Using This Book

The key to this book, like all of Peachpit’s Visual QuickStart Guides, is that word visual. Using more than 600 screenshots, this book guides you step by step through creating your Web pages and site. Succinct captions explain all of Expression Web’s major functions and options. Ideally, you should be able to quickly locate what you need by scanning the page tabs, illustrations, and captions. Once you find a relevant topic, dig into the text for the details.

After showing you how to set up Expression Web to match your own way of working, the book gives you an overview of why you should focus on building a Web site rather than simply start making a single Web page. A big part of that approach involves using templates and CSS. I explain how you can use both to create a site that can smoothly grow larger over time—without drowning you in the scut work of constantly updating individual pages.