FAQ
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Q: What is Microsoft Expression Web 3?
A: Microsoft Expression Web 3 is a professional development and design tool to create
modern, standards-based Web sites that use PHP, HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET
or ASP.NET AJAX
Q: How can I purchase Expression Web 3?
A: Expression Web 3 is available either separately or as part of the full
Expression Studio 3. It can be purchased from a range of resellers and online resellers or
can be purchased for immediate download from Microsoft’s online store. For a comprehensive
list of purchasing options, see the How To Buy page.
Q: What is the price for Expression Web 3?
A: Expression Web 3 has an estimated retail price of US $149.
Q: What are the upgrade options and prices?
A: Qualifying customers, including owners of Microsoft Office, prior versions of
any Expression product, and any Adobe Creative Suite product, can upgrade to Expression
Web 3 for US $79. Click here to purchase and digitally download this upgrade.
Expression Web, Expression Blend™, Expression Media & Expression Studio customers
can upgrade to the full Expression Studio 3 for an estimated retail price of US
$349. Click here to purchase and digitally download your Expression Studio upgrade
now.
Q: In what languages is Expression Web 3 available?
A: Each of the Microsoft Expression products is available in the following languages:
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese
Traditional, and Korean.
Q: Is there a trial version of Expression Web 3?
A: Yes. The fully featured 60 day free trial for Expression Web 3 is currently available
for download here.
Q: What resources come with Expression Web 3?
A: Expression Web 3 will include several resources to help users get started with
the application, including a printed Getting Started and online help and tutorials.
Q: Where can I find resources to help me use my Expression products?
A: There is an Expression Community Web site that contains a frequently updated wealth
of materials on all the Expression products and the Microsoft technologies that
they are designed to work with.
Product Specific
Q: Who is the target audience for Expression Web 3?
A: Expression Web 3 is targeted at professional Web developers and designers who
are building standards-based XHTML Web sites and applications. 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 workflow integration with Microsoft
Visual Studio and Expression Studio.
Q: Does Expression Web 3 create content for all browsers?
A: Yes. Expression Web 3 supports XHTML and CSS standards and enables Web developers
and designers to easily build browser-agnostic sites. Expression Web 3 also incorporates
rich accessibility support to help build the accessible, standards-conformant Web
sites
Q: How does Expression Web 3 compare to Microsoft Office FrontPage® 2003 and
Visual Studio as a Web design/development tool?
A: Expression Web 3 is a product for professional Web developers and designers that
combines the best of both FrontPage and Visual Studio technologies in a new user
interface for creating Web sites with HTML/XHTML, CSS, XML/ XSLT, PHP, and ASP.NET3.5.
Where appropriate, the user interface and features of Expression Web 3 and Visual
Studio are identical (such as for ASP.NET control properties).
Q: How does Expression Web 3 provide an enhanced user experience on the Web?
A: Expression Web 3 provides Web professionals with everything they need to build
modern standards-based Web sites using HTML/XHTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
With Expression Web 3, professional developers and designers can easily take advantage
of the best of dynamic Web technologies to quickly and efficiently design, develop,
and maintain standards-based Web sites with seamless integration with ASP.NET 3.5,
ASP.NET AJAX and Visual Studio 2008.
Q: How does Expression Web 3 reduce development and design complexity?
A: Expression Web 3 provides seamless integration with Visual Studio 2008 and ASP.NET
3.5 (and 2.0), enabling designers and developers to work together using products
that they are most comfortable with. Designers and Web developers can easily lay
out XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and dynamic functionality using Expression Web 3 and
take advantage of many ASP.NET specific features like Master Pages for templating,
and drag and drop controls. The project can then be handed over to Visual Studio
developers, enabling them to extend the functionality through advanced server-side
code and business logic.
Support
Q: How do I get technical support for my purchased Expression product?
A: Visit Microsoft Help and Support.
Q: Is customer support offered with Expression Trial versions?
A: Formal support is not offered for this Expression Trials. Instead, we have a
community Web site and forums for all the Expression products where you can solicit
feedback and help get your questions answered by the both the Expression community
and the moderators from the different Expression teams.
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