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Manufacturer: Microsoft Part number: UCQ00001
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- Microsoft Expression Web is a solid Web site layout program that replaces FrontPage and offers tools for dynamic designs, although we'd like more help for newbies.
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CNET editors' review
Microsoft Expression Web price range: $89.00
- Reviewed by: Elsa Wenzel
- Reviewed on: 05/21/2007
The good: Microsoft Expression Web design software supports XHTML, XML, CSS, and W3C accessibility standards; integrates with Expression Studio and Visual Studio.
The bad: Microsoft Expression Web lacks FrontPage's help for design beginners; is expensive; offers limited tech support; supports Windows only.
The bottom line: Microsoft Expression Web is a solid Web site layout program that replaces FrontPage and offers tools for dynamic designs, although we'd like more help for newbies.
User reviews
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Easy to use, Simple Sensible Design
by whanbury on October 1, 2007
Pros: Easy to use, includes a 1 hour training DVD
Cons: Doesn't have access to an integrated photo editor like Macromedia
Summary: When I installed Expression Web, I wasn't really sure what I'd be getting. I was pleasantly surprised to see a clean, fast interface upon launch. The layout looks ...
Summary: When I installed Expression Web, I wasn't really sure what I'd be getting. I was pleasantly surprised to see a clean, fast interface upon launch. The layout looks somewhat like Dreamweaver but there's much more information and there's a great built-in CSS expression and link checker, and when there's a mistake, in code view, the errors show up in red. I had been a hard-core Dreamweaver/Fireworks user since v.4, but after Adobe bought Macromedia, the product and support went downhill. I hate the way Adobe feels compulsed to fatten up all its programs with extra coding that slows down the performance of the computer. Up until they bought it the program ran fine. Well, not the case with Expression. It runs fast and clean, without errors. I really like it. I'm not a professional web designer for occupation, but I know my way around pages, and I really like the way Expression is laid out. What reviewers don't mention is that there's a complimentary 1 hour DVD that hand walks you through all the basics of website design that was produced by Total Training, a company that specializes in video software training. There's also a handy pocket reference and a CSS Selectors book that stands up like a tent-sign. All in all a great product with extras that only a large company like Microsoft could afford to add to the software. I'm not going back to Dreamweaver ever! I also forgot to mention that this program creates lean and mean coding, not like its old predecessor FrontPage. My only complaint is that I wish Microsoft put out a Photo Editor that integrates with Expression Web the same way Fireworks integrates with Dreamweaver. Because I had a previous version of FrontPage, this upgrade was only $99. A new Dreamweaver suite is $500-900. An obvious choice! Try it, you'll like it.
8 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.
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A step forward for Microsoft, but still has issues.
by ted23 on January 12, 2008
Pros: Cheaper than Dreamweaver. Good U/I. Good CSS support. More standards compliant than FrontPage. Excellent for those who use ASP technology.
Cons: FTP client is very poor. Still inserts too much Microsoft-specific coding.
Summary: I bought this after reading some good reviews of the product, and my version of Dreamweaver was getting very long in the tooth.
Expression Web does an adequate job as ...Summary: I bought this after reading some good reviews of the product, and my version of Dreamweaver was getting very long in the tooth.
Expression Web does an adequate job as a tool for web editors. It has good tools for managing CSS, and the user interface overall is quite good. Some functions are somewhat less intuitive than Dreamweaver, but all-in-all it's not bad.
On the down side, the FTP support is atrocious. No support for secure FTP, the client often doesn't connect to the server, and when it does connect it is painfully slow. I gave up on using it to upload my pages and just went with a separate FTP client. Expression Web doesn't make a mockery of web standards like FrontPage did, but it still insists on inserting superfluous span tags and uses Microsoft-specific xml schemeas instead of more standard ones.
This is an OK web editor, but I'm thinking I may have been better off to spend a little more and get Dreamweaver.5 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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ONE OF THE WORST!!
by BRR on September 3, 2008
Pros: having a hard time finding anything good about it
Cons: Microsoft needs to go back to the drawing board on this one-------BRING BACK FRONTPAGE!!
Summary: What a disappointment! Being a FP fan, I was very excited with the announcement of Expression Web. When a company has a good program (Frontpage) and announces a new program ...
Summary: What a disappointment! Being a FP fan, I was very excited with the announcement of Expression Web. When a company has a good program (Frontpage) and announces a new program within the same genre (Expression Web), one would assumed that the new program is an "new and improved" version of the old one. NOT SO IN THIS CASE!! EW is so full of holes and flaws and bad code that it is nearly impossible to design a site that works across browsers, and forget about "look and feel". There is NONE of the "Windows/MS Office/ MS Frontpage Feel" about this program, you had better plan on plenty of time learning how to use this program, or plan on spending thousands of dollars on professional training, 'cause your not walking in and picking up where Frontpage left off!!
Gawd I'd love to have all the money back I've spent on this program and on developer and web manager time and on training. I could have hired the best professional web designer and had one of the top sites on the internet with what Ive spent trying to make this program work.
GARBAGE!!5 out of 7 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Easy to learn and powerful CSS
by pbdrums on February 17, 2009
Pros: Easy to learn if you have used other WSIWYG editors. Powerful CSS, and clean html code.
Cons: Interface could be a bit cleaner, not available on MAC platform.
Summary: As a former user of Adobe GoLive CS3, I found Expression Web 2.0 to be easy to migrate to and fairly intuitive to navigate. I tried using Dreamweaver CS4, ...
Summary: As a former user of Adobe GoLive CS3, I found Expression Web 2.0 to be easy to migrate to and fairly intuitive to navigate. I tried using Dreamweaver CS4, and I just didn't like the cumbersome interface and unintuitive controls for designing web pages. I think DW is more for seasoned programmers who tend to "hand code" most of their web pages. If you are a Graphic Designer who also builds websites, Expression Web is a great tool! It would be great if they made a MAC version...
2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Poor Software - again!
by jester2372 on August 22, 2011
Pros: There is very little this software offers that other FREE Web design applications offer.
Cons: Very difficult to layer and build the websites with this software. If you are god with HTML and CSS then you will have NO problems.
Summary: I purchased this software under the impression it was easy to use. The fact is, it is far from easy. If you know HTML then you will have absolutely no ...
Summary: I purchased this software under the impression it was easy to use. The fact is, it is far from easy. If you know HTML then you will have absolutely no problem building a website. If you are not a programmer, forget it! This software has great potential but Microsoft decided to leave that out in Version 1-4.
It is truly sad when you have 3 images that you cannot easily layer on top of one another to create the Header with a Logo and a seperate layer of text. I had no problem with adding a background but then I decided to add a header that was 1150px X 185px. There is no place to center it in the image properties. If I knew HTML, I could have modified the code.
Eventually I was able to get the image to center but I had to change the image width to 1260px.
Now I add my Logo - .png file over the top of the header. This worked fine and I was able to alter the verticle distance to center it. I could not drage the image where I wanted it as this would have been a beneficial feature. Now that this is done I have two items to add to the header section: 1) an image file (text) that will help fill in the extra space and 2) a Log in section.
I tried to add a new layer and insert the text image over the right side of the header. It automatically inserts it below the header on the right side. What a pain in the A$S! I spent another 2.5 hours trying to get this to work with no luck. I watched tutorials which none of them show anything similar and I will never get that time back.
Why is it so difficult to build a web design software that is actually easy to use. If I want to add 22 images to one area, I should be able to do this. If I want to insert a log in feature that controls certain pages in my website, I should have this functionality.
I can only wait to see how difficult it will be to insert a shopping cart and make my images Pop up in a new window as a larger view without opening a new browser window or tab.
WEAK!!! CHEAP!!!!! JUNK!!!!!1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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MY CLIENTS USE IT - I set it up! EDIT YOUR SITE - easy.
by Kerstin_Fossen on April 19, 2010
Pros: A lot of my clients come to me asking for a easy way to edit their websites. I handcode www.kerstinfossen.com but if your code is clean it works in ANY product (dream weaver, windows expression web, cms) etc. INEXPENSIVE! EASY! WORKS!
Cons: The only con is that sometimes you can mess things up and not know how to fix it... but with a little help... overall it saves time and money. So the cons are not that bad!
Summary: Two Thumbs up! My clients love it! And all sites can use this if programmed correctly! You can see some examples of websites programmed with the capability of using this ...
Summary: Two Thumbs up! My clients love it! And all sites can use this if programmed correctly! You can see some examples of websites programmed with the capability of using this product here: http://www.kerstinfossen.com/services_cms.html
I hope that helps!!! Best of luck and have fun editing!
KF1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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not user friendly - bring back Front Page
by oldjeff on January 7, 2010
Pros: not able to find much yet
Cons: difficult to use - documentation leaves much to be desired
Summary: Tasks that were super easy in Front Page seem to require many more steps in Expression Web
Summary: Tasks that were super easy in Front Page seem to require many more steps in Expression Web
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Expression Web 4 Sucks!
by ke4jcd on November 27, 2011
Pros: nothing at all
Cons: it never turns out right and you constantly have to fight with it to get it to look like you want.
Summary: Like Windows XP professional which is better than Windows 7. I thank God I purchased Microsoft FrontPage before it was discontinued. I still use Microsoft FrontPage to this very day, ...
Summary: Like Windows XP professional which is better than Windows 7. I thank God I purchased Microsoft FrontPage before it was discontinued. I still use Microsoft FrontPage to this very day, November 2011! Expression Web 4 totally sucks!
1 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great software - if Only it wasnt sooo sloooow!
by sany718 on January 16, 2013
Pros: Many features and robust interface
Cons: It is Slow !!! Takes 30+ seconds to open sites (even small sites with less than 100 files). Also slow to put files.
Summary: This would be a 4-5 star review if it wasnt so slooow. Microsoft: please speed Expression Web!!!!
Summary: This would be a 4-5 star review if it wasnt so slooow. Microsoft: please speed Expression Web!!!!
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Why you shouldn't use it
by Teruo9795 on January 18, 2012
Pros: None, really
Cons: Not a dreamweaver, not a newb editor like coffe cup, I couldn't figure out what this was. Did MS rip Macromedia Dreamweaver from 2003? But why? This is 2012. MS is really confused.
Summary: If you are new to webdesign, go with software that are for beginners. You don't even have to pay for them.
If you already know what you are doing, ...Summary: If you are new to webdesign, go with software that are for beginners. You don't even have to pay for them.
If you already know what you are doing, Expression Web offers nothing you can use. Stick with Dreamweaver. You will hate yourself for wasting 10 min. of you time installing this thing.
What was MS thinking? If people really wanted something in between, they would go grab Dreamweaver MX. LOL
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Microsoft
- Part number: UCQ00001
- Description: Microsoft Expression Web gives you all the tools you'll need to produce high-quality, standards-based Web sites the way you want them. Take advantage of the best of dynamic Web site design, enabling you to design, develop, and maintain exceptional standards-based Web sites. Unleash your creativity and bring your Web sites to life with sophisticated CSS design features including visual designers, specialized task panes, and tool bars that give you precise control of page layout and formatting. Reduce complexity and ease integration of data by using powerful task panes and design tools, which allow quick incorporation of XML data. Seamlessly integrate Web design and development teams with Expression Web and Microsoft Visual Studio, by taking advantage of superior support for XML, ASP.NET and XHTML. Create dynamic, interactive pages and sites that leverage the power of the Web to deliver compelling user experiences. Easily design to standards and optimize your sites for accessibility and cross-browser compatibility with built-in support and validation for Web standards.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Category Creativity application
- Subcategory Creativity - web design / publishing
- Language(s) English
- License pricing Standard
- Localization English
Software
- License Type Complete package
- License Pricing Standard
- Platform Windows
- Distribution Media DVD-ROM ( Mini-box ),
CD-ROM - Package Type Retail
System Requirements
- OS Required Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or later,
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later - Min Processor Type Intel Pentium 700,
700 MHz - Peripheral / Interface Devices Internet connection 128 Kbps,
CD-ROM,
XGA monitor - System Requirements Details Microsoft Windows XP SP 2 or later,
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP 1 or later - Pentium - RAM 512 MB - HD 1.5 GB
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