Total Training for Microsoft Expression Web, 2 DVDs, 10 Hours Run Time

Features

Discover how easy it is to use drag-and-drop ASP.Net controls.

See how code-free data binding lets you connect to Access, SQL, and XML data sources.

Get up to speed on how to display content from multiple database tables.

Create login forms and password protected pages where users can edit content.

Use validation features to ensure proper data entry on all your Web forms.

Learn how to add XML to your site and automatically format XML with XSL.

Presenter: Janine Warner
Janine Warner is a best-selling author of more than a dozen books about the Internet and web design. She's also a popular speaker at conferences and industry events.

Format: DVD (ROM)
Platform: Windows
Running Time: 5.5 Hrs, 1 DVD (ROM)
Project Files: Included

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Detailed Description

Janine starts with a quick review of the differences between FrontPage and Expression Web, pointing out the many ways you can customize the interface of this new web design program to make it your own. Next, you'll discover how to make the transition from Web designs created with HTML Tables to advanced layouts using CSS using Expression Web. You'll also learn how to use Dynamic Web Templates to automate global changes and manage navigation elements across many pages. The final lesson is dedicated to helping you move beyond FrontPage features, like Themes, Shared Borders, and Web bots that are not supported in Expression Web. Discover the advantages of standards-based Web design and create Web pages that are accessible to everyone on the Web!

Highlights

Appreciate the benefits of upgrading to Expression Web.
Discover how Expression Web works with Visual Studio to create ASP.NET sites.
Learn the advantages of creating standards-based Web sites with clean code.
Develop state-of-the art Web designs with advanced CSS features.

Course Outline

Disk 1

Part 1 - Understanding Design Options

Lesson 1: The Many Ways to Build a Website (41 min)
1. Designing with Layers & Absolute Positioning
2. Creating Layouts with Tables
3. Using Dynamic Web Templates
4. Building Web Pages with Frames
5. Working with ASP.net
6. Looking at ASP.net & Data Binding Controls

Lesson 2: Creating Your First Site (36 min)
1. Creating a Site Folder, Saving & Naming Your Site
2. Setting the Page Properties & Inserting a Tracing Image
3. Adding Images & Setting the Alternate Text
4. Inserting the Navigation Button Images
5. Using CSS Properties to Position Layers
6. Saving Embedded Files
7. Creating an Images Folder
8. Changing the Z-Index of a Layer
9. Adding the Background Image
10. Changing the Background Color of the Web Page

Lesson 3: Customizing the Interface (18 min)
1. Rearranging & Docking Task Panes
2. Changing Site Settings
3. Specifying Application Options
4. Changing Page Editor Options
5. Adding, Removing & Customizing Toolbars
6. Examining Design, Split & Code Views
7. Useful Shortcuts for Designing Web Pages

Lesson 4: Creating & applying CSS Styles (25 min)
1. Defining Link Styles
2. Creating Styles for Image Placement
3. Moving Styles to an External Style Sheet
4. Attaching & Editing External Styles

Part 2 - CSS, Templates, & Frames

Lesson 1: Getting More Advanced With CSS (81 min)
1. Viewing a Page with & without CSS
2. Setting Up the Fallow Deer Page Properties
3. Creating a Container with a Centered Div Tag
4. Creating & Applying a Style Simultaneously
5. Add Graphics to the Top Div & Set Accessibility
6. Creating the Story Div & Modifying Styles
7. Adding the Sidebar & Deer Images
8. Creating Class Styles for the Images
9. Floating Divs & Calculating Spacing
10. Adding a Footer & Using a Clear Style
11. Format Headers with a Descendant Selector
12. Create Styles for Photo Captions & Credits
13. Understanding Font Sizes within Styles
14. Creating a Style for an Unordered List
15. Creating & Attaching External Style Sheets
16. Move Internal CSS into the Attached External CSS
17. Define Body Style & Add it to the External CSS
18. Modifying the Sidebar Style

Lesson 2: Managing Images & Links (59 min)
1. Explaining Compression of JPEG Images
2. Refreshing & Replacing an Image
3. Saving & Explaining GIF Images
4. Preserving Transparency with GIF Images
5. Combining Graphics & Methods of CSS
6. Reusing Background Colors across a Website
7. Turning Images into Links
8. Stylizing Unordered Lists as Horizontal Nav Bars
9. Stylizing Text to Look Like Buttons
10. Creating Colored Rollover Buttons
11. Creating an Email Link
12. Creating Animated GIFs

Lesson 3: Dynamic Web Templates (56 min)
1. Creating an Image Map
2. Aligning Divs within Divs
3. Creating Divs within Divs
4. Styling Unordered Lists as Vertical Nav Bars
5. Using the Clear Div Trick
6. Saving a Page as a Template
7. Creating a New Page from a Template
8. Resizing Images to Fit within a Template
9. Replacing Text & Images within a Template
10. Making Global Changes with Templates
11. Detaching Templates

Lesson 4: Using Tables to Lay Out Content (27 min)
1. Creating Tables
2. Changing Table & Cell Properties
3. Merging & Splitting Cells
4. Using Tables for Page Layouts
5. Adding Text & Graphics to Tables
6. Combining CSS & Tables
7. Adding Background Images
8. Assessing Problems with Tables
9. Using Tables for Tabular Data

Lesson 5: Creating Sites with Frames & I-Frames (26 min)
1. Creating a Frame Set
2. Targeting Links in a Frame Set
3. Creating I-Frames
4. Targeting Links in I-Frames
5. Final Comments & Credits

Disk 2

Part 3 - CSS, Templates, & Frames

Lesson 1: Adding Interactivity With Behaviors (56 min)
1. Creating Rollover Images
2. Inserting Interactive Buttons
3. Linking to Open a New Browser Window
4. Creating a Pop Up Message
5. Creating Page Transitions

Lesson 2: Designing Attractive Forms (36 min)
1. Getting Started with the Form Tag
2. Adding Text Fields
3. Adding a Drop-Down List to the Form
4. Adding Radio Buttons & Check Boxes
5. Adding a Multi-Line Text Area & a Submit Button
6. Adjusting the Font & the Background Color
7. Creating a Style to Align Text Boxes
8. Using a Table to Align Checkboxes
9. Connecting Your Form to a Script
10. Customizing Your Form to Work with a Script

Lesson 3: Adding Content From Other Programs (30 min)
1. Bringing in Content from Excel®
2. Importing Text & Images from Word
3. Cleaning Up Word-Generated HTML
4. Saving Word Files as HTML
5. Creating & Adding PDF Files
6. Linking to a PowerPoint® File or Show
7. Linking to the PowerPoint Viewer
8. Saving PowerPoint Files as HTML

Lesson 4: Survival HTML & CSS (38 min)
1. Creating a Simple HTML File
2. Adding Basic Bold & Italic Markups in HTML
3. Explaining Paragraph Tags & Break Tags
4. Adding Basic Attributes with HTML
5. Recognizing HTML in Split View
6. Setting Links in HTML
7. Recognizing JavaScript & CSS
8. Comparing Standard Mode & Quirks Mode

Lesson 5: Working With Multimedia (44 min)
1. Creating a Link to Video Files on a Page
2. Introducing Object & Embed Code for Media Players
3. Changing Object Tag Settings
4. Changing Embed Tag Settings
5. Adding QuickTime™ Video
6. Embed a Background Sound in a Page
7. Embedding Audio Controls in a Page
8. Using a Behavior to Play Audio
9. Adding Flash® Files

Lesson 6: Testing & Publishing Your Site (20 min)
1. Testing Your Site
2. Using Site Management & Tracking Hyperlinks
3. Testing for Accessibility
4. Testing for Compatibility
5. Publishing Your Website to a Server

Part 4 - Troubleshooting, Tips, & Tricks

Lesson 1: troubleshooting CSS (19 min)
1. Attaching Multiple Style Sheets Simultaneously
2. Running CSS Reports
3. Understanding Style Priorities & Conicts
4. Using Manual vs. Auto CSS Settings
5. Create Style Sheets for Dierent Media Types

Lesson 2: Expression Web Tips & Tricks (16 min)
1. Swapping Multiple Images with Behaviors
2. Saving Time with Search & Replace
3. Viewing File Extensions in Windows
4. Renaming & Removing Sites
5. Final Comments & Credits


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