All Entries Tagged With: "tricks"
Style toolbar in Microsoft Expression Web 3
Tweet You must be familiar with the Apply Styles and Manage Styles panels (earlier known as Task Panes). The Style toolbar has fewer but similar functions. The Style toolbar enables you to quickly use class and ID selectors, create new styles and attach existing ones. But if you have been using the Apply Styles and [...]
Universal Selector in CSS2
Tweet CSS2 had introduced a new selector, the universal selector to match any element in your page. The selector is indicated as an asterisk ‘*’. The universal selector could be used to list every element in your page. For example, * {font-size: 12px} This declaration would set the font size of all the elements used [...]
Apply Jump Menu Go Behavior in Microsoft Expression Web 2
Tweet Jump Menu Go behavior lets you associate a button (Go button) with a jump menu. In that case a jump menu should already exist in the document. Though a jump menu does not need a go button to execute, selecting an item from the jump menu causes a URL to load on its own. [...]
Recalculating Hyperlinks in Microsoft Expression Web 2
Tweet 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 [...]
Create scrollable area using CSS in Microsoft Expression Web 2
Tweet 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 [...]
Add a command to toolbar and menu bar in Microsoft Expression Web 2
Tweet Toolbars are quite handy if used intelligently. Instead of browsing through the long menus and submenus before you find the right command, if you often use a command then why not add it on the toolbar. To add commands to toolbars Right click on the toolbar and choose ‘Customize’. In the Customize window, switch [...]
Rearrange commands on toolbars and menu in Microsoft Expression Web 2
Tweet Rearrange Commands tool lets you do all possible actions to customize your toolbars and menus the way you want them. You can rearrange the commands on the toolbar to: · Add, remove, reorder the commands on the menu bar and toolbar. · Modify the name, image and keyboard shortcut associated with a menu command [...]
Quick Tag Selector in Microsoft Expression Web 2
Tweet 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 [...]
Preview Site Settings in Microsoft Expression Web 2
Tweet 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 [...]
Visual Effects with Page Transition in Microsoft Expression Web 2
Tweet 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 [...]
