- Microsoft Expression Web 3 gives you the tools you need to produce high-quality, standards-based Web sites
- Flexible support for PHP, HTML/XHTML, XML/XSLT, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, Flash, Photoshop files, and video/audio for webcasting
- Generate elegant, modern CSS layouts with a state-of-the-art design surface
- Compare your pages in multiple browsers on your development PC with SuperPreview
- Easily add Silverlight, Flash, Deep Zoom or Windows Media files with drag-and-drop controls
Deliver visually compelling, standards-compliant Web experiences with Expression Web 3. Whether you're an expert or just getting started, building standards-based Web sites is faster and easier.
Upgrade to Expression Web 3
Upgrade to Expression version 3 today. If you are a registered owner of Expression product or even many third party tools, you are eligible to upgrade to Expression version 3 at a significantly reduced cost.You must be a licensed user of one of the following products to be eligible for the upgrade versions:
- Any Microsoft Expression product
- Any Adobe Creative Suite product
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or later
Buy Microsoft® Expression® Web 3 now* and upgrade to Expression Web 4 for free when it becomes available.
Once available, simply go to www.microsoft.com/expression and download version 4.* You must be a licensed user of one of the following products (excluding free trials) to be eligible for the upgrade versions.
Create compelling Web sites visually
If you think and
create visually, use the state-of-the-art design surface to layout your
Web page. You can make design decisions on the fly, knowing that you're
seeing a faithful representation of the final browser-rendered page.
Drag and drop controls simplify adding rich media, such as Silverlight from Microsoft Expression Blend, Silverlight video, Adobe Flash, and Windows Media. And advanced Adobe Photoshop file import gives you complete control over imported layers and transparency.
Create standards-based Web sites more quickly and easily
If you think and breathe code, Expression Web has you covered there too
with flexible support for a wide range of essential technologies: PHP,
HTML/XHTML, XML/XSLT, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX,
Silverlight, Flash, Photoshop files, and video/audio for webcasting.
Expression Web speeds the essential task of cross-browser debugging. With SuperPreview, you don't need a Web service to debug your pages on the same machine that you use for development. SuperPreview not only shows a high-fidelity rendering of how pages will look on different browsers, but it also identifies the element's tag, size and position, applied styles, and location in the DOM (Document Object Model) tree so you can quickly fix the error.
Once you've identified an error, Snapshot Preview helps you fix it faster. By displaying a high-fidelity browser rendering that updates as you edit your code, Snapshot Preview saves you the time and effort of loading the page in a browser for each code change.
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 seamless
integration with Expression Studio and Visual Studio.
Expression Web 3 also includes the following full applications:
- Microsoft Expression Design 3
is the perfect companion to Expression Web. Leverage existing artwork,
or use intuitive drawing tools to quickly build sophisticated vector
assets. Seamlessly transfer them to your Expression Web projects knowing
that their fidelity will be maintained throughout the entire
designer-developer workflow. For more information about Expression
Design 3, click here.
- Microsoft Expression Encoder 3 encodes a wide array of video file formats so you can stream live video from webcams and camcorders or screen capture your PC. Make simple edits to video files and enhance your media with overlays and advertising. Choose encoding settings, choose from a range of player templates and publish rich media experiences with Microsoft Silverlight.
Deliver visually compelling, standards-compliant Web experiences
Professional Code Editor
IntelliSense and color-coding for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP make
your editing and debugging more productive. And, real-time standards
validation provides instant feedback on standards violations so you can
make corrections as you code.
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.
Visual Diagnostics
Debug your pages in multiple browsers on the same machine that you use
for development with SuperPreview. And Snapshot Preview provides a
high-fidelity browser preview that updates live as you edit your code,
saving you the time and effort of loading the page in a browser for each
code change. The CSS properties palette visually displays the CSS
cascade, enabling you to quickly see all of the styles that the current
selection in your web page uses, the order of precedence of those
styles, and all of the properties and values of those styles.
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.
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 3 will help you build appropriate code with a
compatibility checker that highlights non-conforming elements.
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,
Deep Zoom or Windows Media files with drag-and-drop controls.
Create Professional Graphics for Your Site
Powerful vector drawing and editing tools in the included copy of
Expression Design let you explore new artistic possibilities and create
compelling graphic designs and illustrations. Integrate vector artwork
and bitmap images in the same document to create hybrid compositions
that you can import in part or in whole into Expression Web. Use
Expression Design's sophisticated slicing capabilities to create
web-ready graphics.
Encode Silverlight video for Web streaming
Quickly encode and insert high-quality WMV, VC-1 and H.264 Silverlight
video into your Web site with a wide range of encoding and transcoding
features with the included copy of Expression Encoder.
Publishing Flexibility
Choose the FTP method for
publishing your site, whether FTP, SFTP, or FTPS, depending on what your
Web server requires. When you click Publish, Expression Web
automatically transfers several files at a time, instead of transferring
them one by one, and it transfers them faster. You can easily manage
multiple sites and remote locations and you can publish a site to
multiple destinations. Also, Expression Web can do "live" on-server
edits via FTP, which saves time and cost, while also reducing errors.
Import Photoshop files
Expression Web can import Photoshop files directly with complete
control over transparency, 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.













