Free Microsoft Expression Web Tutorials
The newest contender in the professional Web designer arena, Microsoft Expression Web, was created to handle the most complex CSS layouts, make it easy to create dynamic ASP.NET sites, and conform to Web standards so your pages look great in all Web browsers.
Below, you'll find links to free webcast trainings and written tutorials.
To learn more and order training videos, follow the links on the right side of this page.
Free Sample Training videos:
Learn a tip or two in one of these quick video lessons. They're only a couple of minutes long, and the provide a quick look at what you can learn from video training at Total Training.
Click here to play video (intermediate level):
Using Expression Web to view conflicting stylesClick here to play video (beginner level):
How to turn on File Extensions in Windows to see .html, .jpeg and all of the other extensions you need in Web design.
Expression Web vs. FrontPage vs. SharePoint Designer
SharePoint Designer
To find out about the differences between Sharepoint Designer and Expression Web, visit http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/frontpage/FX100743231033.aspx.
FrontPage
It's time to upgrade from FrontPage to Microsoft's new and improved Web design program Expression Web. Even if you were disappointed by FrontPage, you may appreciate Expression Web. Get a headstart on the transition from FrontPage to Expression Web with this 3-hour training video.
Get started with these free Expression Web tutorials:
- Get the interface working for you. Customize it!
Discover five ways to customize the interface in Microsoft Expression Web. - Change link colors and remove the underline. Don’t let the default HTML settings determine your design options. Put CSS to work for you, and make your style your links to match your design.
- External Style Sheets. Save time with external style sheets for CSS designs in Expression Web.
- Center your CSS designs. Centering your page designs helps create the appearance that your designs fill the screen no matter what size the browser window, but if you want to center Div tags, you'll need to know this trick.
- Align images with CSS. Create images styles to align images by using the float option in CSS in Expression Web
- Add keywords and descriptions for search engine optimization. You’ll never see the contents of Meta tags displayed in a Web page, but this hidden code can help improve your ranking in search engines.
- Create a rollover image. You can use the Swap Image behavior to create rollover images for links, navigation elements, and more.
- Make global updates with Dynamic Web Templates in Expression Web. When you create a Web site with Dynamic Web Templates you can simplify your design work, create new pages faster, and make global updates.
- Test for Web Accessibility. Whether your site is required to meet accessibility standards or not, it's always good practice to make sure you site is accessible to all your visitors.
- Test CSS with Expression Web's reporting features. Before you publish your site, make sure you have all of your styles in order.
Don't have Microsoft Expression Web? Download a free trial!
Take a test drive ~ download a free trial of Expression Web from the Microsoft site.
Looking for ASP.NET Web hosting?
Here's a list of Microsoft preferred providers that offer Web hosting with ASP:
www.1and1.com,a web hosting service which also claims to be the largest domain registrar in the world
You'll find many more Microsoft recommended Web servers at www.asp.net/hosters/
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Combining her professional experience managing Web projects, with the knowledge she has gained as an author and video host, Janine teaches professional Web design with a focus on Adobe Dreamweaver and Microsoft Expression Web.
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Combining her professional experience managing Web projects, with the knowledge she has gained as an author and video host, Janine teaches professional Web design with a focus on Adobe Dreamweaver and Microsoft Expression Web. 