What is Micrsoft Expression Web 4?

Whether you're an expert or just getting started, building standards-based Web sites is faster and easier with Microsoft Expression Web 4.

If you're a designer or developer, use Expression Web to do what you do best. And if you're part of a diverse team, sharing an Expression Web project has never been easier thanks to integration with Expression Studio and Visual Studio.

Top Feature #1:

Professional Code Editor

IntelliSense and color-coding for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP make your editing and debugging more productive. Real-time standards validation provides instant feedback on standards violations so you can make corrections as you code.

Top Feature #2:

Professional Design Surface

Generate elegant, modern CSS layouts with state-of-the-art design surface and the ability to directly manipulate positioning, sizing, margins and padding. With Expression Web’s sophisticated CSS rendering engine, you can make design decisions on the fly and see a faithful representation of the final browser-rendered page.

Top Feature #3:

Visual Diagnostics

Debug your pages in multiple browsers on the same machine that you use for development with Expression Web SuperPreview. SuperPreview supports Internet Explorer, Firefox with a local client, and Macintosh Safari with an online service beta.

Top Feature #4:

Broad support for Industry-Standard Technologies

With support for a broad range of scripting and server-side technologies, Expression Web provides the flexibility you need. Expression Web supports PHP, HTML/XHTML, XML/XSLT, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET or ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, Flash, Windows Media, and Photoshop, as well as integration with Microsoft Visual Studio and Expression Studio.

Top Feature #5:

Broad Web Standards Support

Built-in support for today's modern Web standards makes it easy to optimize your sites for accessibility and cross-browser compatibility. Choose any schema you want – HTML, XHTML, Strict/Transitional/Frameset and CSS 1.0, 2.0, or 2.1 - Expression Web 4 will help you build appropriate code with a compatibility checker that highlights non-conforming elements.

Top Feature #6:

Build Dynamic Interactive Sites

Whether you’re building a site rich with video, audio, or animation, Expression Web makes it easy. You can easily add Silverlight, Flash, DeepZoom or Windows Media files with drag-and-drop controls.

Top Feature #7:

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Reporting

Expression Web gives you the information to improve your Web site’s relevance in search results by recommending how to make the site content more search engine-friendly.

Top Feature #8:

Create Expression Web add-ins

Now you can extend Expression Web’s functionality with HTML and JavaScript. Add panels, menu commands, and tools to the toolbox. And share your add-ins with the Expression Community.

Top Feature #9:

Publishing Flexibility

Choose the FTP method for publishing your site, whether FTP, SFTP, or FTPS, depending on what your Web server requires. Also, Expression Web can do “live” on-server edits via FTP, which saves time and cost, while also reducing errors.

Top Feature #10:

Import Photoshop files

Expression Web can import Photoshop files directly with complete control over the layers imported and the converted image format (PNG, GIF, and JPEG). Expression Web remembers your layer and format settings so that you can quickly reimport to reflect any changes to the Photoshop original.