All Entries Tagged With: "Microsoft"
Renaming Class-based styles in Microsoft Expression Web 2
You may require to rename your existing class-based style, while you are working with your document. The important factor here is that you want all the references to that class to be updated too. Well EW lets you do that using the Apply Styles, Modify Styles or CSS Properties task pane and instantaneously update all [...]
Expression Studio 3 Released (Expression Web 3)
The wait for Expression Web 3 is finally over, with release of Expression Studio 3 (22nd July 2009). With Expression Web 3, we have a new, improved and a complete package for designers and developers, since it also includes Expression Design 3 and Expression Encoder 3. Expression Web 3 has a new look with a [...]
Recalculating Hyperlinks in Microsoft Expression Web 2
What does recalculating hyperlinks do? The Recalculate Hyperlinks command checks and repairs all the pointers in your website within Expression Web. In other words it synchronizes the website metadata which maintains the cross-page links. When should I recalculate hyperlinks? It will be a best practice, to recalculate hyperlinks before you each publish or FTP of [...]
Testing your page in various resolutions within Microsoft Expression Web 2
While designing a web page, a designer needs to remember that his viewers will be using different browsers with different resolutions. So while creating the page, he must check the appearance of the page in different screen resolutions. Well but it is a pain to repeatedly change the screen resolutions to check how your page [...]
2 Books you must have if you want to develop professional websites using Microsoft Expression Web
Microsoft Expression Web 2 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) by Chris Leeds The book has easy steps, hands-on exercises and practice files. It is a step by step guide to beginners and intermediate users. Learn at your own pace and create professional web sites with advanced design techniques and tools to incorporate XML, XHTML, [...]
Create scrollable area using CSS in Microsoft Expression Web 2
A scrollable area is where content can be presented and can be scrolled through. When you have a lot of content to be presented in a particular section, it is beneficial to add a scrollable area, without occupying much space on the page and keeping it organized. You can always add a textarea or use [...]
Speedier coding by using Code Snippets in Microsoft Expression Web 2
A code snippet is a piece of code which is reusable. Microsoft Expression Web 2 has some preloaded code snippets for your use, but you can create your own snippets too. Code snippets save you a lot of time in coding and prevent typing errors as well. So whenever you want to repeat a piece [...]
Define terms in Microsoft Expression Web 2
You may have to add some technical terms and their definition in your pages. So when you have to present such list of terms and definitions, you can add a definition list to your pages. The Definition List <dl> consists of a set of a Defined Term <dt> and its Definition <dd>. These tags help [...]
Separate your content with horizontal rules in Microsoft Expression Web 2
A Horizontal rule or line can be used to divide or separate your content and organize it well. IT could be used to separate pieces of text or images. To get an idea of how a horizontal rule would look, take a look at this image: To add a Horizontal rule (<hr> tag in HTML), [...]
Defining a font family in Microsoft Expression Web 2
As designers we always prefer to define a font family for different elements of a page instead of defining a single the font. A font family is a set of three or more fonts for displaying text. If a single font defined in the page is not installed on the viewers system, then the default [...]
