Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 2 in 24 Hours

by Rand-Hendriksen, Morten

• ISBN13: 9780672330292
• ISBN10: 0672330296
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-24
• Publisher: Sams Publishing

Summary

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, yours"ll learn how to build flexible, easy-to-maintain, standards-based websites with Microsoft Expression Web 2. Using this bookrs"s straightforward, step-by-step approach, yours"ll master the entire processfrom concept and design through delivery! Each lesson builds on what yours"ve already learned, giving you a strong real-world foundation for success, no matter what kind of site yours"re building! Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Expression Web 2 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 tohellip; Build your first Expression website in just five minutes! Import text from Microsoft Word and other software Make the most of Expression Web 2rs"s advanced image-editing features Create hyperlinks that simplify navigation, perform actions, and send commands Write error-free code quickly and easily with Code View and IntelliSense Use CSS to control your siters"s appearance, create standards-based, cross-browser content, and simplify redesigns Design site layouts that communicate more effectively Use Dynamic Web Templates to consistently format (or reformat) hundreds of pages Implement state-of-the-art interactivity with Behaviors Add Silverlight, Flash, and other multimedia content Build a web-based email form with FrontPage Server Extensions and PHP Integrate web application code written in ASP.NET or PHP Morten Rand-Hendriksen is a web designer, developer, programmer, and digital media expert based in Burnaby, B.C., Canada. He has operated Pink and Yellow Media since 2002, creating web and design solutions for small businesses and individuals. For his work with Expression Web, he was invited as a Canadian VIP to the MIX08 conference in Las Vegas and asked to present onBuilding Compelling Websites on the Microsoft Platformat Microsoftrs"s Innovation Briefing. He blogs on Expression Web at http://blog.pinkandyellow.com/. Category: Web Development Covers: Microsoft Expression Web 2 User Level: Beginning-Intermediate $29.99 USA / $32.99 CAN / pound;18.99 Net UK

Author Biography

Morten Rand-Hendriksen is the owner and creative director of Pink & Yellow Media, a design company that provides digital media creations for small businesses and television. Through the years he has had many different titles: photographer, studio musician, composer, politician, writer, jeweler, philosopher, artist, and university senate member. But it is in the role of a designer he feels truly at home (at least for the moment).

 

Morten started designing websites back in 1997, but it wasn’t until he moved to Canada in 2002 that he really started to focus on web design as a possible career (surprisingly there were few job listings for Norwegian philosophy majors in Vancouver at the time). Over the years he has worked with many different technologies, but after being introduced to Expression Web 2 he has shifted the focus of the web part of his business almost exclusively to the art of CSS and blog design. Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 2 in 24 Hours is his first published book. You can also find his tutorials and other design-related musings on his blog at http://blog.pinkandyellow.com and in many different forums and newsgroups throughout the Web. If you have any questions relating to the book, you can contact Morten by writing to [e-mail].

 

 

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Get to Know Microsoft Expression Web 2	p. 3
Introducing Expression Web 2	p. 3
Getting and Installing Expression Web 2	p. 5
Getting Acquainted with the Workspace	p. 6
Changing and Customizing the Workspace	p. 15
Summary	p. 20
Q&A	p. 20
Workshop	p. 20
Quiz	p. 21
Answers	p. 21
Beginning at the End: A Walkthrough of the Finished Project	p. 23
Introduction	p. 23
Working With a Completed Website	p. 24
Previewing the Site in Your Browser	p. 27
Exploring the Website in Expression Web 2	p. 34
Keeping Your Pages Functional	p. 36
Summary	p. 38
Q&A	p. 38
Workshop	p. 39
Exercise	p. 39
A Website Is Really Just Text-Build One in 5 Minutes	p. 41
Introduction	p. 41
Creating a New Website	p. 41
Creating Your First Web Page	p. 44
Testing Your Web Page in Multiple Browsers	p. 47
Summary	p. 50
Q&A	p. 50
Workshop	p. 51
Quiz	p. 51
Answers	p. 51
Building the Home Page-A Look Behind the Curtain	p. 53
Introduction	p. 53
Opening and Editing an Existing File Using Code View	p. 53
Importing Styled Text from a Document	p. 57
Cleaning Up Imported Text	p. 60
Summary	p. 63
Q&A	p. 64
Workshop	p. 64
Quiz	p. 65
Answers	p. 65
Exercise	p. 65
Get Connected-Building Hyperlinks for Navigation and Further Exploration	p. 67
Introduction	p. 67
Importing a New Page	p. 68
Creating an Internal Hyperlink	p. 69
Creating External Links and New Windows	p. 73
Creating Links Within Documents Using Bookmarks	p. 76
Creating an Email Hyperlink	p. 78
Summary	p. 79
Q&A	p. 79
Workshop	p. 80
Quiz	p. 80
Answers	p. 80
Exercise	p. 81
Get Visual, Part 1: Adding Images to Your Page	p. 83
Introduction	p. 83
Images on the Web: Three File Types for Three Uses	p. 84
Importing and Inserting an Image	p. 85
Using Picture Properties to Change the Appearance of an Image	p. 89
Summary	p. 94
Q&A	p. 94
Workshop	p. 95
Quiz	p. 95
Answers	p. 95
Exercise	p. 96
Get Visual, Part 2: Advanced Image Editing, Thumbnails, and Hotspots	p. 97
Introduction	p. 97
Exploring the Pictures Toolbar	p. 97
Using the Pictures Toolbar to Add and Change an Image	p. 100
Creating Hotspots	p. 106
Summary	p. 107
Q&A	p. 108
Workshop	p. 108
Quiz	p. 109
Answers	p. 109
Exercise	p. 109
Cracking the Code-Working in Code View	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
Using Code View as a Learning Tool	p. 111
Tools in Code View	p. 116
Summary	p. 121
Q&A	p. 122
Workshop	p. 123
Quiz	p. 123
Answers	p. 123
Exercise	p. 124
Get Boxed In, Part 1: Using Tables for Content	p. 125
Introduction	p. 125
Five-Minute History of Tables in Web Pages	p. 126
Creating a Table from Scratch	p. 127
Changing the Appearance of a Table	p. 129
Using the Table Layout Tool to Make Nonstandard Tables	p. 138
Summary	p. 140
Q&A	p. 140
Workshop	p. 141
Quiz	p. 141
Answers	p. 141
Exercise	p. 142
Bringing Style to the Substance with Cascading Style Sheets	p. 143
Introduction	p. 143
CSS Sans Code	p. 144
Setting the Font Family for the Entire Document	p. 149
Using the Cascade to Override Styles	p. 151
Summary	p. 159
Q&A	p. 159
Workshop	p. 160
Quiz	p. 160
Answers	p. 160
Exercise 161
Get Boxed In, Part 2: Knee Deep in CSS 163
Introduction 163
CSS Classes-Because Not All Content Should Be Treated Equally 164
Introducing ID-Classes Almost Identical Twin 169
Classes Within Classes: Micromanaging the Content 172
Pseudoclasses 173
Understanding the Box Model 176
Summary 179
Q&A 180
Workshop 180
Quiz 180
Answers 181
Exercise 181
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Excerpts

Introduction Introduction About This BookBecause you have opened this book and started reading the introduction, I am assuming that you are interested in learning how to create websites using Microsoft's new and exciting web development application, Expression Web 2. If so, I congratulate you: By choosing this application as your platform, you are already well on your way to creating functional and well-designed sites based on web standards. In other words, unlike me, you are putting the proverbial horse before the cart and starting at the beginning rather than learning things the hard way.Expression Web 2 is the second version (duh!) of a web design and development platform that sees Microsoft take a whole new approach to the concept of web standards. As a result, you now have an application that produces standards based websites right out of the box without requiring any tweaking or custom coding on your end. In fact, using Expression Web 2, you can create advanced standards-based websites with lots of fancy interactive features without ever writing a line of code. And with that the threshold for learning, understanding, and creating websites that look and behave the same across all browsers and platforms is lowered to a level anyone can manage.When I started writing this book, I spent a lot of time thinking about you, the reader; more specifically how to ensure that after reading this book, you would walk away with not only an understanding of the application but also how to use it to get from an idea to a finalized product. The result of my ponderings was a website called MyKipple.com that showcases many of the basic and more advanced functions available in Expression Web 2. By following the tutorials in this book, you will build the MyKipple.com website from scratch and in the process learn how all the different elements come together and how to get the most out of the application. When you have finished the last hour and the site is complete, you will have both the tools and know-how to build your own websites using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and the many other functions that Expression Web 2 offers. You will also have a basic understanding of how the application deals with more advanced coding languages such as ASP.NET and PHP, and you'll even learn how to publish a simple Silverlight application.Accompanying this book is a small web site that contains information about the book itself along with the lesson files for each hour and in time a Wiki or a forum for you the reader to get further information and showcase your work. The web site is located at http://expression.pinkandyellow.com . Who Is This Book For?I always ask people why they do what they do because it says volumes about the end result. Therefore it is only fair that I ask myself the same question and provide you with the answer