Book description
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
Table of contents
-
Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression® Web 3 in 24 Hours
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Reader Services
- Introduction
- 1. Get to Know Microsoft Expression Web 3
- 2. Beginning at the End: A Walkthrough of the Finished Project
- 3. A Website Is Really Just Text: Build One in 5 Minutes
- 4. Building a Home Page: A Look Behind the Curtain
- 5. Getting Connected with (Hyper)Links: The Cornerstone of the World Wide Web
- 6. Getting Visual, Part 1: Adding Images and Graphics
- 7. Getting Visual, Part 2: Advanced Image Editing, Thumbnails, and Hotspots
- 8. Cracking the Code: Working in Code View
-
9. Getting Boxed In, Part 1: Using Tables for Tabular Content
-
- Introduction
- One-Minute History of Tables in Web Pages
- Creating a Table from Scratch
-
Changing the Appearance of a Table
- Creating Table Headings
- Changing the Vertical Alignment of Cell Content
- Adding Rows and Columns to the Table
- Merging and Splitting Cells
- Deleting Cells, Rows, and Columns from the Table
- Changing Row and Column Sizes
- Using Table Properties to Change the Appearance of Your Table
- Using Cell Properties to Change the Appearance of Your Cells
- Using AutoFormat to Quickly Change the Look of Your Tables
- Using the Table Layout Tool to Make Nonstandard Tables
- 10. Bringing Style to Substance with Cascading Style Sheets
- 11. Getting Boxed In, Part 2: Knee Deep in CSS
- 12. Styling with Code: Fully Immersed in CSS
- 13. Getting Visual, Part 3: Images as Design Elements with CSS
- 14. Harnessing the Power of CSS Layouts
- 15. Buttons, Buttons, Buttons
- 16. Using Behaviors
- 17. Frames and Layers
-
18. Building a Functional Menu
- 19. Dynamic Web Templates
- 20. Getting Interactive with Forms
- 21. Working with Flash and Silverlight
- 22. Beyond the Basics, Part 1: PHP in Expression Web 3
- 23. Test Twice, Publish Once: Introducing SuperPreview
- 24. Publishing Your Website
- 25. Beyond the Basics, Part 2: Building a Site with ASP.NET
- A. Building Layers-Based Menus
Product information
- Title: Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 3 in 24 Hours
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2009
- Publisher(s): Sams
- ISBN: 9780768695663
You might also like
book
Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite 3, All in One
In just a short time you can learn how to use all the components of Adobe …
book
Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth
Beyond the Basics…Beneath the Surface…In Depth Microsoft Expression Web 3 Advice and techniques that you need …
book
Microsoft® Expression® Web 3 On Demand
Need answers quickly? Microsoft Expression Web 3 on Demand provides those answers in a visual step-by-step …
book
Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual
Welcome to Dreamweaver CS3. This new version of the popular web design software offers a rich …