Microsoft Expression Web For Dummies E-Book

Linda Hefferman

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 569

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Beschreibung

Expression Web is Microsoft's newest tool for creating and maintaining dynamic Web sites. This FrontPage replacement offers all the simple "what-you-see-is-what-you-get" tools for creating a Web site along with some pumped up new features for working with Cascading Style Sheets and other design options. Microsoft Expression Web For Dummies arrives in time for early adopters to get a feel for how to build an attractive Web site. Author Linda Hefferman teams up with longtime FrontPage For Dummies author Asha Dornfest to show the easy way for first-time Web designers, FrontPage vets, or users of other Web design tools how to get results from Expression Web.

Leseprobe

Microsoft® Expression® Web For Dummies®

by Linda Hefferman and Asha Dornfest

Microsoft® Expression® Web For Dummies®

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About the Authors

Since 1989, Linda Hefferman has been explaining technical stuff to everyday people who use technology but are not exactly best buddies with their computers.

Her first computer manual taught people how to make pretty graphs and charts from project management data using a software program written for the first version of Microsoft Windows. Since then she has written help systems and user manuals on such diverse products as Web stores, Flash-based educational Web sites, and customer management software for cosmetic salespeople.

This is her first title for the For Dummies series, and she’s thrilled to combine her passion for writing with her technical skills to do what she loves best: help the average Joe and Jane feel comfortable and confident on computers. Visit Linda on the Web at www.lindahefferman.com.

On her first day of college, Asha Dornfest took a bold step: She replaced her broken typewriter with a PC.

Asha didn’t consider herself a geek; her computer was simply a tool to help her write papers and reports. But by her senior year, she came to regard her computer with a sense of kinship.

In 1994, Asha discovered the Internet. Soon after, she and her husband Rael started a Web design business in their dining room and began hawking their electronic wares. Mind you, this venture began during the Web-publishing Stone Age, when many people had never even heard of the World Wide Web. Rael quipped that For Dummies books about Web publishing may one day hit the shelves. Asha scoffed.

Rael obviously had more foresight than Asha did; Asha went on to write several books and articles on the topic, including Microsoft FrontPage For Dummies. She now spends an inordinate amount of time online — she’s the founder and editor of the popular parenting Weblog Parent Hacks (www.parenthacks.com) and still maintains her personal site at www.ashaland.com.

Dedications

To my amazing co-author, Asha Dornfest. We truly are the A Team. And to my parents, Doris and Dave Ohde, who taught me from a young age the importance of a well-crafted sentence.

Authors’ Acknowledgments

We’d like to thank all the people who made Microsoft Expression Web For Dummies run so smoothly. Special thanks to Project Editor Becky Huehls, Acquisitions Editor Steve Hayes, Technical Editor Mike Lerch, and Copy Editor Rebecca Whitney.

The Microsoft Expression Web development team put together an excellent beta program and software product. We are especially grateful to Wayne Smith, for making sure we had the latest information when we needed it, and Devindra Chaini, for timely answers to our nitpicky questions.

Cheryl D. Wise offered much guidance on many of the niggling techie subtle-ties of moving from FrontPage to Expression Web.

To our family and friends . . . thanks for tolerating near neglect and chaos on the road to getting this book done, and still loving us anyway.

The wisdom of many professional Web designers graces our Part of Tens chapters, especially Jim ‘G’ Davidson, Holly Brewer, Emma McCreary, and Kevan Alan Embleton.

And, last but not least, I, Linda Hefferman, owe my sanity to David Bowie, Jason Webley, The Dresden Dolls, Modest Mouse, Jack White, Johann Sebastian Bach, and the folks at KNRK 94.7 FM for keeping my foot tapping while my typing digits were working overtime.

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Contents

Title

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

How This Book Is Organized

Conventions Used in This Book

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I : Getting Started with Expression Web

Chapter 1: Creating a Web Site with Expression Web

Starting Expression Web for the First Time

Touring the Expression Web Screen

Creating and Saving a New Web Site

Creating a New Web Site from a Template

Opening an Existing Web Site in Expression Web

Adding Existing Files to a Web Site

Deleting a Web Site

Closing a Web Site and Closing Expression Web

Chapter 2: Working with Web Pages

Creating and Saving Pages

Opening Web Pages

Closing Web Pages

Taking a Peek at a Page in a Web Browser

Creating and Using Page Templates

Part II : Coaxing Content onto the Page

Chapter 3: Just the Text, Ma’am

Tools for Text

Adding Text to a Page in Design View

Fonts and Font Tools

Creating Stylish Paragraphs

Chapter 4: Getting Around with Hyperlinks

Adding Hyperlinks to Your Site: The What and the Where

Editing Hyperlinks

Making Sure Your Hyperlinks Work

Unlinking Hyperlinks

Using Bookmarks to Get Somewhere within a Page

Nifty Text-Based Navigation Bars

Inserting an Interactive Button

Swapping Images to Make Interactive Buttons

Embedding More than One Hyperlink in a Picture

Chapter 5: Graphically Speaking

Understanding the Quirks of Web Pictures

Adding a Picture to Your Page

Editing a Picture on a Page

Using Thumbnails to Speed Up Your Page

Controlling a Picture’s Position on the Page

Adding a Tiled Background Picture

Chapter 6: Forms for Any Purpose

Looking at How Forms Work

Creating Forms and Form Fields

Specifying What Happens to Form Results

Creating a Confirmation Page

Making Sure Your Form Works

Part III : Great Design Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult

Chapter 7: Using Styles to Gussy Up Your Content

What’s So Great about Styles?

Understanding How Styles Cascade

Introducing Classy Classes and Other Selectors

Recognizing Style Rule Geography

Checking Out Your Style Tools

Performing Common Style-Rule Maneuvers

Chapter 8: Putting Page Elements in Their Place

The Positioning Building Blocks

Divide and Conquer with <div> Tags

The CSS Box Is No Ordinary Box

Document Flow and Positioning

Chapter 9: External Style Sheets and CSS Code

Using External Style Sheets

Working with Style Sheet Code

Running CSS Reports

Understanding Expression Web Template Style Sheets

Chapter 10: Tables for Data (And Layout, If You Must)

Table Layout versus CSS Positioning

Creating Tables of Data

Laying Out Pages with Tables

Chapter 11: Streamlining Sites with Dynamic Web Templates

Introducing Dynamic Web Templates

Creating a Dynamic Web Template

Attaching a Dynamic Web Template to a Web Page

Creating a New Page from a Dynamic Web Template

Updating a Site That Uses Dynamic Web Templates

Part IV : Going Live and Keeping House

Chapter 12: Making Your Worldwide Debut

Determining What “Publishing Your Web Site” Means

Testing, Testing, and More Testing

Checking Your Site against Accessibility Guidelines

Running a Compatibility Report

Going Public

Letting the World Know That You’re Ready for Visitors

Keeping Your Web Site Fresh

Chapter 13: Web Site Management

Taking In the Views

Working with Web Site Files and Folders

Importing and Exporting Personal Web Packages

Chapter 14: Getting Cozy with Code

Understanding Why You Can’t Just Ignore the Code

Introducing the HTML Basics

Checking Out the Cool Code Tools

Controlling How Expression Web-Created Code Looks

Using Comments in HTML

Part V : The Part of Tens

Chapter 15: Ten Cool Gizmos for Your Web Site

Search Locally or Worldwide-Web-ly

Search Only the Sites You Trust

Include a Map on Your Site

Share Your Favorite Places

Share Video

Add Flash

Accept Payments on Your Site

Place Ads by Google

Create Drop-Down Menus

Replace Your Favorite FrontPage Bots

Chapter 16: Ten Essential Resources for Web Designers

Expression Web Help and Online Tutorials

Knowledge Base Builders

Consult the Web Powers That Be

CSS and Web Design Expertise

Third-Party Extensions and Add-Ins

Code Validation

Design-Related Goodies

Treasure Trove of Downloads

Inspiration

Last, but Certainly Not Least. . . .

: Further Reading

Part I

Getting Started with Expression Web

In this part . . .

Allow us to introduce you to Expression Web. We’ll break the ice during that awkward getting-to-know-each-other period. In Chapter 1, we walk you around the Expression Web workspace and show you how to create your first Web site. In Chapter 2, we familiarize you with the basics of creating Web pages.