Intermediate Microsoft Expression Web Training Class - Intermediate Topics Covered

Creating page layouts with CSS

• Reviewing the CSS Box model
• Controlling margins, padding, and borders
• Reviewing the element
• Reviewing the ID selector
• Positioning content with AP Divs
• Absolute versus relative positioning
• Adding a global navigation menu
• Adding additional content and styles
• Future proofing your layout

Code view basics

• Getting to your code
• Accessing code with the tag selector
• Inserting and editing comments
• Using Intellisense
• Validating your code
• Highlighting and correcting invalid code
• Formatting code
• Indenting
• Using the Tag Properties panel

Building web forms

• How forms work
• Inserting the form tag
• Setting form properties
• Adding form elements
• Creating Submit and Reset buttons
• Styling form elements with CSS
• Form processing and validation
• The role of ASP form controls

Adding multimedia content

• Inserting Flash & Silverlight content
• Adding Windows Media video
• Inserting a Silverlight video player
• Inserting sound files

Code snippets and templates

• Working with code snippets
• Working with dynamic web templates
• Creating a new template
• Working with editable regions
• Creating new pages from templates
• Modifying templates

Using behaviors for interactivity

• Defining JavaScript as behaviors
• Setting an event or trigger
• Previewing the button behavior