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EXPRESSION WEB 2 ENG DVD DVD

Enter a new era in Web design. Expression Web 2 gives you all the tools you need to produce high-quality, standards-based Web sites.

Expression Web 2 combines the power of design and development with Microsoft Visual Studio compatibility and support for ASP.NET 3.5 including ASP.NET AJAX and PHP.

Compatibility reporting of HTML/XHTML and CSS.

Split View allows you to review both code and site design simultaneously.

Deliver standards-based sites, by default
Microsoft Expression Web 2 builds sites according to today's standards, including XHTML, CSS, XML, and XSLT. For Web designers, that means better rendering in browsers, more relevant indexing in search engines, enhanced productivity, and more.

Give your creativity new legs
Today's sites use cascading style sheets to separate design from content. The design-focused tools in Expression Web 2 simplify this complex technology and put you in complete control. From visual drag-and-drop margin and padding control to a visual hierarchy of style applications, it's easy to take charge of your design.

What you see is what they get
Accurate page rendering in the design environment gives you full creative freedom. Expression Web 2 switches from standards to quirks rendering, depending on the doctype in use. You'll have confidence that your designs will translate perfectly from your design tool to the browser.

Present XML data your way
Working visually with XML data has never been easier. Drag and drop an XML file and watch as it's immediately rendered by an XSL stylesheet that can be reformatted to match any site's style. Now you can easily include, filter, and sort data from any XML source.

Do more with your sites
Expression Web 2 combines the power of design and development with Microsoft Visual Studio compatibility and support for ASP.NET 3.5 including ASP.NET AJAX and PHP.

Design

• Layers support
• Dynamic Web Template and ASP.NET 3.5 Master Page support
• Adobe Photoshop import
• XML drag-and-drop support

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

• CSS schema support for 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, IE6 & IE7
• Drag-and-drop CSS rule application and management
• Draggable CSS margins and padding
• Code editor

User Interface

• Split View allows you to review both code and site design simultaneously
• Design surface supports both standards rendering and quirks rendering

Code

• IntelliSense for HTML, CSS, XSL, JScript, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP.NET and PHP
• Code navigation hyperlinking
• Code snippet support

Web Application Development

• ASP.NET 3.5 Support including Master Pages and Control design time rendering
• ASP.NET AJAX support
• PHP Support including Intellisense and Includes rendering
• ASP.NET and PHP Development Server

Reporting

• Reporting of CSS usage errors
• Reporting of s508, WCAG 1 and 2 accessibility compliance
• Compatibility reporting of HTML/XHTML and CSS

Deployment

• HTML optimization tools
• Deployment through FTP, WebDAV, and FrontPage Server Extensions

Other

• Predesigned site templates included
• Support for third-party add-ins

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

Too many bugs!!!:

The program is buggy!!! I have sites that I created using Frontpage 2002 which is also buggy. But I did like it until the last 2 years.
Both programs screw up my websites when I save them. They put in multipletags so I get 8 titles on my website. Often it puts the page info into the sidebar so I loose that data.
Expression Web is supposed to automatically check to match up files. This is a bug that I have found written about on several websites. Microsoft Expression Web 2 Upgrade [OLD... more info

No Photo Templates?:

I am dissapointed that Expressions has templates but not photography templates to work with. And creating your own photo site restricts you to having to open the photo in EXPLORER with no ability to control the window size or placement! What a stupid option!
I might as well used a free web software.

Excellent product:

Historically I've maintained my own websites the manly way: writing HTML with a text editor. But it's way too complicated to do that now, and I needed something that would help me with all the new features and capabilities. Expression Web 2 does just that. I'm a retired professional IT guy, but not a web or graphics expert. This product works perfect for me.

Great Web IDE!!:

Up till now, every site I've worked on or created has been done with a simple editor and browser. I've also used some packages for my ecommerce forays, like osCommerce and ZenCart. However, this is the first IDE I've used for web development.
My last programming gig was almost six years ago, so picking EW2 up was a bit of a challenge, but nothing too overwhelming. I love the application, but you should be aware that without a bigger monitor, it will be hard to use. You could close all the palettes, but... more info

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