Microsoft Expression Web, code-named Quartz, is a WYSIWYG HTML editor and general web design program by Microsoft, replacing Microsoft FrontPage. It is part of the Expression Studio suite. Expression Web is targeted toward professional website designers.
Expression Web allows authoring of web pages integrating XML, CSS 2.1, ASP.NET 2.0, XHTML, XSLT and JavaScript into sites. It requires the .NET Framework 2.0 to operate. Its sibling is Microsoft SharePoint Designer. Expression Web uses its own standards-based rendering engine, different from the browser-based FrontPage, which uses Internet Explorer's Trident engine.[1] Microsoft claims that Expression Web's rendering engine currently provides the most accurate standards-compliant rendering on the market,[2] especially CSS rendering.
On May 14, 2006, Microsoft released the first public preview version of Expression Web on their web site. On Sept 5, 2006, Microsoft released Beta 1. The major changes from CTP 1 are that nearly all of the old FrontPage bots and functions have been removed. On December 4, 2006 Microsoft released the final version, which can be found on the Expression Web homepage.
Microsoft Expression Web provides the ability to install add-ins from third-party developers, extending the capabilities of Expression Web.
Microsoft Expression partners offer support and tools for productivity, including plug-ins, training courses and rich internet application development.
Releases
Beta
Pre-Beta
- Build 4017.1004 - CTP 1 - Released May 14, 2006. This was the first public preview build.
Version 1
Version 2
- Build 2008.1200.4518.1084 - Final - Released May 1, 2008.
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