Archive for the ‘Expression Web’ Category

Expression Web SuperPreview Indepth

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Expression Web SuperPreview is a brand new feature within Expression Web 3.0 Included also is Snapshot which is a sort of mini preview alongside your Design and Code Views. The Expression Web SuperPreview Tutorial along with its companion Expression Web SuperPreview Starter Kit go indepth and touch on almost every aspect of the application and the methods you can employ to find coding errors and how to fix them. With SuperPreview you not only have to understand what you are seeing but you have to understand what the problem is and then how to go about finding a fix for it.

If you don’t have FireFox as one of your testing browsers you should, not only for testing but for the excellent FireFox addons that help with web design

Download your starter kit and follow along with the tutorial for a better insight into the problems facing designers today.

Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Ebook sale ends

Saturday, October 31st, 2009
On Monday 2nd November we will closing our Summer sale of our Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Ebook from $22 back to the standard price of $29.
If you want to beat the credit crunch grab your copy at the sale price now.
You will be eligible to obtain free upgrade to the ebook by joining a group used only for informing you of new upgrades to the ebook.
On Monday we will also be upgrading the ebook to include more information about how do things with Expression Web 3.0. Included will be a new template made by Pat Geary called Misty Morn which includes three separate layouts and a bonus of a working form that you can customize with your own information.
If you want to treat your friends and family for xmas why not stockpile now at the lower price?

Spawn addon for Expression Web 2.0

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Spawn for Expression Web

When you need to create a popup window this low cost Expression Web 1.0/2.0 addon is just the job.

Spawn for Expression Web currently comes in two flavours, one for version 1.0 and one for 2.0 of  Expression Web. What about Expression Web 3.0 I hear you ask? Well Microsoft having redevloped the underlying coding of Expression Web have not had time to restore the ability to allow addon functionality. However at some point in time perhaps in the service pack 1 hopefully out in the fall or version 4.0 it will be back and we can use addons once more in the latest Expression Web version.

For $5 you get both versions of spawn for Expression Web. PLUS, current purchasers will also receive a free copy of the Expression Web 3.0 version once it becomes available.

NOTE: Upon installing, Spawn warns you that if you are installing this software on Windows Vista. Windows Server 2008, or Windows 7, you must install the package as an administrator by right-clicking on the setup package and choosing “Run as adminstrator.” Plus if you are installing Spawn on a version of Windows that uses User Access Control (UAC), you will need to launch Expression Web once as an administrator after you install Spawn so that the necessary settings are added to the Windows Registry. Thereafter, you can launch Expression Web as a regular user. To find the path under Windows Vista Ultimate go to C: Program Files – Microsoft Expression – Web 2 – WebDesigner – Exprwd.exe

You can find the addon under Insert, Jimco Software, Spawn Popup once its installed into Expression Web.

TIP: I find it best to select the element FIRST that I wish to trigger the popup from. Using the Quick Tag Selector in Expression Web is the easiest and quickest way to select the correct element.

Whats New

Previous versions of Spawn added an <a> element (a hyperlink) when adding a popup window. The current version of Spawn adds popups using the same technique as Expression Web Behaviors and will impact only the selected element. Spawn will never add a new element to your page.

What spawn won’t do

It won’t create a popup when your pages loads or unloads because most people block them, its not a good practice to use this method so if you are using some other code, change to the trigger methods Spawn uses instead it will further your sales instead of decreasing them with annoying page load popups.

  1. How Much? – $5
  2. Where from? – JimcoSoftware
  3. For which version? – Expression Web 1.0 and 2.0

WebAssist drop Expression Web Addons

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

For those that were lucky enough to buy the WebAssist addon Eric Meyer’s CSS Sculptor for Expression Web or other EW addons you will continue to be supported. However, the products are no longer available. This is a great pity because the people who need it most are the FrontPage users that have had the courage to migrate to Expression Web, and a helping hand with templates which the CSS Sculptor provided very handily indeed is a asset no longer being produced. After all Eric Meyer’s (the master of CSS) coding could be relied on and trusted and you could get on with the business of creating your content without worrying about the html or CSS.

The next best thing are templates created from base with the tool and embellished with Pat Geary’s excellent choice of colours and sample graphics. Check out her Free Expression Web Dynamic Web Templates and observe the coding for the XHTML and CSS and give yourself some handy pointers to get yourself started.

Expression Web Community Toolbar

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

Expression Web Community Toolbar

Announcing the latest feature from FrontPage to Expression Web founders Tina Clarke and Pat Geary, Microsoft MVPs – expression Web.

Our  NEW Expression Web Community Toolbar

The title says it all, a toolbar you can install into your browser for FREE! Enabling you to find Expression Web site links, tweets and feeds not to mention toolbar gadgets like the handy calculator. We also include a varied amount of web design links for tools and help to enhance your website.

We also want to hear back from YOU! We would like suggested links for the Expression Web Links and Web Design Links features that you think are worthy to be included. If there isn’t a category already allocated, please suggest a catagory that you think would be suitable.

You can find out more at the above, why not get your Expression Web Community Toolbar today?

Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Ebook Summer Sale

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Have you been thinking about updating your website? Are you using FrontPage and want to move to Expression Web but are unsure how to do that? Fear not, our ebook covers all the necessary procedures to help you do that, and to do it with the least work possible.

You will need either of the Expression Web versions 1.0 or 2.0. Or you can use the FREE SharePoint Designer 2007 When it comes to the credit crunch our summer sale gives you a saving at just the right time. Plus the last few days of the Eric Meyer’s CSS Sculptor for Expression Web sale for $10 off the usual standard price make a great double saving.  If you want to buy or upgrade Expression Web check out your eligibility.

Learn more about Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web and obtain your ebook in our summer sale now for the low price of $22 (standard price $29)

CSS Sculptor for Expression Web 2.0 on Sale

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Eric Meyer’s CSS Sculptor for Expression Web

WebAssist are having a site wide sale till the 30th of  June, that means that

Eric Meyer’s CSS Sculptor for Expression Web

is now $39.99 instead of $49.99

What you get:

  • Total Customization
  • Efficient and Intuitive
  • Cross Browser Compatibility
  • CSS Expertise

Never again do you have to start from scratch when making a new web template. This delightful Expression Web addon does it all for you. When I use the program I choose a basic layout and then insert it into Expression Web and I use EW  CSS Properites to tweak the styles to conform to my colours and graphics. I find this is best so that I practice using css within EW to keep up my skills.

If you don’t have this Expression Web addon yet – now is a really good time to get it, not only saving you credit crunch monies, but saving you time in getting started with that perfect template.

The Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog Badge

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

The Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog asks you to show your support by linking to them

Download this Blog Badge Code code text file that contains the validating code for the badge and paste the code into your sidebar.php template. It will work for a self hosted blog or a third party blog like Blogger. This code is for a strict xhtml doctype (which most blogs are) and contains inline styles.

  • In FireFox just copy the code that appears in the browser
  • In Internet Explorer – right click and View Source

The Microsoft MVP Award Team are also active on Twitter and Twibes

Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Class – New Class Starts April

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Class

Our latest class starts April 5th 2009, sign up now to obtain your place.

Have you been thinking about migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web but are not sure how? Is your code messy and does not validate?
This four week class priced at $79.95 is just what you are waiting for.

If you would like 10% OFF the regular price sign up with the coupon code: TCfriends

Included in the price of the class are Templates and an Ebook

Your tutors are:

Pat Geary – Microsoft MVP – FrontPage
Tina Clarke – Microsoft MVP – Expression Web

Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Sale ends today

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Ebook v1.1 is currently on sale at $22. Today the sale ends and tomorrow 1st February, the price will be $29.

If you want to save some dollars get your copy at $22 NOW.