Microsoft Expression Web 1.0 is still hot off the presses. Come and get in-depth tips and tricks on this great standards-based design tool. In addition, get a preview of the direction we're taking as version 2.0 expands its universe beyond HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and puts Silverlight, PHP, and ASP.NET within reach.

2. Boris Feldman / Program Manager
Erik Saltwell / Development Manager
Microsoft Corporation

4. Standards-based
Professional web design tool
Sophisticated CSS handling
Rich data presentation

13. Standards-based
Professional web design tool
Sophisticated CSS handling
Rich data presentation

17. What does it mean to be <b>bold</b>?
What does it mean to be <strong>bold</strong>?
What does it mean to be <span style=quot;...”>bold</span>?
What does it mean to be <span class=quot;...”>bold</span>?
A new style rule?
An existing style rule – which one?
External css page or not?

21. Expression Web
Available now
Free trial here: http://www.microsoft.com/Expression
Expression Web 2…

22. Media
PHP
ASP .NET AJAX
Developer  Designer Workflow
Design Surface Updates

23. Built-in support for inserting:
Silverlight
Window Media Player
Adobe Flash
Preview on the design surface
Support for both HTML/JavaScript and ASP.NET
Cross-browser code
No quot;Click to Activatequot; behavior
Automatically generates the correct JavaScript

25. Create new PHP pages
Recognizes PHP script

26. Menu Item Text String
<?php $_POST[]; ?>
Form variable
<?php $_GET[]; ?>
URL variable
<?php $_SESSION[]; ?>
Session variable
<?php $_COOKIE[]; ?>
Cookie variable
<?php require(); ?>
Require
 ?>
<?php
Code block
echo  ?>
<?php
Echo
/*  */
Comment
if  ?>
<?php
If
else  ?>
<?php
Else

28. Comments <?
$today = date(quot;lquot;);
Identifiers print($today); // comment
if($today == ‘Sunday’) //if is a PHP keyword
Keywords {
Numbers /* Comment */
$bgcolor = quot;#FEF0C5quot;;
Operators }
elseif($today == quot;Mondayquot;)
Strings $auth = 1; //1 is a script number
Comments $result = (($auth == 1) && ($status != 0)); //operator
?>
Other

29. Supported:
ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 controls
ScriptManager
ScriptManagerProxy
Timer
UpdatePanel
UpdateProgress
Investigating:
ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit

31. Design surface updates
CSS Overflow
Investigating: AJAX control extenders
Publishing
Save username/password for FTP
Byte-order Mark Fix

32. Expression Web
Standards-based
Professional web design tool
Sophisticated CSS handling
Rich data presentation
Expression Web 2
Media
PHP
ASP .NET AJAX

33. Expression Web
Available now
Free trial here: http://www.microsoft.com/Expression
Expression Web 2
In development
Preview release will be available soon

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