Microsoft Expression Web: Visual QuickStart Guide

Get a jump start on using this brand-new Web creation tool from Microsoft. Built from the ground up using current Web standards, Expression Web make it easy to create pages that look good in all browsers. Mirroring the program’s focus on standards, the book shows you how to use Cascading Style Sheets to build consistent, easy to navigate designs. CSS newcomers will welcome the plain-spoken approach to a sometimes intimidating topic. Old hands at CSS will find plenty of tips on using Expression Web’s many style tools, which are some of the best available in any Web creation program.

Packed with more than 600 screenshots, the book goes beyond crafting good-looking single pages. Instead, it shows you how to use templates to generate whole sites with uniform, yet creative, layouts that can be reconfigured with the click of a button. You’ll also learn how to give sites extra polish with interactive behaviors and forms. Microsoft Expression Web: Visual Quickstart Guide contains exactly what you need to get started building standards-compliant Web sites using this powerful tool.

Nolan Hester has written more than a dozen books for Peachpit Press, including the best-sellingCreating a Web Page with Dreamweaver: Visual QuickProject Guide and Retouching Photos in Photoshop Elements: Visual QuickProject Guide. He is also the author of two editions ofMicrosoft Office FrontPage for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide.