Expression Web and SuperPreview Forum

frontpage 2003 forms in Expression web 3.0?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:02:05 Z

Is there an easy to use tool like the forms in frontpage 2003 to create forms that write to a text file and sends an e-mail to me in Expression web 3.0?

EW 3 editing slow

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:41:33 Z

I just installed EW 3 with sp1 and editing anything especially php scripts. When editing code it takes a few seconds for the characters to appear and scrolling with the mouse wheell is horrible. I never had this problem in EW2. I am going to have to go back to it if I can't get this fixed. I have unchecked the spell check as I type option but that has not helped.
If i open a file as text there is no lag at all with editing or scrolling.
I opened up the task manager and noticed whenever I am trying to use the mouse wheel to scroll up or down the cpu resources consumed by EW jump to over 25%
Any fix for this?

FYI, my comp is a AMD quad core phenom, 4 gigs ram, winxp 32bit

Publishing my site takes so long

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:57:03 Z

Why is it that everytime I publish my site it takes so long. I have a folder that has many images and although a resized the considerably to a smaller size, they still take forever to transfer. Is there a way to make the publishing faster.

Web Expression 3

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:57:33 Z

I'm college student who is using Web Expression 2 at school and using Web expression 3 at home. Will there be a problem when I go to school and try to publish my work from Web Expression 3?

Rookie needing help

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:08:53 Z

Hi you guys I am so new at designing webs that I do not what I am doing (LOL). I am creating a master page with Expression Web 3. I inserted a div that is going to be at the center of the page with an image as background; that works. I also created the codes and styles for my menu; the menu works well. My problem is that I cannot position the menu where I want inside the div on the background; it is always at the top. How can move the menu list around so I can position it at a certain spot. I am attaching my code so you can see what I have done.:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
<title>Untitled 1</title>
<style type="text/css">
div {
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
width: 840px;
height: 700px;
margin-top: 60px;
background-image: url('Images/Background.jpg');
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-bottom-width: 2px;
border-bottom-color: #efeab9;
}
p {
color: #FFFFFF;
text-align: center;
}
#newstyle {
width: 500px;
height: 60px;
}

#dropDownMenu {
font-family: Arial;
margin-top: 10px;
}
#dropDownMenu ul {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
#dropDownMenu ul li {
display: inline;
width: 100px;
float: left;
height: 25px;
font-size: 0.8em;
}
#dropDownMenu ul li a {
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
line-height: 25px;
display: block;
padding-left: 8px;
}
#dropDownMenu ul li a:hover {
color: #000000;
background-color: #ebeadf;
}
#dropDownMenu ul li ul {
visibility: hidden;
}
#dropDownMenu ul li:hover ul {
visibility: visible;
}
#dropDownMenu ul li ul li a {
color: #ffffff;
background-color: #3399ff;
}
#dropDownMenu ul li ul li a:hover {
color: #ffffff;
background-color: #0065ca;
}

</style>

</head>

<div>

<div id="dropDownMenu">
<ul>
<li><a href="menu.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="menu.html">The Artist</a>
  <ul>
  <li><a href="menu.html">Biography</a></li>
  <li><a href="menu.html">Artist Statement</a></li>
  </ul>
  </li> 
<li><a href="menu.html">Gallery</a></li>
<li><a href="menu.html">Exhibitions</a>
  <ul>
  <li><a href="menu.html">Shows</a></li>
  <li><a href="menu.html">Awards</a></li>
  </ul>
  </li> 
<li><a href="menu.html">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

</div>

</body>

</html>

File Upload

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:09:49 Z

I would like to have the ability, for a restricted set of users, the ability to upload files to a password protected directory on the website www.troop152-beta.org. The full directory information is: http://www.troop152-beta.org/restricted-zone/html/login.htm [THIS IS CURRENTLT PASSWORD PROTECTED].

I would like to keep the process as simple as possible [not having ton setup a Network location or using a tool such as filezilla]. Is it possible to have the user [as an example] click on a link in the logon.htm and the link would open an IE or Mozilla window where they could drag and drop files into a directory?

If this is not possible, can someone point me in the direction of where I could find out how else this could be accomplished?

tHANKS AHEAD OF TIME...

Drill from gridview

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:56:48 Z

I am using EW2 and MS Access. I am able to drill from a gridview to a details page by adding a column and making the added column a hyperlink. Is there a way I can achieve the same result but by using a field that is already in the gridview rather than adding a column and having the same text all the way down the grid on each row. I done it the way I would like previously in Frontpage 2003. Thanks

Expression Web 3 Service Pack 1 Now Available!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:19:00 Z

KB Article Link

Direct Download Link (English)

This will also be rolled out automatically via Microsoft Update next week.

Update: Other languages:

German: http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/F/8/7F85E5EB-800E-4284-AC4C-7A49FAC1315E/WebSP1_de.exe

French: http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/1/6/B16EDAD7-983F-415E-871D-E3A33C056411/WebSP1_fr.exe

Italy: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/0/8/608C8631-7DC8-4B10-848F-35B19F516F5C/WebSP1_it.exe

Spanish: http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/0/5/B05606F9-7888-4D51-A9E1-51D8020BA1EC/WebSP1_es.exe

Traditional Chinese http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/E/2/4E2EFB9E-2FB4-47CA-B2ED-7B7BDCC59E96/WebSP1_zh-Hant.exe

Simplified Chinese: "http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/F/B/2FB54FE1-A207-4AD2-82DB-D9FE8265F35F/WebSP1_zh-Hans.exe"

Japanese: http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/E/F/3EFF5FF4-0E07-4F2F-84DB-384EEDC8AEEA/WebSP1_ja.exe

Korean: "http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/4/2/C427C5B6-2CF5-402D-AC20-A5D16E8CC618/WebSP1_ko.exe"

Paul Bartholomew
Microsoft Expression Web

Using the CreateUserWizard in a website

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:15:45 Z

I am designing my first website where I want people to create a user name and password, and I am not able to figure it out. I am running Expression Web 3 and have found the aspx tool createuserwizard. What are the steps I need to do in order for this to work? any help will be appreciated.

Buttons fade to mouseover effect?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:09:23 Z

A button has 3 different pics. Can I make the pics fade between eachother?
When the mouse is over the button I want to have a glow effect. And I want it to slowly (0,2secs) to fade to the glow effect and not pop suddenly. I know how to do it in silverlight but I want to make my whole webpage in EW3.

Hebrew support

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:54:24 Z

Does the English version expresssion web supports Hebrew pages?
Is there a special Hebrew version?

Displaying Yes and No for Database Fields

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:04:05 Z

I have a database that has several Yes or No fields. When I insert a Label control into my site and connect it to the Yes or No field it displays "True" for Yes and "False" for No. I would like to display them with the text Yes or No. Is there a way to do that?

to list or not to list

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:37:08 Z

Would you suggest that this:

http://www.goodyearhealth.com/resources.html

Just be made into a list if I'm redoing the page. I'm just being lazy @ the moment, and am trying to figure out easiest way to incorporate this txt in new page, similar layout.

New Install EXP2 hangs when Accessing inetpub\wwwroot folders

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:21:13 Z

Environment: Windows 2003 ent, IIS 6.0, .Net 2.0, 3.0, 3.5+sp1. Hosting about 1300 websites. I was using FP2002.

I ran the .netcleanup_tool for 3.5

I have just installed EXP2 and when I went into my wwwroot folders, 2 things happened:
1. It crashed my IIS 6.0 (stopped all IIS processing on the folders) and stopped the smtp server. I reset the IISmanager and after about 30 seconds they came back up. Whew!

2. When trying to access the wwwroot folders, I was able to get the list of all folders (took about 45 seconds...it is s-l-o-w). Then when I clicked on one of my pages, after about 2 mins. I got the following error: "Server Error: C:\inetpub\wwwroot is busy. Please try again". I tried a couple of times again, but after about 2 minutes on each try, it gave me the same error.

I tried to close the EXP2 program but it hung. I did notice when going into the Left column the "File Open" button was depressed. It looks like the program is trying to open the page, but is just sitting there.
I finally closed the program through taskmgr.

On the App logs I got three Share point services errors (1000) and three App Hang errors (1002).

The SPS errors were all the same:

The description for Event ID ( 1000 ) in Source ( Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Error Reporting ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: exprwd.exe, 2008.1200.6329.5000, 48e40c92, fpsrvutl.dll, 12.0.4518.1014, 45416a8f, 0, 00050fa3.

The App Hang errors were all the same also:

Hanging application EXPRWD.EXE, version 2008.1200.6329.5000, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

Any suggestions?

Automatically clearing out contents of a Textbox

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:42:23 Z

When someone plants a cursor inside an ASP.NET textbox control, how can I get the contents of the textbox to be cleared automatically?

TIA

Mart

Video formats using Expression Web 2

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:55:03 Z

Does anyone know which video formats are allowed when working with Microsoft Expression Web 2? The ones I found in the "help" menu were:

· Windows media flies (*.asf, *.wm, *wma, *wmv, *.wmd, and others?)

· Flash files (*.swf)

· Sliverlight

I would like to use flash video, but I am unsure if only the video format “shockwave flash” is allowed or if I also can use formats like .flv?

I would also welcome information about all the video formats allowed when working with Microsoft Expression Web 2.

Thanks!
C. M.

Expression Web 3 problem

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:04 Z

Hello
I'm running Expression Web 3 under Windows Vista 64-bit.
When I click "Edit" under an htm or html file, Expression Web 3 is opened but it doesn't open the html file I requested.
So what's wrong?
Is there a specific version for 64-bit or the same version works with both?

Thanks

Import only non-orphan files from website

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:22:08 Z

Is there a way to import only non-orphan files from a website? I have a legacy website that is cluttered with defunct files that were never deleted. Ideally, it would be neat to click on index.html and download only those files and folders that are actively part of the website. Is this possible in some way?

receive 'identical destination filenames' when importing from office live hosted web site

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:53:10 Z

Web site created with Publisher 2007. I am upgrading to web expression 3. when I import the site, it keeps hanging on the above and says to make sure all destination files have unique names. There are certainly no dupes on the existing web site, and I made sure I was importing to a clean directory. I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong, but don't see it.

email form using GoDaddy

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:00:34 Z

I am trying to have a form that a site visitor fills out emailed to the applicable addresses. I am using ASP.NET 2.0 and Expression Web 1. My host is GoDaddy. When I submit the form, I receive the following error - "Mailbox name not allowed. The server response was: sorry, your mail was administratively denied. (#5.7.1)."

Here is the code that I am using. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

<%@ Page masterpagefile="Master.master" language="VB" title="Elitediting" %>
<% @Import Namespace="System.Web.Mail" %>
    <script runat="server">


        Protected Sub SubmitForm_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
            If Not Page.IsValid Then Exit Sub

            Dim SendResultsTo As String = "contactus@elitediting.com"
            Dim smtpMailServer As String = "relay-hosting.secureserver.net"
            Dim smtpMailServerPort As String = "25"
            Dim smtpUsername As String = "contactus@elitediting.com"
            Dim smtpPassword As String = "********"
            Dim MailSubject As String = "Contact Us Form"

            Try
                Dim txtQ As TextBox = Me.FormContent.FindControl("TextBoxQ")
                If txtQ IsNot Nothing Then
                    Dim ans As String = ViewState("hf1")
                    If ans.ToLower <> txtQ.Text.ToLower Or ans.ToUpper <> txtQ.Text.ToUpper Then
                        Me.YourForm.ActiveViewIndex = 3
                        Exit Sub
                    End If
                End If

                Dim FromEmail As String = SendResultsTo
                Dim msgBody As StringBuilder = New StringBuilder()
                Dim sendCC As Boolean = False

                For Each c As Control In Me.FormContent.Controls
                    Select Case c.GetType.ToString
                        Case "System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox"
                            Dim txt As TextBox = CType(c, TextBox)
                            If txt.ID.ToLower <> "textboxq" Then
                                msgBody.Append(txt.ID & ": " & txt.Text & vbCrLf & vbCrLf)
                            End If
                            If txt.ID.ToLower = "email" Then
                                FromEmail = txt.Text
                            End If
                            If txt.ID.ToLower = "subject" Then
                                MailSubject = txt.Text
                            End If
                        Case "System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBox"
                            Dim chk As CheckBox = CType(c, CheckBox)
                            If chk.ID.ToLower = "checkboxcc" Then
                                If chk.Checked Then sendCC = True
                            Else
                                msgBody.Append(chk.ID & ": " & chk.Checked & vbCrLf & vbCrLf)
                            End If

                        Case "System.Web.UI.WebControls.RadioButton"
                            Dim rad As RadioButton = CType(c, RadioButton)
                            msgBody.Append(rad.ID & ": " & rad.Checked & vbCrLf & vbCrLf)
                        Case "System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList"
                            Dim ddl As DropDownList = CType(c, DropDownList)
                            msgBody.Append(ddl.ID & ": " & ddl.SelectedValue & vbCrLf & vbCrLf)
                    End Select
                Next
                msgBody.AppendLine()

                msgBody.Append("Browser: " & Request.UserAgent & vbCrLf & vbCrLf)
                msgBody.Append("IP Address: " & Request.UserHostAddress & vbCrLf & vbCrLf)
                msgBody.Append("Server Date & Time: " & DateTime.Now & vbCrLf & vbCrLf)

                Dim myMessage As System.Net.Mail.MailMessage = New System.Net.Mail.MailMessage()
                myMessage.To.Add(SendResultsTo)
                myMessage.From = New System.Net.Mail.MailAddress(FromEmail)
                myMessage.Subject = MailSubject
                myMessage.Body = msgBody.ToString
                myMessage.IsBodyHtml = False
                If sendCC Then myMessage.CC.Add(FromEmail)

                Dim basicAuthenticationInfo As New System.Net.NetworkCredential(smtpUsername,smtpPassword)
                Dim MailObj As New System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient(smtpMailServer,smtpMailServerPort)
                MailObj.Credentials = basicAuthenticationInfo
                MailObj.Send(myMessage)

                Me.YourForm.ActiveViewIndex = 1
            Catch ex As Exception
    Me.YourForm.ActiveViewIndex = 2
    Response.Write("<span style='color:red'>" & ex.Message & "</span>")
   End Try
        End Sub

</script>

Thank you,
Tim

expression web 2 database update

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:58:56 Z

setting up a database on a page exactly how it says in the help file. Everything works can view it but cannot update. In gridview when I hit the advanced button, the generate code button is unavailable. I have aspnet 3.5 all my windows updates for xp pro etc. Any help is appreciated...If I can't get this have to go back to classic asp and code this simple problem.

thank you

search database

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:03:10 Z

i would like to have a textbox on my page, that will search my table in an access database and display the results. Just a simple zip code lookup to see if we deliver in that area or not.......
thanks

safari won't display asp.net menus

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:59:11 Z

I have used ASP.NET Menus in a site for the first time www.real-ronda.com. The menu works well in IE, Firefox, and Opera. Unfortunately, whilst I can get the menu to display in Safari it doesn't work correctly. If I click on a submenu the menu disapears and nothing happens. This seems like an old problem because there are a couple of supposed 'fixes' on the web, neither of which worked for me. Any ideas?

I am using both EW2 and the trial version of EW3. Would using Visual Studio work any better?

Does anyone know if the final release of EW3 is much different to the trial version? There are some improvements certainly but I am not sure if they made it worth upgrading....

centering two columns in asp.net with expression web

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:50:08 Z

Hi, everyone,

I'm trying to set up a master page using expression web, with a header, footer, nav, and two columns. After several hours, I've been able to get the left and right column on the same height, before the rigth column was lower than the left and underneath the footer. but, I'm trying to center the whole thing so it's centered with wide screen monitors. the header and footer are centered, but the left column floats all the way to the left, and the right column floats all the way to the right. I'd read to avoid using relative positioning if possible because it creates other problems. Anyone have any ideas?
thanks!
Sorry for all the code, but I don't want to accidentally leave out what's causing the problem. I'm sure it's something so simple, but my eyes are going crossways already and I sure can't find it!
Nancy

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<%@ Master Language="C#" %>
<html dir="ltr" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head runat="server">
<meta content="en-us" http-equiv="Content-Language" />
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
<title>Header</title>
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="head" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
<style type="text/css">

  .IE8Fix
  {
  z-index: 100;
  }
</style>
<style type="text/css">
.footer {
text-align: center;
background-color: #800000;
}
.navbar {
background-color: #FF00FF;
z-index: 100;
width: 1000px;
height: 100px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
.masthead {
background-image: url('/C:/Users/NancyHome/Documents/My Web Sites/roastery2010ASPX/mastheadgradient.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat-x;
font-family: "Bookman Old Style";
}
.Header {
background-image: url('/C:/Users/NancyHome/Documents/My%20Web%20Sites/roastery2010ASPX/mastheadgradient.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat-x;
font-family: "Bookman Old Style";
text-align: center;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
width: 1000px;
}
.footer {
background-color: #800000;
}
.Footer {
background-color: #800000;
color: #FFFBD6;
height: 50px;
text-align: center;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
width: 1000px;
vertical-align: middle;
margin-top: 850px;
}
.rightcolumn {
width: 200px;
float: right;
}
.newStyle1 {
float: left;
width: 800px;
}
.leftcolumn {
width: 500px;
float: left;
}
.body {
width: 1000px;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>

<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
  <div>
   <h1 class="Header" style="height: 100px">Header</h1>
  </div>
  <div class="navbar">
   <asp:Menu id="Menu1" runat="server" BackColor="#FFFBD6" DataSourceID="SiteMapDataSource1" DynamicHorizontalOffset="2" Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="0.8em" ForeColor="#990000" StaticSubMenuIndent="10px">
    <StaticSelectedStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" />
    <StaticMenuItemStyle HorizontalPadding="5px" VerticalPadding="2px" />
    <DynamicHoverStyle BackColor="#990000" ForeColor="White" />
    <DynamicMenuStyle BackColor="#FFFBD6" />
    <DynamicSelectedStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" />
    <DynamicMenuItemStyle HorizontalPadding="5px" VerticalPadding="2px" />
    <StaticHoverStyle BackColor="#990000" ForeColor="White" />
     <DynamicMenuStyle CssClass="IE8Fix" />
   </asp:Menu>
   <asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="SiteMapDataSource1" runat="server">
   </asp:SiteMapDataSource>
   <br />
      
   <asp:SiteMapPath id="SiteMapPath1" runat="server" Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="0.8em" PathSeparator=" : ">
    <PathSeparatorStyle Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#990000" />
    <CurrentNodeStyle ForeColor="#333333" />
    <NodeStyle Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#990000" />
    <RootNodeStyle Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#FF8000" />
   </asp:SiteMapPath>
  </div>
  <div>
   <asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="Left" runat="Server">
    <p style="width: 80%; background-color: #0000FF; border: thin groove #800000; height: 800px; top: 0px; float: left;">
    (Left)</p>
   </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
  </div>
  <div>
   <asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="RightColumnContent" runat="Server">
    <p style="width: 213px; float: right; background-color: #C0C0C0; height: 598px;" class="rightcolumn">
    (RightColumnContent)</p>
   </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
  </div>
  <div class="Footer">
   Footer © 2010</div>
  <div>
  </div>
</div>
</form>

</body>

</html>

Expression Web User Interface Or Theme Color

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:27:08 Z

I am using Expression Web with Windows Vista and I also have Office 2007 installed. When I open Expression Web the User Interface or Theme is a sky blue color. Is there a way to change this color to something else other than the deflaut? I have my window color set to Graphite in Vista.

server timed out uploading large file

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:46:09 Z

Hi all,

Trying to upload a 100+ meg file. after about 2-3 minutes or so it comes back with a server timed out error. Is there something i can do to resolve this?

thanks

CSS Hover Effect

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:10:35 Z

I am sure there is more than one way to do this. However, I would like to do it the best way. If you take a look at http://calvin.hereyallgo.com/default_copy(2).aspx I have an image there that I wold like to create the same effect that is in use on this site http://www.hopeingod.org/ What would be the best way to go about doing this. Could the same effect be done using css as was done in my drop down menu?

Sorting columns in a gridview.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:30:45 Z

I don't have a website up yet but it will have a page with 50 rows of data and 8 columns. Can I populate the gridview with an xml file data source and be able to sort on any one of the columns? I would like to be able to sort the data without needing to use a database.

Thanks,
Scott

FP server extensions

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:13:27 Z

I have been using MS Front Page to manage my website www.dcneuro.net since the onset. Recently, I have been tyring to play with Expression, which appears to be much more difficult. My question is, how do I eliminate the FP server extensions using Expression, but continue to use my existing website so that I don't have to start creating from scratch. This would allow me to use FTP without screwing up my site, amongst other issues.

Thanks.

Dr. S.

cannot get drop down menu script to work properly in Firefox or IE8

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:04:46 Z

I am a rank amateur trying to get some pizzazz in my church website.
I have followed the tutorial in Expression web help. The menu items appear staggered downwards in IE8 but they do drop down. In Firefox they look great but don't drop down. They have a forum but I cannot get in for some reason (default reason being my lack of expertise)
I have been trying to get these menus going for two weeks!!

Using timestamps to compare if remote website has changed (EW 3)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:53:56 Z

In FP and EW 2 there was a setting similar to "Determine changes by comparing the timestamps of the source files"* on the Publish tab of the Remote Website dialog.

Where is this setting gone in EW 3? Or is there a way to use this setting in another way?

Thank you

Thomas

* Maybe the real text differs because I translated from Germn. Please excuse.

Really slow publishing - IIS problem?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:46:21 Z

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but it directly affects my EW3 publishing. I do all of my design and editing on my local machine, then publish to our intranet, double check, and publish to our web server. Our intranet server runs IIS, which I know virtually nothing about.

Until recently this process worked great. The other day my boss was installing some other stuff on the server and was mucking around in the IIS settings. Since then, every time I try to publish, it is slooow (five to ten minutes to update one simple page). Whether I am publishing from my computer to the intranet, or from the intranet to the web server, the status message says "listing pages in \\(IPaddress)\c$\Inetpub\wwwroot\FCPHD" for seemingly forever. Once it finally gets past this stage, the process completes as quickly as expected. For minor updates I can tolerate this glacial speed, but there's no way I will attempt any major site-wide changes like this.

Does anyone have the remotest idea what needs to be reset to return publishing speed to normal? Or, is there a better place to ask this? I'm still clueless about IIS, and just not sure where to ask or what information is needed to troubleshoot. I understand if nobody can answer with the information I have provided, and I will try to provide more detail if needed. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Jim

Custom menubutton issue

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:32:23 Z

For me this sounds like it should be a very easy thing to do. I have searched around internet alot and still found nothing... I'm kind of a beginner at this so I'm going to try explane my problem in a decent way:

I have made a nice fancy button in Silverlight 3 actually. I used Silverlight + website.
I want the button to navigate to my Expression web 3 html page.

This should be an easy thing to do but there are no "navigate to: C:\Documents and Settings\Me\My documents\My Web Sites\Home.html" OR WHATEVER IT SHOULD BE.

So my question is: How can I make my SL buttons navigate to EW 3 pages?

I read the "read this before posting". Don't hate me for not posting a link (i dont have any) and feel free to ask me for details that I've missed. Probably missed alot :)

Expression Web Birthday Giveaway

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:46:17 Z

Expression Web Birthday Giveaway
http://www.frontpage-to-expression.com/expression-web-giveaway.html

What's up for grabs?

First Prize - Microsoft Expression Web 3.0 x 1
Second Prize - Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Ebook v2.0 x 2
Third Prize - Expression Web Tips vol l & ll Ebooks x 3

What do I have to do to enter the drawing?

Answer a mini interview about Microsoft Expression Web (or FrontPage or SharePoint Designer 2007 if you have those)

When does it start and end?

20th - 30th November

What if I don't have expression web?

You are in luck - Microsoft has a 60 day trial or you can pick up SharePoint Designer 2007 for free

There will be a special prize for what we think is the best mini interview, so taking time to be thoughtful in your answers might just pay off.

Join in the fun

Tina Clarke and Pat Geary
http://twitter.com/expressionweb/

DISCLAIMER - This giveaway from frontpage-to-expression.com run by Tina Clarke, Microsoft MVP - Expression Web and Pat Geary, Microsoft MVP - Expression Web is in no way affiliated with Microsoft and Microsoft is not involved in anyway.

Posted with permission from Paul Bartholomew

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EW3 crashes on start up - no message displayed

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:17 Z

I have a Dell laptop (Inspiron 6000) 1.6 Ghz processor with 2Gb RAM, Windows XP SP2, .NET 3.5, IE8, Office 2003 with the free 2007 file conversion tools. I also have VS2008 with up-to-date security pathces (SP1 - this was a HUGE update file!)
My Free AVG Anti-Virus is up to date and runs a full scan once a week. No viruses have been found.
Windows Defender is up to date - no malware found.
I had FrontPage which I uninstalled quite a while ago, before installing EW 3.
I have other Expression tools that work fine (the entire Expression Studio suite). No other software hangs, at leat not on a routine basis.

EXCEPT.... EW3 crashes on start up. It never ever worked on this computer.

I have installed EW3 SP1 which was made available yesterday.
I have used FontExpress to review all my fonts on C:\windows\fonts - all of them are OK, zero faulty fonts.
Using the Event Viewer (Control Panel, Admin Tools), the Error Log reads:

Faulting application expressionweb.exe, version 3.0.3813.0, stamp 4afaebc1, faulting module mso.dll, version 3.0.3812.0, stamp 4afa1ea3, debug? 0, fault address 0x000404fe.

There is no additional info on MS error interpretation site http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
What can I do to get this thing running ?!?

Thanks!

Image Viewer producing links

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:28:49 Z

I have used image viewer on my pages in web page. Some of the image displayed make a link to www.adobe.com while clinking, which I don't want. Can someone suggest the solution please.

Webpage: www.nipunn.com

chagi

EW3 Crashes when opening one css file

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:50:06 Z

I am trying out the trial version of EW3, having used EW2 for a while now. Seems to going okay except when I try and open one css files named css.css the program crashes. The files open fine in EW2, in fact I created them there. I am able to open other css files, is there something I can look at with this particular file that is causing this, is it a naming problem?

BTW I work on live sites so I am constant ftp connection.

Calendar in expression web?

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:47:37 Z

Is it possible to make a calendar in EW in a ”easy” way?

Kind of new to the program, but have used the older Front Page. And what I’m looking for is a template or something that could be used as/to a calendar in a web page.

The idea is having some events/trips added in the calendar that could be viewed by anybody that opens the site.

Thanks in advance

How do I.. (with SP1 installed)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:26:53 Z

Ok so I only came to the Expression table after EW3 was released but before SP 1 so there are things available now in the SP I haven't had at my fingertips before.
1 - Add-ins. I see Tools> addins where I can view my add-ins but how do I actually install them to begin with? Are EW add-ins exectutable files?
2 - The system colour preference. I can't find how to change the interface to system default.

Can someoone hook me up with the answers...? :-)
Andy

Using Includes with Master Pages and forms.

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:38:15 Z

I have a web page at www.foxmls.com/test.aspx. It has a page (Test.htm) attached to a Master Page (headersubsell.master). Test.htm is a form created in Frontpage 2003. If I use the browser from Google, Opera, Safari, and Firfox it opens the page formated correctly. When I open in IE8 it pushes the right column to the bottom of the page. Why?