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Special Edition Using Microsoft® Expression® Web 2

The only EXPRESSION WEB 2 book you need

The successor to the best-selling book on the first release of Microsoft Expression Web, this book provides comprehensive coverage of Microsoft Expression Web 2. You’ll learn the basics of Web design and Expression Web 2 and gain valuable insight into Expression Web 2’s advanced features, such as ASP.NET and PHP development. If you’re interested in learning how to design standards-compliant Web sites using Expression Web 2, this is the only book you need.

• Create standards-compliant Web sites with Expression Web 2 that work consistently in all browsers.

• Become proficient in the use of CSS by learning how to use the powerful CSS tools in Expression Web 2.

• Learn how to take advantage of ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX without writing any code.

• Learn how to use the new PHP features available in Expression Web 2.

• Add dynamic, interactive content with Behaviors and Layers.

• Design your Web site for accessibility using both Section 508 and WCAG compliance.

“Expression Web was built to help web authors create standards-based and standards-compliant web sites. Jim Cheshire has a broad understanding of those standards and a deep appreciation of Expression Web. Put the two together and you’ve got a guide that helps you understand and build sites that meet the challenges of modern Web design.”

—Steven Guttman,

Product Unit Manager,

Expression Web

Jim Cheshire is the owner of Jimco Software, a freeware software company and technology review site, and is the author of several books on Web development and ASP.NET. Jim has been heavily involved in Web development for more than a decade and has operated and designed many Web sites during that time. He’s been featured in numerous publications, including MSDN Magazine and PC Magazine. Jim previously worked on the FrontPage team at Microsoft and currently is an escalation engineer on the ASP.NET and IIS teams.

Category: Web Development

Covers Microsoft Expression Web 2

User Level Beginning—Advanced

On the CD-ROM

• Sample files from the author

• FREE! full version of Logo Creator (retail value of $39.95)

• FREE! full version of DHTML Menu Builder Lite (retail value of $25)

• Electronic version of this book in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF)

Cover image: Digital Vision Photography/Veer Inc.

Average Customer Rating:

Beginners should look elsewhere to learn Expression Web 2	Customer Rating:
As a beginner in Expression Web 2, I found this book way over my head. I thought the author presented the material in a poor order for a beginner, and I never did figure out the best starting point for me. I will have to go to the book store and browse through other books on Expression Web 2 to find one that starts at the beginning.

Very Helpful Book!

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I purchased this book along with another Expression Web book by Wrox entitle "Beginning Expression Web" on the same day. While I have found both books very usesful and informative, I found Expression Web 2 by Jim Cheshire to be of much more value. While I am not new to ASP coding, I am new to Expression Web 2. I recently switched from Dreamweaver MX. Expression Web 2 has some learning curve to it. Especially in the area of database connectivity which was my main reason for purchasing both books. Special Edition Using Expression Web 2 is very well written and laid out well. The amount of detail given to the various controls is a very welcomed aspect of the book. The book has plenty of "Tip" and "Caution" side notes to ensure you that your website will work the way you want it to. The book comes with a companion CD which includes a logo creator and sample code. I highly recommend this book to those who are just learning Expression Web. I know I will keep mine handy by my PC for quick reference for some time to come. In addition to the CD, you can also visit the authors site at [...] The website has a lot of great video tutorials which teach you to accomplish the tasks in the book. Kudos to the author!

Don't bother if you have 1st edition

Customer Rating:

I bought this book even though I have the previous version so I could get right to work using Expression Web 2, learn it's new features and additional guidance on how to best use the program. I was very disappointed to find that this book is virtually identical to the first edition. No "what's new in the new version", no changes other than screen shots from the first edition. The author did a find and replace to change every "Expression Web" to "Expression Web 2", added a couple of paragraphs on importing Photoshop (PSD) files, a couple of pages on the PHP update and a couple of pages on the Silverlight & Flash support. Flipping through the book I see the new features marked by a "new" icon (I counted only 6 in the entire book). While these new features may have justified a new version of the program for Microsoft they are covered in minimum detail in this 800page book. Expression web being a fairly complex program could benefit from a book that offers practical advice on workflow and how to approach a web project using this program rather than just explaining the elements of each panel and menus as this book does. Expression Web needs better guide books if it wants to play a significant roll in the future of website development. The program is powerful enough, but the learning curve is as steep as Flash, Quark or Photoshop. This book does little to flatten that curve.

Excellent Book!

Customer Rating:

This book is very well written and composed. The beginning of the book sums up the basics, letting you know what will be covered. From then on, each chapter is full of nearly all of the information you need in order to complete each individual task. The chapters are neat, organized, and very precise. Each chapter tells you what it is about, then tells you how to do it. I bought this book (Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web 2 (Special Edition Using)) the same day that I bought Microsoft Expression Web 2, and it helped me tremendously. (I bought the program -and- the book on Tuesday) If you are reading this and contemplating buying this book over any other, my vote is that you buy this book. Like I said, it is clear and direct, and explains everything you need to know. What little bit of information that isn't covered is some of the extremely basic concepts that a quick google search will resolve. Hopefully this review has been helpful... Again, 2 thumbs up to this book! -Randal

Disorganized

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This book is so disorganized that it is difficult even to review it. There is no logical progression. The book starts with how to publish a website which is the last thing you do in creating one. The rest of it is a series of loosely related topics. If you end up buying this book, I would suggest starting in the index because it is probably going to be your most direct way of finding what you are looking for.