Archive for March, 2010

Expression Web 4.0 secrets revealed

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Expression Web users want to know how they can use their Access 2007 Database with Expression Web?

The answer before now has been pretty simple, you can’t without jumping through a few hoops. However all that is about to change when Expression Web 4.0 arrives. Better YET, if you don’t already have Expression Web 3.0 if you upgrade NOW, when Expression Web 4.0 comes out you get  EW 4.0 for FREE.

Its a simple matter then, to do the maths, if you don’t have Expression Web 1.0 or 2.0 then one of these qualifying products will also allow you to upgrade to Expression Web 3.0 for the price of $79 at the Microsoft Store, perhaps less elsewhere. You can of course buy the full version at $149

  • Any Microsoft® Expression product
  • Any Adobe Creative Suite product
  • Any Microsoft Office product

Or you might want to upgrade the studio version, and your luck is in because the Microsoft store are having a sale at 40% OFF the upgrade price.

Just in case I didn’t make that clear enough -

Full versions and upgrades to Expression Studio 3.0 and Expression Web 3.0 (or current owners) means you get Expression Studio 4.0 or Expression Web 4.0 for FREE when it comes out.

Justin Harrison the Program Manager for Expression Web has written a short tutorial about Using an Access 2007 database with ASP.NET 3.5 and Expression Web 3.0 to be followed up with steps on How to use an Access 2007 database as a data source in your site in Expression Web 4.0 which is much easier than the method he outlines for Expression Web 3.0.

Justin tells us that Expression Web 3.0 supports ASP.NET 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5., however these versions of ASP.NET do not support Access 2007 data connections.

The great news though is that ASP.NET 4.0 supports these data connections – and Expression Web 4.0 (not yet released) supports ASP.NET 4.0.

This is just one tidbit about Expression Web 4.0 and it bodes well for the other goodies that might be revealed. So get prepared and get upgraded now.

If you are still using FrontPage and are wondering how you are going to migrate your site to be ready, we have the solution for that too. Take a look at our Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Ebook standard pricing is $29. However, if you download our Expression Web Community Toolbar, and enter our Expression Web Easter Giveaway you will be in with a chance of not only winning a full version of Expression Web 3.0 but our ebook and other prizes besides, the Easter Giveaway offer ends April 30th.

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Expression Web Easter Giveaway

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Expression Web 3.0 is only part of our giveaway see what else we have in store for you.

1st prize is:

A fully working copy of Expression Web 3.0 courtesy of:
Steve Guttman – Product Unit Manager, Expression Web

There will be ONE lucky winner!

2nd Prize is:

Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Ebook v2.0  (fully updated for EW 3.0) Courtesy of:
Pat Geary- Microsoft MVP – Expression Web and Tina Clarke – Microsoft MVP – Expression Web

There will be TWO lucky winners

3rd Prize is:

Expression Web Tips Ebooks Vol l & ll  (fully updated for EW 3.0) courtesy of:
Tina Clarke – Microsoft MVP – Expression Web

There will be THREE lucky winners

Plus there will be a special prize courtesty of Dennis DeRobertis of Expression Extras for entries who find the location of our little Easter bunny and his egg.

Starts: 12th March 2010 Finishes: 30th April 2010

What do you have to do to enter?

Simply download and install the Expression Web Community Toolbar

Then a make note of the giveaway code in the marquee. Then when you have done so, fill in the form

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Marquee code
  • Your site url

You will then be entered  into the drawing for the giveaway. Plus we will list your link (if you are a prize winner) on our website at the end of the giveaway.

ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON WILL BE ACCEPTED.

The names of the lucky winners will be posted on the site and asked if they wish to comment on their prize. You MUST complete the form to enter the Expression Web Easter Giveaway.

Don’t forget to look for our Easter bunny and his egg.

Look out for our Summer Sale.

Watch this space:)

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Free Tech events for developers, IT professionals and IT managers

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Microsoft Tech-days United Kingdom 2010

A week of free technology events for developers, IT professionals and IT managers

Hear from Microsoft and Industry speakers on the latest technology releases including Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010, Silverlight 4 and Visual Studio 2010.

Follow @uktechdays on twitter to follow the conversation

Tech-days Events

Visual Studio 2010 Launch – A path to big ideas

  • Keynote: The Best Path from Your Ideas to Impactful Solutions
  • Web and Cloud Development with Visual Studio 2010
  • SharePoint and Office Development with Visual Studio 2010
  • Team Foundation Server 2010 for Everyone
  • Improving Developer-Tester Collaboration with Visual Studio 2010

This session is aimed at Heads of Development, Development Managers and Software Architects. (If you are a developer who wants to see demo packed technical sessions on Visual Studio 2010, please join us on 13 April.)

Getting started with .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010

  • Unveiling the new and useful features of .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010 – part 1
  • Unveiling the new and useful features of .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010 – part 2
  • Modelling and Visualisation in Visual Studio 2010
  • A Perspective on Agile Development
  • Putting some Testing into your TFS Build Process
  • Fun Programming with Visual Studio

You will go away from this day with a good overview of what is new and what is interesting in both the framework and the tooling, as well as some guidance from your peers on where to get started today.

The Essential MIX

  • Keynote — the Essential MIX
  • Silverlight 4 — the Evolution
  • Silverlight 4 — the Revolution
  • User interaction design for developers
  • What’s new & interesting in ASP.NET 4
  • Using jQuery with ASP.NET
  • Lap Around Azure

Join us for the Essential MIX as we continue exploring the art and science of creating great user experiences. Learn about the next generation ASP.NET & Silverlight platforms that make it a rich and reach world.

Best of Breed Client Applications on Windows 7

  • Keynote: The Client Decade
  • Windows 7 — Top Features for your Applications
  • Visual Studio 2010 & Windows Presentation 4 for Rich Windows Applications
  • Building Rich Clients with .NET Framework 4.0 — Parallel, Extensible, Connected
  • Building Rich Windows Applications with .NET Framework 4.0 — Parallel, Extensible, Connected — Part 2
  • Lap Around Azure

In this demo-driven day, we’ll look at the developer landscape around Windows 7 to get you up to speed on the operating system that your applications will run on through the new decade.

Windows Phone

Details TBA

A practical day of detailed Windows Phone development sessions covering the new Windows Phone specification, application standards and services.

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