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Microsoft Expression Web On Demand
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Microsoft Expression Web On Demand |
Author: Steve Johnson
Published: 2007-04-29 |
List price: $34.99
Our price: $24.26
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As of: December 04th, 2008 06:26:40 PM
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Don't Waste Your Money
This book was shipped to me on June 23, 2008. I picked it up a couple of days later to start learning Expression Web 2. I have been using FrontPage in a simple fashion for ten years. I was reminded in the Introduction to download the example files and workshop files from the Publishers web site.
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br /I found the example files, but there was a note that the workshop files would be available 5/25/08. Bear in mind this was the last week in June that I was reading the note. I purchased this book thinking that these files would teach me how to post a reasonably simple CSS EW2 web site. I emailed Perspection and got a prompt response on 7/16 from the Author, Steve Johnson. Steve said there had been a server crash and they were redoing the files. I thanked him and have continued to check the Perspection site frequently. The note is still there on 9/9/08 indicating they would be available 5/25/08. Maybe they meant 2009.
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br /So I gave up and contacted Amazon's instant call back service. This is a great service, and I commend Amazon. I got a lady whose primary language is obviously not English, and she informed me that since I was past the 30 return period, I would have to pay the return postage and a return charge. So I have written a letter to Jeff Bezos, the President of Amazon protesting. I trusted the Publisher and I don't think I should have to eat this book. I have spent several thousand dollars with Amazon this year, and I expect they will do the "right thing", but it sure is a hassle to have to go through this because of the Publisher's ineptude. This is an esthetically pleaseing book as mentioned, but it is not going to teach you Expression Web 2 even if you have a working knowledge of FrontPage. I have not been able to find a book yet that will do that. Too bad that someone does not seem to be able to write a book like David Plotkin's FrontPage 2002, which taught me how to revise my web site to include Frames and some other simple features in an easy step by step fashion. I am now studying some free Expression Web video tutorial sites, a couple of which are quite good, in an effort to grasp EW2 such that I can put up a simple web site in place of my current FrontPage site. Caveat Emptor on this book.
 Inaccurate Content and Too Simple
I bought this book to try and get a handle on the new features in the product. I found some of the information to be inaccurate (not sure if it was based on a version prior to the version that Microsoft released or if the author was just careless) and some of the information that was included is confusing and hard to follow. I do like the quality of the graphics, but that hardly makes up for the other shortcomings.
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br /There are much better choices available. I also bought Jim Cheshire Using Expression Web 2 and I found it to be much better.
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br /One more thing. I'm not sure why the 5-star review that I see on this book appears here. It appears to be a review for the first Expression Web book from this author. It doesn't seem right for that to be used for this book. Strange.
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 Excellent Expression!
I really like this book. I don't write reviews very often, but I was really impressed with this book. It is full color and very clearly written. I wish more technology books were this nice. It is asthetically enjoyable to work with.
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