Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 4 in 24 Hours

Morten Rand-Hendriksen is the owner and creative director of Pink & Yellow Media, a boutique-style design company providing digital media consulting and creations for individuals, businesses, and broadcast television. He was awarded the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) Award for his work with Microsoft Expression in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. In addition to Microsoft Expression Web, Morten is considered an expert on the publishing platform WordPress and he has published numerous articles and videos and done public speaking engagements on both topics. Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 4 in 24 Hours is Morten’s fourth published book. He is a regular contributor to the official Microsoft Expression newsletter and has been published in international design magazines. You can find more tutorials, articles, and other design-related musings on Morten’s blog at www.designisphilosophy.com, and you can follow his rants on Twitter under the name @mor10. Also, you might run into him in different forums and newsgroups throughout the Web, usually using the same handle.

Introduction     xiii
HOUR 1: Getting to Know Microsoft Expression Web 4 Service Pack 2     1
Introducing Expression Web 4     1
Getting and Installing Expression Web 4     3
Getting and Installing Service Pack 2     4
Getting Acquainted with the Workspace     5
Changing and Customizing the Workspace     13
HOUR 2: Beginning at the End: A Walkthrough of the Finished Project     23
Working with a Completed Website     24
Previewing the Site in Your Browser     27
Exploring the Website in Expression Web 4     32
Keeping Your Pages Functional     34
HOUR 3: A Website Is Really Just Text: Build One in 5 Minutes     39
Creating a New Website     39
Creating Your First Web Page     42
Testing Your Web Page in Multiple Browsers     47
SuperPreview: A Sneak Preview     49
HOUR 4: Building a Home Page: A Look Behind the Curtain     53
Opening and Editing an Existing File Using Code View     53
Importing Styled Text from a Document     57
Advanced Tag Editing     59
HOUR 5: Getting Connected with (Hyper)Links: The Cornerstone of the World Wide Web     65
Import a New Page and Create an Internal Hyperlink     66
Creating External Links and New Windows     72
Creating Internal Links Within Documents Using Bookmarks     74
Creating an Email Hyperlink     76
HOUR 6: Getting Visual, Part 1: Adding Images and Graphics     81
Images on the Web: Three File Types for Three Uses     82
Importing and Inserting an Image     83
Using Picture Properties to Change the Appearance of an Image     87
HOUR 7: Getting Visual, Part 2: Advanced Image Editing, Thumbnails, and Hotspots     95
Exploring the Pictures Toolbar     96
Using the Pictures Toolbar to Add and Change an Image     98
Creating Hotspots     104
HOUR 8: Cracking the Code: Working in Code View     109
HTML5, CSS3, and the Brave New World of Web Code     110
Tools in Code View     110
Using Code View as a Learning Tool     115
HOUR 9: Getting Boxed In, Part 1: Using Tables for Tabular Content     127
One-Minute History of Tables in Web Pages     128
Creating a Table from Scratch     129
Changing the Appearance of a Table     130
HOUR 10: Bringing Style to Substance with Cascading Style Sheets     143
CSS3: The New Style of the Web     145
CSS Sans Code     145
Setting the Font Family for the Entire Document     151
CSS Tools in Expression Web 4     155
HOUR 11: Getting Boxed In, Part 2: Knee Deep in CSS     163
CSS Classes--Because Not All Content Should Be Treated Equally     164
Introducing ID--Class’s Almost Identical Twin     169
Classes Within Classes: Micromanaging the Content     173
Pseudoclasses     174
Understanding the Box Model     176
CSS3 Rounded Corners with Border Radius     178<