Certainly a lot of information is covered but the organization and presentation shows product knowledge rather than "teaching" knowledge. As another reviewer mentioned, you learn just as much by using Expression Web as you do by reading about something in the book. There are too many options presented for doing any one thing rather than just presenting the most expeditious or typical way to do it. I also think that some of the approach is a "backward" way of learning - for example I feel that I would be better off learning about CSS from a book about CSS and just figuring out how Expression Web handles CSS by exploring its interface for that. It has taken me too long to accomplish too little using this book.

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