Microsoft Expression Web 3 Overview

Microsoft Expression Web 3 System Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows® XP with Service Pack 3, Windows Vista™ or Windows 7 operating system.
• PC with 1 GHz or faster processor (it runs on 756Mhz XP)
• 1 GB of RAM or more (it runs on 756MBytes XP)
• 1.5 GB or more of available hard-disk space
• .NET Framework 3.5 with Service Pack 1
• Support for Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 graphics with Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM) Driver, 128 MB of graphics RAM or more, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, 32-bits per pixel
• DVD compatible drive (you can download it)
• 1024 x 768 or higher-resolution monitor
• Internet access (for Internet functionality; additional fees may apply)
• Some product features require Silverlight 2.0, Firefox 3.0, Internet Explorer 7 and AJAX Suite

Microsoft Expression Web 3 Download and install:

• Go to the trial download site and download it (123 MBytes)
• Once Expression Web 3 is installed, download and install service pack 1 (7.9 MBytes)
• You will have a 60 days trial period.

Getting started and what you see:

• Once you start Expression Web 3 you will see a variety of panels, buttons, toolbars. Lets look at them in an example:
  

• In the left side you have the Folder list (top), and Tag properties and CSS Properties (bottom) panels. To create a new page just select File New and choose the type of page, in our case HTML. Of course you can also open an existing page.

• In the righ side you have the Toolbox (top) and the Apply Styles and Manage Styles (bottom) panels.

• In the center you have the page you are working on: you can see it as code, design and split between code and design as in the example.

• In the top you have a menu and toolbar. The right most part of the toolbar is familiar, including, lists, table, borders and colors. The leftmost part requires our attention as shown below:

  

  • The first symbol starts a new page,

  • the next a new site (a set of pages). In this case you can select one or more pages or a template to create a site.

  • This is followed by Open (an existing page), Save, Save All,

  • SuperPreview (view in two browsers at a time),

  • Preview in a variety of browsers and screen resolutions (many or one at a time, and you can edit the list,too), and

  • a Style menu, Font menu and Font Size menu. Of course you can also undo/redo.

Follow this Basic Website with Expression Web - Video Tutorial for a detailed overview on how to create a Web site with Expression Web.

This page is maintained by Al Bento who can be reached at abento@ubalt.edu This page was last updated on March 18, 2010. Although we will attempt to keep this information accurate, we can not guarantee the accuracy of the information provided.