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LearnExpressionWeb.com will help you learn and use Microsoft's newest web design program Expression Web (EW). Whether you're a graphics designer, a programmer or a one-person web business, our tutorials are sure to save you time and help you build better and more capable websites.

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Rick Dieffenbach

As a professional web developer, I've built hundreds of websites for my web design company Allure Interactive Web. I've used this knowledge to create tutorials that take a real-world perspective on creating websites. And so LearnExpressionWeb.com goes beyond simply showing you how to use EW - it aims to help you become a better web designer by understanding the practical side of these tools and their limits and quirks.

Let us be your coach 24/7 to help you learn and use this great web development program to create excellent websites.

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Latest Tutorials

Setting Browser Title and Description and How this Relates to Google listings

Starting in Google, we explore the relationship between how the page is displayed in Google and the meta tags in your web page. We then show you how to set the browser title, descriptions and keywords using Expression Web. You'll benefit from this tutorial by having more compelling 'ads' in Google which will increase the chance of a user clicking to your website.

Starting in Google, we explore the relationship between how the page is displayed in Google and the meta tags in your we...

What are 'Autostyles' Anyway?

Expression Web's CSS creation "Auto Style" feature is a bit mis-named, and that can cause misunderstanding of how it all works when using this feature to create CSS styles for your web page. In this tutorial, we help you understand exactly how auto-styles work. With this knowledge you'll make better choices in setting up auto-styles and benefit from creating exactly the kind of styles (inline or class) that work best for you and your project.

Expression Web's CSS creation "Auto Style" feature is a bit mis-named, and that can cause misunderstanding of how it all...

Bonus Tutorial: Are Your Pages Blocked in Google?

What if you could perform a simple test in Google that reveals how many pages from your website it knows about? The same test will also show you in one easy-to-view report how it presents your pages to the public. Armed with this information, you'll quickly identify 'problem pages' so you can target fixes. The result: more pages in Google and listings that grab attention. This simple test also reveals how well your PDFS are indexed. It even works for dynamically driven sites.

What if you could perform a simple test in Google that reveals how many pages from your website it knows about? The same...

Creating Custom Hyperlink Hover States

We'll show you how to create more than one kind of hyperlink hover state in the same web page. For example, you can have one style of hyperlink hover state in the main body of the page, while having a different style of hover state in a text menu. We'll show you how to easily create these using Expression Web.

We'll show you how to create more than one kind of hyperlink hover state in the same web page. For example, you can have...

FormView - Creating a Form to Insert Data

A common task in many websites is to create a good looking form, allow a user to enter information, and have that information be inserted into a database. Further, you may want the user to be sent to a different page after the information is inserted and/or send an email notification. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a form for inserting into a databse that you can control in terms of look and organization.

A common task in many websites is to create a good looking form, allow a user to enter information, and have that inform...

Displaying SQL Server 2005 data in an Expression page.

You've created a database, set up tables and fields, and added some data in SQL Server 2005 local (on your compouter) database. Now, connect to that data using only Expression Web and display it in a page using a Gridview.

You've created a database, set up tables and fields, and added some data in SQL Server 2005 local (on your compouter) da...

Quirk: Control Properties not showing in Gridview...

In the release version of Expression Web, and if you are working in Codeview, you can not directly explore the properties of controls in template fields of GridView, DetailsView, FormView and potentially other 'larger' control. We show you two workarounds. You CAN view their properties if you stay within the visual editor.

In the release version of Expression Web, and if you are working in Codeview, you can not directly explore the propertie...

Getting started: a couple of hosters with SQL 2005 Server

Here are a couple of hosters who offer SQL Server 2005 that we use at learnexpressionweb.com: www.crystaltech.com and www.webstrikesolutions.com. In this brief tutorial we show you example shared hosting plans on these hosters typical of what you might use for a small business site that uses SQL Server 2005.

Here are a couple of hosters who offer SQL Server 2005 that we use at learnexpressionweb.com: www.crystaltech.com and ww...

Create a Local SQL Server 2005 Database

Using Microsoft's free Server Management Studio Express program, create a SQL Server 2005 database on your computer. Then create tables and add fields, and add some sample data.

Using Microsoft's free Server Management Studio Express program, create a SQL Server 2005 database on your computer. The...

Reaching a Remote SQL Server 2005 Database

A quick tutorial on how to 'reach' a SQL server 2005 database using Server Management Studio Express.

A quick tutorial on how to 'reach' a SQL server 2005 database using Server Management Studio Express....

Code Snippets - Creating and Editing

Code Snippets are useful for design, layout and programming. They enable you to save small amounts of text and call them back easily. You can use snippets on the same page, another page or even another project. We'll also look at advanced snippet usage.

Code Snippets are useful for design, layout and programming. They enable you to save small amounts of text and call them...

Formview Basics - Applying CSS within Formview

How to apply CSS within a Formview. Easy!

How to apply CSS within a Formview. Easy!...

Formview Intermediate - dynamic formview changes

How to 'reach into' the formview (or details view, too) and dynamically change information displayed depending on the values in the database. The same method can be used to set defaults in fields.

How to 'reach into' the formview (or details view, too) and dynamically change information displayed depending on the va...

Formview Basics - A First Look

The Formview allows you to display information from a database or spreadsheet however you want. With a Formview, you can layout information using a table or CSS - your choice! You can also use a formview to update a database. (Not covered here.)

The Formview allows you to display information from a database or spreadsheet however you want. With a Formview, you can...

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