Microsoft Expression Web 3 On Demand

A visual quick reference book that shows you how to work efficiently with Expression Web 2, with complete coverage of basic to advanced skills.

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

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

Microsoft Expression Design on Demand FOR THOSE WHO WOULD RATHER BE SHOWN HOW THAN TOLD HOW SEE HOW TO • Create, open, and save Expression Design documents • Navigate documents easily by zooming and scrolling • Understand how to use the Expression Design interface controls • Align objects by snapping to grids, guides, and points • Select objects, path segments, and points with the various selection making tools • Arrange, align, distribute, and stack objects on the artboard • Control object visibility and position using Layers panel controls • Draw shapes and paths using the various drawing tools, such as the Pen, B-spline, and Polyline tools • Apply object attributes such as fills, strokes, and effects • Incorporate bitmap images and graphics into your designs • Create and format editable text objects • Export in various formats such as XAML, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, and PDF On the Web This book uses real world examples to give you a context in which to use the task. This book also includes workshops to help you put together individual tasks into projects. The Expression Design example files that you need for project tasks are available at www.informit.com/title/0789738260 Ted LoCascio is a professional graphic designer who served as senior designer at KW Media and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) for several years. He has created layouts, graphics, and designs for many successful software training books, videos, websites, and magazines. Ted is the author of numerous books and has contributed articles to Photoshop User magazine, Creativepro.com, the Quark Xtra newsletter, PlanetQuark.com, and InDesign Magazine. He has also taught at the Adobe CS Conference, the InDesign Conference, the Pixel Conference, the Vector Conference, and PhotoshopWorld. A graphic designer for more than ten years, Ted’s designs and illustrations have been featured in several national newsstand and trade magazines, books, and various advertising and marketing materials.

Beyond the Basics...Beneath the Surface...In Depth Microsoft Expression Web 3 Advice and techniques that you need to get the job done. Looking for ways to streamline your work so that you can focus on maximizing your time? In Depth provides specific, tested, and proven solutions to the problems you run into every day—things other books ignore or oversimplify. This is the one book that you can rely on to answer all the questions you have now and will have in the future. In Depth offers: Comprehensive coverage, with detailed solutions Breakthrough techniques and shortcuts that are unavailable elsewhere Practical, real-world examples with nothing glossed over or left out Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style Quick information via sidebars, tips, reminders, notes, and warnings In Depth is the only tool you need to get more done in less time!