Expression Web Tutorials - Expression Web Free Templates
Expression Web is the successor to Microsoft FrontPage and will help YOU design standards compliant websites. Expression Studio 4 Web Professional - the programs full name - includes a complete set of professional design and development tools for creating modern standards-based Web sites, streaming video, and Web graphics. It includes three professional applications that work together: Expression Web, Expression Encoder, and Expression Design.
Expression Web generates standard, valid XHTML and CSS by default. Today's web standards call for separating the content of your site from the presentation of the site. Using Expression Web, you can create Cascading Styles Sheet (CSS) files that allow you to control your site appearance. With the styling moved to an external css file, your actual HTML code will be leaner and cleaner and load more quickly.
Using style sheets along with a Dynamic Web Template (DWT) makes for much easier maintenance and updating of your site. A single change in the style sheet ripples through each of the pages it is attached to. Need to add another item to the menu? If it is part of your DWT, it's easy.
Additional tutorials not specific to Expression Web but on web design in general are available from our sister site Genealogy Web Creations.
Additional tips, short tutorials and news about Expression Web will be posted on our Blog Expression Web Tips.
If you are a FrontPage User interested in migrating to Expression Web, we'll be glad to try and help you.
Expression Web 4.0 NOW AVAILABLE
If you have purchased a retail copy of Expression Web 3.0 or Expression Studio 3.0, you are entitled to a FREE upgrade to Expression Studio 4 Ultimate OR Expression Studio 4 Web Professional. You can discover more by visiting the Expression Web 4.0 section of our site for program reviews and pricing information. Tutorials are being updated and revised for version 4 and will be listed under What's New on the sidebar as well as under the Expression Web 4 section.
Just released - FREE Setting up Expression Web 4.0 Ebook by Tina Clarke
Just released - Expression Web 4.0 Tutorials from Install to Publish, a FREE EBook by Pat Geary.
Expression Web Site Templates
The latest offering from the Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web team of Pat Geary and Tina Clarke, is a set of twelve FREE Dynamic Web Site Templates that can be added to the generic templates that ship with all versions of Expression Web. The DWT Site Templates are based on some of those available with the CSS Sculptor program that was an add-in available for Expression Web versions 1 and 2. The add-in is no longer available BUT watch for a new add-in from WebAssist, Site Sculptor for Expression Web to be released this Fall.
The series of twelve templates are divided into four layout groupings:- One column with top navigation, header, and footer
- Two column with left sidebar, top navigation, header, and footer
- Two column right sidebar, top navigation, header, and footer
- Three columns, left and right sidebar, top navigation
- Fixed to 800px- Page and column widths are set with pixels and do not resize if the browser window or browser text size changes.
- Fixed to 1024px- Page and column widths are set with pixels and do not resize if the browser window or browser text size changes.
- Liquid - Page and column widths are set with percentages which allows them to resize when the browser window changes with the exception of the three column templates which has the left and right side columns set in pixel widths.
Newly added, you will find five equal-height column site templates that can be installed to the generic templates already available.
You can read more about this exciting new project, view the actual site templates included and download them from Expression Web Site Templates.
Expression Web Templates
Expression Web comes with a series of DWT's you can use to design your sites. These I call "in box" templates and I have written about them on my Expression Web Tips blog. This section of the site includes additional css based layout Expression Web Dynamic Web Templates or DWT's in both fluid and fixed width layouts you can use for your design needs. The are well commented and a good way to get a head start on your site design.
Expression Web V3.0
You can still download a trial copy of Expression Web 3.0.. You can discover more by visiting the Expression Web 3.0 section of our site for program reviews and pricing information. Updated tutorials as well as a FREE EBook in pdf format zipped for faster download are free to you. You can 
the FREE EBook for Expression Web 3 or visit the EW3 section to read more.
Service Pack 2 provides the latest updates to Microsoft Expression Web 3.0. Microsoft Expression Web 3 Service Pack 2 (SP2) contains significant fixes and improvements in publishing, SuperPreview, file management, extensibility, and other areas of the program. Read more . . .
Setting up Expression Web 3.0 Ebook by Tina Clarke (Revised July 2010)
Expression Web Community Toolbar
You spend time searching for links to help you use Expression Web. You add them to your bookmarks or favorites menu or paste them to a list. Now you can have all of the Expression Web links at your fingertips on the Expression Web Community Toolbar. Continually updated with the latest resources for Expression Web as well as Web Design in general. Remember to refresh your toolbar to get the latest links.
Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web eBook and Class
Registration for the next session of the Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Class has NOT been scheduled. You may purchase the ebook that is part of the class and get a head start on cleaning up your site.
Be sure and sign up for the FrontPage to Expression Class/Ebook mailing list to keep up-to-date on class schedules and eBook updates.
Have you been using FrontPage to design your websites? Do you use themes, shared borders and the navigation bots along with any of the other bots available. When you look at the source code, do you see lots of font tags?
Would you like to move up to Expression Web which is Microsoft’s successor to FrontPage and have the ability to create standards compliant code? Perhaps you have already downloaded the trial or purchased the program and are now struggling to convert your site. Would you like to learn how to do this in the easiest possible way?
If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions then Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Class and EBook is just what you are looking for. The first class was offered on August 30th for the special introductory price and was full. Your instructors for the class are Tina Clarke Microsoft MVP - Expression Web and Pat Geary Microsoft MVP - Expression Web. Where else can you have not one but two Expression Web MVP's to hold your hand.
The eBook is available for separate purchase and has been revised to include Expression Web 3.0. Buy Migrating from FrontPage to Expression EBook. Summer Sale Price: $22.00
Introduction to Expression Web Class
The next session of Introduction to Expression Web has not yet been scheduled. This class will cover planning your website, setting up a local website in Expression Web, creating your first web page, semantic HTML, beginning CSS using the Expression Web tools and end with a complete website using a Dynamic Web Template manage the site. The class instructor is Cheryl Wise, Microsoft MVP Expression Web. Pat Geary, MS MVP Expression Web is her teaching assistant.
Expression Web Tutorials
This section of the site will include Expression Web tutorials to help you use the program to your best advantage. If there are additional tutorials you would like to see, let Pat Geary know. You can also download my FREE eBook Expression Web Tutorials.
There are separate sections for Expression Web 3.0 Tutorials where you can also download an EBook containing just those tutorials for version 3.0.
The tutorials for Expression Web 4.0 can be found within that section of our site.
Expression Web Add-ins
Expression Web Add-ins are programs you install on your computer that add functions to EW that were not part of the original program. Some of the Add-ins are free and some are commercial products available for sale.
New Add-ins are being released that will work with all versions of Expression Web. Some will
Expression Web eBooks
An e-book (also: eBook, ebook) is an electronic (or digital) version of a book. Each of these Expression Web eBooks is written to help you get the most out of using Expression Web. Some of the eBooks are FREE for download and I have indicated which those are. Many of them were written by my good friend Tina Clarke, another Microsoft MVP.
Expression Web Resources
Some of the many Expression Web resources available to help you learn more about using Expression Web including video tutorials, mailing lists, books, and online classes.
BlueHost Tutorials
Since I have chosen to use BlueHost as my hosting company, I will be adding tutorials for setting up your server space and using Expression Web with BlueHost. All of the BlueHost tutorials are also available as a FREE EBook in pdf format zipped for faster download.
I invite you to follow me on Twitter with http://twitter.com/patriciageary and http://twitter.com/expressionweb where we post 3rd party tutorial links #EWTips
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