Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 3 in 24 Hours, Rough Cuts

Description

This is a working draft of a pre-release book. It is available before the published date as part of the Rough Cuts service.

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

Sample Content

Table of Contents

Introduction . . .1

Introducing Expression Web 3 . . . 5

Getting and Installing Expression Web 3 . . . 7

Getting Acquainted with the Workspace . . . 7

The Program Bar. . . 7

The Menu Bar . . . 8

Common and Other Toolbars . . . 9

Code, Design, and Split View . . . 10

Left and Right Panels . . . 12

Status Bar . . . 14

Changing and Customizing the Workspace . . . 15

Introduction . . . 23

Working with a Completed Website . . . 24

Previewing the Site in Your Browser . . . 27

Setting Up a Website and Building Pages . . . 28

Hyperlinks . . . 28

Images . . . 28

Tables . . . 28

Styling the Content . . . 29

Page Layout . . . 29

Buttons . . . 30

Behaviors . . . 30

Frames and Layers . . . 30

The Main Menu . . . 31

Contact Forms . . . 31

Flash and Silverlight Galleries . . . 32

Exploring the Website in Expression Web 3 . . . 33

Keeping Your Pages Functional . . . 35

Introduction . . . 39

Creating a New Website . . . 39

Creating Your First Web Page . . . 42

Testing Your Web Page in Multiple Browsers . . . 47

SuperPreview: A Sneak Preview . . . 49

Introduction . . .

Opening and Editing an Existing File Using Code View . . . 53

Importing Styled Text from a Document . . . 57

Cleaning Up Imported Text . . . 58

Introduction . . . 65

Import a New Page and Create an Internal Hyperlink . . . 66

Creating External Links and New Windows . . . 72

Creating Internal Links Within Documents Using Bookmarks . . . 74

Creating an Email Hyperlink . . . 76

Introduction . . . 81

Images on the Web: Three File Types for Three Uses . . . 82

Importing and Inserting an Image . . . 83

Create a New Folder and Import a New Image . . . 84

Using Picture Properties to Change the Appearance of an Image . . . 87

The General Tab . . . 87

The Appearance Tab . . . 89