Build Your Web Site Your Way Microsoft Expression Web gives you all the tools you'll need to produce high-quality, standards-based Web sites the way you want them. Take advantage of the best of dynamic Web site design, enabling you to design, develop, and maintain exceptional standards-based Web sites. Unleash your creativity and bring your Web sites to life with sophisticated CSS design features including visual designers, specialized task panes, and tool bars that give you precise control of page layout and formatting. Reduce complexity and ease integration of data by using powerful task panes and design tools, which allow quick incorporation of XML data. Seamlessly integrate Web design and development teams with Expression Web and Microsoft Visual Studio, by taking advantage of superior support for XML, ASP.NET and XHTML. Create dynamic, interactive pages and sites that leverage the power of the Web to deliver compelling user experiences. Easily design to standards and optimize your sites for accessibility and cross-browser compatibility with built-in support and validation for Web standards. Standards-based Web Sites Create CSS-based, XHTML 1.0 Transitional-conforming Web sites by default. Work better across browsers, simplifying deployment and maintenance. Configure flexible schema settings to support all combinations of HTML, XHTML, Strict, Transitional, Frameset and CSS 1.0, 2.0, and 2.1 plus browser-specific schemas. Validate your site with compatibility and accessibility reporting and against Section 508 and W3C Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). XHTML Compliance Full Schema Support Real-time Standards Validation Accessibility Checking CSS Based Layout Generate elegant, modern CSS layouts with state-of-the-art surface design tools. Directly manipulate positioning, sizing, margins and padding. A sophisticated CSS rendering engine inside gives you the confidence to make design decisions on the fly. Try out CSS styles on the page with drag-and-drop style management, and migrate them to a central repository. Typing aids and IntelliSense® in the Code View make your process efficient and fast. Professional Design Surface Intelligent CSS Style Creation High-quality CSS Rendering Engine Drag-and-drop Style Management Standard or Quirks Rendering Intelligent Style Renaming Site and Page Templates CSS Reporting Tag Property Grid CSS Design Time Preferences Rich Data Presentation Build and format views of industry-standard XML data using drag-and-drop tools for quick visualization. An XPath Expression Builder allows you to create complex queries, and XSL Transform (XSLT) support gives you the flexibility to present data any way you want. XML data can be retrieved and presented via live RSS feeds that match your site's formatting. Customized Views of XML Data XSL Transform Support (XSLT) Powerful Data Manipulation RSS Feeds Powerful Server Technology Harness the power of ASP.NET 2.0 to transform your sites into dynamic, interactive Web applications. No code data binding required with integrated support for server and user controls. Inserting and configuring ASP.NET controls is a snap with the controls toolbox, properties grid, and on-control action menus. ASP.NET Master Pages make site-wide changes quick and easy. ASP.NET Pages Master Pages ASP.NET Controls ASP.NET Development Server No Code Data Binding<p>Expression® Web System Requirements Supported Operating Systems: Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2 PC with Pentium 700 or faster processor 512 MB of RAM or more 1.5 GB of available harddisk space; a portion this disk space will be freed after installation the original download package is removed from the hard drive CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive 1024 × 768 or higher resolution monitor Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees may apply); Network access required Broadband connection, 128 kilobits per second (Kbps) or greater, for download and activation of products Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration operating system