You can use the Swap Image behavior to create rollover images for links and navigation elements, and you can use it to add a little surprise to your pages anywhere in your web site by setting one image to swap with another image. Follow these instructions to create an image rollover effect in Expression Web: […]
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You’ll never see the contents of Meta tags displayed in a Web page, which can make them easy to forget, but taking a few minutes to fill in Meta descriptions and keywords can help improve your ranking in search engines. Although many search engines ignore Meta keywords because of abuses by Web designers trying to […]
Read More expression-webCreate a Centered Layout using Div Tags and CSS Layout in Expression Web
CSS is the best way to create page designs these days, but if you want your designs centered when displayed in a browser, you’ll need to know this little trick. 1. First, you have to specify a width of the div tag you want to center, and it has to be smaller than the display […]
Read More expression-webCreate External Style Sheets to Save Time with CSS Designs in Expression Web
You can create styles for each page in your site, or you can create external style sheets and use the same styles across many pages at once. To create an external style sheet in Microsoft Expression Web, follow these instructions: 1. Choose File > New> CSS 2. Save the file, and name it something like […]
Read More expression-webChange Link Colors and Remove the Underline with CSS in Expression Web
If you don’t like the way text looks when it’s turned into a link, you can change the formatting, altering the colors, font, and even removing the underline. Just follow these instructions to create a CSS style in Expression Web that will change the appearance of your links: 1. To change link colors, choose Show […]
Read More expression-webHow to Customize Microsoft Expression Web
Get the interface working for you. Expression Web was designed to offer all the features you need to create Web sites. You’ll find a wide range of toolbars, task panes, and dialogs, and you can completely customize the interface to best suit the way you like to work. Here are five ways to make Expression […]
Read More expression-webWhat’s the Best Image Format for the Web? JPEG, GIF, and PNG Comparison Chart
One of the most common questions about images for the Web concerns when to use the GIF or PNG image formats, and when to use JPEG. The simple answer is use JPEGs for photos and other images with millions of colors, use PNG for everything else. Format Best Use GIF (Extension is .gif) For line […]
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Optimizing JPEG Images with the Save for Web dialog in Adobe Photoshop
The JPEG format is the best choice for optimizing continuous-tone images, such as photographs and images with many colors or gradients. When you optimize a JPEG, you can make the file size smaller by applying compression. The more compression, the smaller the image, but if you compress the image too much, the image can look […]
Read More graphicsCreating and Optimizing Web Graphics
The most important thing to keep in mind when creating images for the Web is that you want to optimize your images to make your file sizes as small as possible so that they download as quickly as possible. Just be careful, if you reduce the colors in an image too far, you can loose […]
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