Microsoft Expression Web [OLD VERSION]
- Professional design tool to create modern, standards-based sites that deliver superior quality on the Web
- Seamlessly integrate Web design and development teams with Expression Web and Visual Studio’s superior support for XML, ASP.NET and XHTML
- Built-in support for latest Web standards means your sites will be optimized for accessibility and cross-browser compatibility
- Advanced CSS rendering engine lets you make decision making on the fly
- Harnesses the power of ASP.NET 2.0 to transform your sites into dynamic, interactive Web applications
Build Dynamic Web Sites Product InformationExpression Web is a professional design tool to create modernstandards-based sites which deliver superior quality on the Web. Easilyintegrate XML data and take advantage of superior support for Microsoft ASP.NETand XHTML. Bring your Web sites to life with sophisticated CSS designfeatures and tools that give you precise control of page layout andformatting. Create standards-based CSS and XHTML-compliant Web sites thatdeliver compelling user exper
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October 16th, 2010 on 3:52 pm
Review by K. Young for Microsoft Expression Web [OLD VERSION]
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I’ve been using Dreamweaver for many years and have never used any Microsoft products for website development. After using the trial version of Expression Web for a week, I am now doing all new websites and converting the old ones to Expression Web.
Expression Web interface is clean, clear and more esthetically pleasing than Dreamweaver’s. The best thing is the software discover so many coding errors in my existing websites that Dreamweaver just ignored. And it is just so easy to correct these errors because Expression Web tells me exactly where it is and what to do about it. If you care about conforming to the stricter standards of XML and XHTML, there is no better tools for website development than Expression Web.
October 16th, 2010 on 4:30 pm
Review by BleenGrue for Microsoft Expression Web [OLD VERSION]
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Expression Web (and the whole expression studio) shows promise in one day being the best web design toolset available. But this 1st version is bound to frustrate two types–Front page fans and Vista users.
In regards to the Front page fans–the days of being able to visually design a fully functional professional looking web page appear to be over. CoffeeCup and Sitespinner come as close as anything, but both are very limited. Control of the technologies employed across the web (html,css, flash, ajax, php, dot.net, sql, with plenty more to come) appears beyond the reach of any one product or company. I don’t particularly like it. Monopolies have their upside. I would pay dearly for a decent visual web design/development program that was truly WYSIWYG, but having searched for well over two years, I’ve concluded none exist or are on the horizon. Web developers simply have to accept using multiple programs and text editing for certain tasks.
That said, as a hybrid visual/text web production tool (along the lines of Dreamweaver) Expression web offers a lot. I found its drag-and-drop functionality, its preview capabilities, its css/php integration, its handling of imported objects, superior to that of Dreamweaver. As the expression studio evolves, I can easily see it rivaling/surpassing Adobe design suite in terms of workflow and inter-operability–particularly as it promises better compatibility with the rest of Office.
BUT… the *&^!!! thing is still basically in its beta phase. (Pay $200 to be beta tester!?!). It is seriously buggy and it does not like Vista with Office installed. The help files don’t work. It will constantly reinstall and reconfigure itself upon startup. It will crash a lot. I have seen ZERO improvement in these problems over the past 8 months and have tried numerous improvised fixes suggested on web forums without any luck. Microsoft appears to be gearing everything toward a 2nd release of the expression studio that integrates it with its new rival to flash (silverlight), rather than fixing the buggy as heck 1st version. This has been supremely annoying, and likely has soured many of the studio’s potential adopters.
October 16th, 2010 on 4:58 pm
Review by James J. Archuleta for Microsoft Expression Web [OLD VERSION]
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I have been using Microsoft Expression Web for a while now (using the Beta) and even in beta, the Expression Web software blows Frontpage 2003 out of the water. Web standards are the way to go and this application does the job. It isn’t hard to learn, especially if you are already using web standards in your current website. Using the CSS in Expression is a breeze. Don’t let the other review dissuade you – it is an excellent application for developing very fast, web standard, full CSS websites!!
October 16th, 2010 on 5:05 pm
Review by StevenH for Microsoft Expression Web [OLD VERSION]
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I’ve used a beta version of Expression Web.
As a person who does web development for a living, I found it a pleasure. It’s cheaper and easier than dreamweaver, and its code is very very good.
This is not Frontpage, its not for the same market and it doesn’t produce the same dubious output.
I steered away from its ASP features (As a PHP / Ruby on Rails person), but as a WYSIWYG web editor, buy it. (or at least download the free trial).
October 16th, 2010 on 5:46 pm
Review by Randy Bridges for Microsoft Expression Web [OLD VERSION]
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This is not for the average comsumer. This product is designed for the professional web designer. Not for the end consumer as advertised. Many areas required knowledge of codes. I am going back to Frontpage 2003 til support stops. Expressions is much to difficult for my needs.