Expression-Web-L Resource Links
Expression Web is the successor to Microsoft FrontPage and is a new program. The resources listed below will help you in using Expression Web to design and maintain your websites. Additional resources will be added as they become available.
Expression Web Resources
- Expression Web Blog - News and Help
- Expression Web Tips - Expression Webs Tips will first be published in the Any Expression Ezine which is sent to members only. There will be no archives though. The tutorial will appear on the site after the next issue of the ezine is published.
- Dynamic Web Templates (DWT's) - a FREE e-book by Tina Clarke
- Setting up Expression Web Ebook - a FREE e-book by Tina Clarke
- Expression Web Designs
- Expression Web Tips - another set of e-books chocked full of tips on using Expression Web by Tina Clarke
- LearnExpression - FREE video tutorials by Dustin Drees
Using Expression Web With FreePages
- Freepages at RootsWeb Help Help Pages and FAQ's.
- Publishing with Expression Web to RootsWeb
- RootsWeb OnLine Editor About the Online Editor
Web Building Tools
Web Page Design
- Pat Asher's Web Page Tutorials
- Designing and Publishing Genealogy Web Pages Patricia Geary
- Cyndi's Genealogy Home Page Construction Kit
- Rod Neep's Web Pages Design and Structure
- Web Developer Toolbars - If you are a developer of web pages, then one of the indispensible tools you can use is the web developer toolbar. There is one available for Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera. I also use the Web Accessibility Toolbar and the Link Checker for Firefox.
Search Engines
Guestbooks
Counters
Mail Merge
- Basics of Mail Merge
- Elsi's Tutorials MailMerge w/ FreePages
- Elsi's Tutorials Using Forms for Feedback
- Mailmerge CGI Script, v1.2
- Mail-Merge - The Easy Way! by Barry Carlson
Server Side Includes (SSI):
Expression Web Includes
While RootsWeb does not support FPSE, you can still use Expression Web Includes as they are an design time component. All pages that have the include inserted will need to be published when the include page changes.
- Design Time Includes and Expression Web by Pat Geary
- Using Front Page Includes by Tina Clarke
- FrontPage Includes Tutorial by Cricket Bailey
HTML Validators:
- W3C Markup Validation Service
- WDG - Web Design Group
- CSE - HTML Validator
- The Web Developer Toolbar is an addon available for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera. It includes the tools to validate both HTML and CSS locally from your hard drive. You can download it from -
Search Engine Optimization
- FREE SEO Training Class - The SEO Training Class helps small business owners (or anyone who is interested in SEO techniques) learn the basics of search engine optimization to increase the visibility of their business in the search engines. By combining these techniques with excellent marketing skills, you will be well on your way to building a successful online business. What works for a business site will work just as well for a hobby site, or YOUR genealogy site!
CSS Validators:
Genealogy Graphics:
Miscellaneous
- RootsWeb Mailing Lists Index
- RootsWeb Mailing Lists What are they!
- RootsWeb Mailing Lists Subscriber Questions
- RootsWeb Message Boards Index
Templates
- CSS Based Layout Templates for Download by Pat Geary based on the layouts from Inknoise Layomatic
- Dynamic Web Templates (require Expression Web) by Cheryl Wise