Microsoft Expression Web by Nolan Hester
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Book Reviews of Microsoft Expression Web
Book Review: Hester helps you to create a web standards compliant website
Summary: 5 Stars
What is Microsoft Expression Web? Microsoft has released a new suite of software called Expression. The suite has four parts; Expression Blend, Design, Media and Web. This book by Nolan Hester is about Expression Web. Microsoft has been careful not to say that Expression Web is an upgrade of FrontPage which was discontinued in 2006. Expression Web is their new web development software. Why the change? One reason is the increased acceptance and support for web standards which FrontPage did not support. Expression Web was built specifically to support the most current web standards.
In this book, Hester helps you to create a web standards compliant website with the program's user-friendly set of visual tools without the need to code any HTML, CSS or JavaScript. The idea behind the Visual QuickStart Guide series is to teach you a topic using a lot of screenshots, step-by-step instructions and simple explanations. The layout of these QuickStart Guide books also make them great reference books for quick answers. Nolan Hester uses the book's successful approach to teach you how to use the Expression Web software.
The first chapters help you to set up and explore the new software and introduce you to the many features including the templates. Hester discusses how these templates are the backbone of the program and how they will help you to make a standards compliant and expandable website. You will first create a blank, one-page website and as you progress through the book you will add more parts to your site such as an interactive navigation menu and web form.
The author demonstrates how to perform the basic tasks in the program such as starting a new site and saving, renaming, retitling and deleting parts of your site. Next, you learn how to add text, images and other elements and how to use the programs tools to add CSS styles and positioning to these elements. Because one of the best features of Expression Web is its CSS tools, all of these tasks are easy to do Then he discusses how to add hotspots to your images and regular hyperlinks to your pages. Things get interesting as you begin to add interactive elements to your site such as rollover buttons and popup messages.
The author introduces HTML forms and discusses how they work both on the front and back end of your site. Then he demonstrates how to use the program's Form Controls to build a form on your own site. Finally, you are ready to test and publish your site and Hester shows you how easy it is with Expression Web.
Nolan Hester has written 12+ computer related books including Microsoft Office FrontPage for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, Retouching Photos in Photoshop Elements: Visual QuickProject Guide and Creating a Web Page with Dreamweaver: Visual QuickProject Guide. There is a companion website which contains all the program files including finished examples.
Book Review: Great introductory book.
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm the kind of person who usually just dives into the software and buys computer books for reference. Not the best way, but I do usually learn what I (think) I need to know. Problem is, I often miss the best ways to do things or even features that would help. I blame it on a time crunch caused by to too many intersts.
I decided to approach web design and EW differently. I'm an occasional web hobbyist. VERY occasional. The sites I've created are fairly crude, but do the job. Haven't changed my main site's look in 6 years. So much garbage has built up in my folders, it's time to start over.
This book is a great primer. Can be read cover-to-cover in a few hours and it's a great overview of EW, navigating the program and learning it's capabilities.
I now have a grasp of CSS, Styles and other topics that have been floating around the fringes of my brain.
Highly recommended for anyone new to web design. This book will get you up and running in short order.
Book Review: Fantastic Expression Web resource in every way
Summary: 5 Stars
Nolan Hester went the extra mile to provide a wide ranging tutorial here for Expression Web. He could have easily taken the easy way out and covered the basics and repeated the Help file, like many authors have done. But Hester's Expression Web: Visual QuickStart Guide explains both the program and how to use it, as well as its relation to the former FrontPage. He also details how Expression Web is in many ways better than Adobe/Macromedia Dreamweaver because, among other features, its versatility. I didn't know ten cents about CSS, but now I'm familiar with the terms, and how it all comes together. Kudos to Nolan Hester for taking the intimidation out of basic and intermediate web design using Expression Web!Book Review: A must have for beginners
Summary: 5 Stars
I am/was a Frontpage user and was completely taken by surprise with the death of Frontpage and the birth of Expression Web! Is it different, YES, Is it better, YES. In order to jump start my learning I decided to try this book and it is VERY well written and very easy to follow.
If you are like me and experienced with computers and web design via Frontpage or some other package then you can probably go through the book in one sitting, LOL! But I enjoyed it; the differences were explained in lamest terms and the visual aspect is phenomenal.
I recommend this book for sure. In th future I am sure I will try more of their titles.
Book Review: The way to start, the way to go
Summary: 5 Stars
Visual Quickstart Guides have always been a great place to start and a fabulous resource to go back to, in order to learn about a tech topic from scratch and to consult later when you have doubts. This volume, focusing on Microsoft Expression Web, is no exception to this and serves as a very useful book to read to get familiarized with the interface and quickly evolve as a user to make the most of the tool.
The layout of the book facilitates the learning process, with clear steps, screenshots alongside each set of instructions and a load of tips to get you from beginner to intermediate level in the least amount of time.