Archive for February, 2009
How can I use Visual Aids in Microsoft Expression Web 2?
Visual Aids in Microsoft Expression Web 2 help you with these 1. See elements that are empty, invisible or with hidden border and styles. 2. ASP.NET non-visual controls and errors. 3. Size of margins and padding around your tags. 4. Determine which tags are written around specific content in your page. To show or hide [...]
Quick Tag Selector in Microsoft Expression Web 2
A Quick Tag Selector bar is located at the top of the editing window in your Expression Web workspace. It makes it easier for you to select, edit and remove tags while working in Design or Code view of a web page. To view the Quick Tag Selector bar, go to View > choose Quick [...]
Create a hotspot in Microsoft Expression Web 2
A hotspot is a clickable portion or a hyperlinked area in a picture that works as a hyperlink. You can have one or more hotspots in a picture. A hotspot can be rectangular, circular or polygonal is shape. Create a hotspot? 1. In the Design view, click on the picture to which you want to [...]
Preview Site Settings in Microsoft Expression Web 2
Go to Site menu > choose Site Settings… This will launch the Site Settings dialog box (see image below) Choose the Preview tab and various options available are explained below: 1. Preview using website URL – Choose this to preview the site using the website URL. 2. Use Microsoft Expression Development Server – Check this [...]
Generate Compatibility Reports in Microsoft Expression Web 2
A compatibility report checks the web pages and CSS files for any errors and incompatibility in code with the DocType and CSS schema you have defined in your page. To generate Compatibility report, follow these steps: 1. Open the web site; choose one or multiple pages from the Folder list task pane or Web site [...]
Visual Effects with Page Transition in Microsoft Expression Web 2
A page transition is a visual effect with which a page opens or closes. For example, fading, wiping out. You can add a page transition to multiple pages in a website. Adding a page transition Go to Format menu > Page Transition to launch the Page Transition dialog box (shown below). Choose following options [...]
Set the appearance of the font list in Microsoft Expression Web 2
I found it extremely convenient to choose a font when I can see how it actually looks. Microsoft Expression Web gives you a choice to set the font list in their font. Here is how you can do that: Go to Tools > choose Customize. In the Customize dialog box, switch to the Options tab. [...]
