Description
Microsoft Expression Web 4 offers a fundamentally new and better approach to building standards-compliant sites for every platform and device. Expression Web 4 (with the brand-new Service Pack 2), is a major upgrade, offering powerful new tools for working with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery, and many other productivity and usability improvements.
In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, this book will help readers gain true mastery of Expression Web 4, so they can build state-of-the-art Web sites and applications with far less work. This edition adds extensive new coverage, including:
- Expression Web's HTML 5, CSS 3, and jQuery support
- saving custom workspaces
- customizing toolbars
- universal comment/uncomment
- the new Snippets Panel
- improved Snapshot Panel interactivity
- authentication forms
Each lesson builds on everything that's come before, helping readers learn all of Expression Web's core features from the ground up. Friendly, accessible, and conversational, this book takes readers from concept through delivery, teaching modern best practices throughout. Step-by-step instructions carefully walk readers through key tasks... Quizzes and Exercises help them confirm their knowledge... "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts... and "Watch Out!" alerts help readers avoid problems. By the time they're finished, readers won't just understand Expression Web 4: they'll be comfortable using it in real-world projects.
Table of Contents
HOUR 1: Getting to Know Microsoft Expression Web 4 Service Pack 2 1
Introducing Expression Web 4 1
Getting and Installing Expression Web 4 3
Getting and Installing Service Pack 2 4
Getting Acquainted with the Workspace 5
Changing and Customizing the Workspace 13
HOUR 2: Beginning at the End: A Walkthrough of the Finished Project 23
Working with a Completed Website 24
Previewing the Site in Your Browser 27
Exploring the Website in Expression Web 4 32
Keeping Your Pages Functional 34
HOUR 3: A Website Is Really Just Text: Build One in 5 Minutes 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
HOUR 4: Building a Home Page: A Look Behind the Curtain 53
Opening and Editing an Existing File Using Code View 53
Importing Styled Text from a Document 57
Advanced Tag Editing 59
HOUR 5: Getting Connected with (Hyper)Links: The Cornerstone of the World Wide Web 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
HOUR 6: Getting Visual, Part 1: Adding Images and Graphics 81
Images on the Web: Three File Types for Three Uses 82
Importing and Inserting an Image 83
Using Picture Properties to Change the Appearance of an Image 87
HOUR 7: Getting Visual, Part 2: Advanced Image Editing, Thumbnails, and Hotspots 95
Exploring the Pictures Toolbar 96
Using the Pictures Toolbar to Add and Change an Image 98
Creating Hotspots 104
HOUR 8: Cracking the Code: Working in Code View 109
HTML5, CSS3, and the Brave New World of Web Code 110
Tools in Code View 110
Using Code View as a Learning Tool 115
HOUR 9: Getting Boxed In, Part 1: Using Tables for Tabular Content 127
One-Minute History of Tables in Web Pages 128
Creating a Table from Scratch 129
Changing the Appearance of a Table 130
HOUR 10: Bringing Style to Substance with Cascading Style Sheets 143
CSS3: The New Style of the Web 145
CSS Sans Code 145
Setting the Font Family for the Entire Document 151
CSS Tools in Expression Web 4 155
HOUR 11: Getting Boxed In, Part 2: Knee Deep in CSS 163
CSS Classes--Because Not All Content Should Be Treated Equally 164
Introducing ID--Class’s Almost Identical Twin 169
Classes Within Classes: Micromanaging the Content 173
Pseudoclasses 174
Understanding the Box Model 176
CSS3 Rounded Corners with Border Radius 178
HOUR 12: Styling with Code: Fully Immersed in CSS 183
Introducing CSS: The Code Version 184
Applying Classes to Tags in Code View 189
Creating External Style Sheets 193
HOUR 13: Getting Visual, Part 3: Images as Design Elements with CSS 203
Images as Backgrounds: A Crash Course 204
Using Images as List Bullets 213
Importing Adobe Photoshop Files 215
HOUR 14: Harnessing the Power of CSS Layouts 221
Starting with Pen and Paper 222
Building the Framework from Boxed Parts 223
Styling the Layout Boxes 225
Understanding Positioning 229
Applying the Framework to Existing Pages 232
Applying the New Framework to the Page 234
HOUR 15: Buttons, Buttons, Buttons 243
Buttons: A Brief Definition 244
Creating Buttons from Scratch Using CSS 244
HOUR 16: Using Code Snippets 257
Snippets: An Introduction 258
The Default Snippets 261
Using the jQuery UI Widgets Snippets 266
Creating and Editing Snippets 270
HOUR 17: Building a Functional Menu 275
Making the Basic Vertical Menu Exciting 276
The Horizontal Menu--Laying a List on Its Side 279
Pure CSS Drop-Down Menus: A Clean Alternative 281
HOUR 18: Dynamic Web Templates 297
Dynamic Web Templates 298
Understanding Dynamic Web Templates 306
HOUR 19: Getting Interactive with Forms 317
Creating Forms in Expression Web 4 318
Making Use of Form Results 325
Other Uses for Form Results 331
Forms in Code View 331
HOUR 20: Working with Flash and Other Embeddable Content 337
Flash: An Introduction 338
Adding the
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ISBN-10: 0-13-295362-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-295362-7
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