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{{Short description|Discontinued HTML editor by Microsoft}}
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{{Infobox software
| name name = Microsoft Expression Web
| logo logo = Microsoft Expression Web icon.png
| screenshot screenshot = Microsoft Expression Web screenshot.png
| caption caption = Expression Web 4 running on [[Windows 8]]
| developer developer = [[Microsoft]]
| discontinued discontinued = yes
| released released = {{Start date and age|2006|12|4}}
| latest release version = 4 (4.0.1460.0)
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2012|12|20}}
| language language = English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish<ref>[http://blogs.msdn.com/expression/archive/2008/06/13/localization-and-what-goes-on-behind-the-scenes.aspx Localization and What Goes on Behind the Scenes]</ref>
| operating system operating system = [[Windows XP SP3]], [[Windows Vista]], [[Windows 7]], [[Windows 8]]<ref name="4-req" />
| platform platform = [[IA-32]];<ref name="4-req" /> [[DirectX]], [[.NET Framework 4.0]], [[Silverlight]] v4<ref name="4-req" />
| genre genre = [[HTML editor]]
| license status = {{Plainlist|[[Freeware]]
| website license = [[Freeware]]hide▼
* [[Discontinued]]
* Mainstream support until: {{end date|2015|9|8}}
* Extended support until: {{end date|2020|9|8}}
}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft Expression Web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&alpha=Microsoft+Expression+Web&Filter=FilterNO|work=Microsoft Product Lifecycle Search|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|accessdate=17 January 2014}}</ref>
▲| license = [[Freeware]]
}}
 
'''Microsoft Expression Web''' is ana discontinued [[HTML editor]] and general [[web design]] software product by [[Microsoft]]. It was discontinued on December 20, 2012, and subsequently made available free of charge from Microsoft. It was a component of the also discontinued [[Expression Studio]].
 
Expression Web can design and develop web pages using [[HTML5]], [[CSS 3]], [[ASP.NET]], [[PHP]], [[JavaScript]], [[XML]]+[[XSLT]] and [[XHTML]]. Expression Web 4 requires [[.NET Framework]] 4.0 and [[Silverlight]] 4.0 to install and run.<ref name="4-req">{{cite web|title=Microsoft Expression Web 4|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36179|website=Download Center|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|date=20 December 2012}}</ref> Expression Web uses its own standards-based rendering engine which is different from Internet Explorer's [[Trident (layout engine)|Trident]] engine.<ref>{{cite web
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|publisher = Microsoft corporation
|date = April 16, 2007
|accessdateaccess-date = August 23, 2010
|quote = SharePoint Designer doesn't use Trident. SharePoint Designer, Expression Web, and the next version of Visual Studio's Visual Web Designer (code name Orcas) all use the same standards-based web design component. This component was developed jointly by the three product teams for high fidelity rendering of web standards like CSS, XHTML, as well as ASP.net.
|first = Rob
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==Version history==
 
On May 14, 2006, Microsoft released the first [[Community Technology Preview|Community Technology Preview (CTP)]] version of Expression Web, code-named ''Quartz''. On September 5, 2006, Microsoft released Beta 1. Beta 1 removed most of the [[Microsoft FrontPage|FrontPage]]-proprietary (non-standard) features such as bots (use of [[FrontPage Server Extensions|FPSE]] features for server-side scripting), parts, functions, themes, automatic generation of navigation buttons, FrontPage forms, navigation pane to build a web site's hierarchy, and other non-standard features available in CTP 1. The [[Release to Manufacturing|Release To Manufacturing]] version was made available on December 4, 2006. The first and the only service pack was published in December 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7228|title=Microsoft Expression Web Service Pack 1 (SP1) |publisher=Microsoft.com |date=2007-12-08 |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> Expression Web does not have the form validation controls for HTML fields like FrontPage, but supports validator controls for ASP.NET.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc265139.aspx |title=Use ASP.NET Validation Controls in Expression Web |publisher=Expression.microsoft.com |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref>▼
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Developer
! Major version
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Release date
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Minor updates
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Release date
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| rowspan="8" | [[Microsoft]]
| 1.0 <small>(12.0.4518.1014)</small>
| December 2006
| SP1 <small>(12.0.6211.1000)</small>
| December 2007
| Included in Microsoft Expression Studio
|-
| 2.0 <small>(12.0.4518.1084)</small>
| May 2008
| Update <small>(12.0.6329.5000)</small>
| December 2008
| Included in Microsoft Expression Studio 2
|-
| rowspan="3" | 3.0 <small>(3.0.1762.0)</small>
| rowspan="3" | July 2009
| SP1 <small>(3.0.3813.0)</small>
| November 2009
| rowspan="3" | Included in Microsoft Expression Studio 3
|-
| SP2 <small>(3.0.3816.0)</small>
| April 2010
|-
| SP3
| October 2011
|-
| rowspan="3" | 4.0 <small>(4.0.1165.0)</small>
| rowspan="3" | July 2010
| SP1 <small>(4.0.1241.0)</small>
| March 2011
| rowspan="2" | Included in Microsoft Expression Studio 4
|-
| SP2 <small>(4.0.1303.0)</small>
| July 2011
|-
| SP2a <small>(4.0.1460.0)</small>
| December 2012
|
|}
 
▲On May 14, 2006, Microsoft released the first [[Community Technology Preview | Community Technology Preview (CTP)]] version of Expression Web, code-named ''Quartz''. On September 5, 2006, Microsoft released Beta 1. Beta 1 removed most of the [[Microsoft FrontPage|FrontPage]]-proprietary (non-standard) features such as bots (use of [[FrontPage Server Extensions|FPSE]] features for server-side scripting), parts, functions, themes, automatic generation of navigation buttons, FrontPage forms, navigation pane to build a web site's hierarchy, and other non-standard features available in CTP 1. The [[Release to Manufacturing|Release To Manufacturing]] version was made available on December 4, 2006. The first and the only [[service pack]] was published in December 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7228|title=Microsoft Expression Web Service Pack 1 (SP1) |publisher=Microsoft.com |date=2007-12-08 |accessdateaccess-date=2011-06-07}}</ref> Expression Web does not have the form validation controls for HTML fields like FrontPage, but supports validator controls for ASP.NET.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc265139.aspx |title=Use ASP.NET Validation Controls in Expression Web |publisher=Expression.microsoft.com |access-date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref>
 
Microsoft Expression Web 2 was released in 2008.<ref>{{cite web
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|first = Jennifer
|last = Kyrnin
|accessdateaccess-date = August 24, 2010
|archive-date = December 2, 2010
}}</ref> Expression Web 2 offers native support for [[PHP]] and Silverlight. No service packs have been released for version 2.▼
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101202002034/http://webdesign.about.com/od/expressionweb/gr/expression_web2.htm
|url-status = dead
▲ }}</ref> Expression Web 2 offers native support for [[PHP]] and Silverlight. No service packs have beenwere released for version 2, but in December 2008 it received an update that fixed a problem that prevented macros from running on Windows Vista-based client computers.
 
Microsoft Expression Web 3 was released in 2009.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/products/?p=674
|title = Review: Microsoft Expression Web 3 HTML editor
|work = [[TechRepublic]]
|publisher = CBS Interactive Inc
|first = Justin
|last = James
|date = September 1, 2009
|accessdate access-date = August 24, 2010
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl archive-url = https://archive.istoday/20120530162906/http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/products/review-microsoft-expression-web-3-html-editor/674
|archivedatearchive-date = May 30, 2012
|df = mdy-all
}}</ref> Until version 2, Expression Web was the only application in the Expression Studio suite based on [[Microsoft Office]] code and dependencies.<ref name="XWeb3UI">{{cite web |url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/b656a8e6-6e3d-45ff-b045-92192416ec8b |title=How to customize Toolbar Icons in Expression Web 3 |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date= |accessdate=2011-06-07 |archive-date=December 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231021727/http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/b656a8e6-6e3d-45ff-b045-92192416ec8b |url-status=dead }}</ref> With version 3, Expression Web was rewritten in [[Windows Presentation Foundation]], in line with the rest of the Expression Suite, without Microsoft Office dependencies. A result of this was features like customizable toolbars and menus, standard Windows color scheme, spell check, DLL addins, file menu export feature, drag-and-drop between remote sites, comparing sites by timestamp, automatic language tagging, basic macro support were removed in this version.<ref name="XWeb3UI"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/web/thread/8db494b5-0a09-46c8-ba36-837513d4e4a7 |title=Expression Web 3 File Export Function Missing? |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/c6457d2d-e27a-4f9d-b186-cd03d999c58c |title=Why I can't copy files between two sites on Expression Web 3? |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date=2011-06-07 |accessdatearchive-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-06url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714090637/http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/c6457d2d-07e27a-4f9d-b186-cd03d999c58c |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/c75bc021-fa4b-47b5-a7d2-9ad8f88b217e |title=Using timestamps to compare if remote website has changed (EW 3) |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/c4bbb7c7-658e-4bce-b7bf-e5a27171433f |title=Has Expression Web a future? |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/web/tips/expressionweb.html |title=Using Microsoft Expression Web for Non-English Sites |publisher=Tlt.its.psu.edu |date=2011-05-11 |accessdateaccess-date=2011-06-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612063330/http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/web/tips/expressionweb.html |archivedatearchive-date=June 12, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/web/thread/e6d91a21-dd3e-4bf8-8a0e-efc4f20a68cb |title=Cannot figure out how to create macros in Expression Web |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> Other features like Undo do not work reliably.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/6d44838d-ef0d-4d09-bb2a-6ceb7706123f |title=Expression web 4 undo is broke. When will it be fixed? |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date= |accessdate=2011-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814152903/http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/6d44838d-ef0d-4d09-bb2a-6ceb7706123f |archive-date=August 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/web/thread/72fec1d8-3cf0-4d66-b92c-94b3008bf720 |title=Buggy Undo still present in EW4 |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> Version 3 introduced Expression Web 3 SuperPreview tool for comparing and rendering webpage in various browsers. Also noted was the lack of support for root relative links, links that start with a "/" to refer to the root of a web server. This feature was added with Expression Web 3 Service Pack 1, released in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://blogs.msdn.com/xweb/archive/2010/04/26/different-types-of-hyperlinks.aspx
|title = Different types of hyperlinks
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|publisher = Microsoft corporation
|date = April 26, 2010
|accessdateaccess-date = August 25, 2010
|first = Todd
|last = Moscinski
}}</ref> Service Pack 2 for Expression Web 3 was released in April 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=4e80cbeb-a206-400f-bf7b-e8d51acbc76e |title=Microsoft Expression Web 3 Service Pack 2 (SP2) |publisher=Microsoft.com |access-date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> ServiveService Pack 3 for Expression Web 3 was released in October 2011 and includes general product, stability, performance, and security fixes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.microsoft.com/pten-ptus/help/2575737/description-of-expression-web-sp3|title=Microsoft Expression Web 3 Service Pack 3 (SP3) |publisher=Microsoft.com |date=2011-10-24 |accessdateaccess-date=2018-11-28}}</ref>
 
Microsoft Expression Web 4 was released on June 7, 2010.<ref>{{cite web
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|work = PC Magazine (PCMag.com)
|date = June 8, 2010
|accessdateaccess-date = August 24, 2010
|first = Jeffrey L.
|last = Wilson
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|work = Microsoft Expression Web product page
|publisher = Microsoft corporation
|accessdateaccess-date = August 24, 2010
}}</ref> Version 4 does not bring back all the features removed in Version 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/1a9ea5b5-3615-4ad3-ba70-67cea332c747 |title=No ability to customize toolbox in Expression Web 4? |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> Expression Web 4 Service Pack 1 was released in March 2011 and added support for IntelliSense for the HTML5 and CSS3 draft specifications in the Code editor, HTML5 and CSS3 support in the CSS Properties palette, selected CSS3 properties in the Style dialogs, semantic HTML5 tags in Design View and new PHP 5.3 functions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/cbowen/2011/03/24/html5-css3-and-more-with-expression-web-4-sp1/ |title=HTML5, CSS3, and More with Expression Web 4 SP1 |publisher=Chris Bowen |date=2011-03-24 |accessdateaccess-date=2016-11-10}}</ref><ref>[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2519900/description-of-expression-web-4-service-pack-1 Description of Expression Web 4 Service Pack 1]</ref> Expression Web 4 SP2 was released in July 2011, and fixed a number of issues and introduced new features such as [[jQuery]] [[IntelliSense]] support, a panel for managing snippets, Interactive Snapshot Panel, comment/uncomment functionality in Code View, and workspace and toolbar customization.<ref>[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2571841/description-of-expression-web-4-service-pack-2 Description of Expression Web 4 Service Pack 2]</ref> Expression Web 4 SP2a, an hotfix released in October 2011, fixes an issue caused by corruption in the license store.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/fix-product-key-is-not-accepted-when-you-install-or-activate-expression-web-4-96503e2b-2a6f-73b2-55d7-9ad821ec3299 |title=FIX: Product key is not accepted when you install or activate Expression Web 4 |publisher=Microsoft.com |access-date=2011-10-26}}</ref>
 
==Availability==
 
As of December, 2012, Microsoft has announced that Expression Studio will no longer be a stand-alone product.<ref>[http://designisphilosophy.com/microsoft-expression-web/microsoft-abandons-expression-web-and-front-end-web-development/ Rand-Hendriksen, Morten, "Microsoft Abandons Expression Web and Front End Web Development," 20 Dec 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224235356/http://designisphilosophy.com/microsoft-expression-web/microsoft-abandons-expression-web-and-front-end-web-development/ |date=December 24, 2012 }}</ref> [[Expression Blend]] is being integrated into [[Visual Studio]], while Expression Web and [[Expression Design]] will now be free products. Technical support is available for customers who purchased Expression Web or Expression Design following their published support lifetime guides, while no support will be offered to free downloaders. No new versions of Expression Web or Design are planned.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/expression |title=Microsoft® Expression® |website=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=April 14, 2008 |archive-date=April 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413180313/http://www.microsoft.com/expression/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
==Reception==
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|publisher = [[Dennis Publishing Limited]]
|date = May 16, 2008
|accessdateaccess-date = August 24, 2010
|last = Arah
|first = Tom
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|author-link=Edward Mendelson
|date=August 11, 2008
|accessdateaccess-date=May 16, 2009
}}</ref> However, ''PC Magazine'' criticized a lack of "Secure FTP in its Web-publishing functions" and "the ability to create browser-based (as opposed to server-based) scripting of dynamic pages that works in all browsers, including Safari". On the other hand, ''PC Magazine'' noted that "most designers won't care about their absence".<ref name="pcmag-review" /> However, Microsoft Expression 3 later added support for [[SSH File Transfer Protocol|SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)]] (otherwise known as ''Secure FTP'') as well as [[FTPS|FTP over SSL (FTPS)]].<ref name="secure ftp">{{cite news
|url = http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/ee307360.aspx
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|work = TrustedReviews
|date=February 5, 2011
|accessdateaccess-date=January 14, 2014
}}</ref> with ''PC Magazine'' calling it an "efficient website editor with full support for current standards," and praising its "clear interface" and "flexible preview functions."<ref name="pcmag-review4">{{cite web
|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403942,00.asp
|title=Microsoft Expression Web 4 Review & Rating
|work = PC Magazine (PCMag.com)
|publisher = [[Ziff Davis]]
|last=Mendelson
|first=Edward
|author-link=Edward Mendelson
|date=May 3, 2012
|accessdateaccess-date=January 14, 2014
|archive-date=January 16, 2014
}}</ref>▼
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116071758/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403942,00.asp
|url-status=dead
▲ }}</ref>
 
==See also==
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==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226131135/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=36179 |date=December 26, 2019 |title=Microsoft Expression Web 4 at Official Microsoft Download Center}}
* {{Official website}}
* [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/visualstudio/design-tools/expression-studio-4/ee341475(v%3dexpression.40) Expression Web 4] at [[Microsoft DocsLearn]]
* [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/xweb/ Expression Web team blog] at [[MSDN Blogs]]
* [https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=web Expression Web and SuperPreview] at [[Microsoft Developer Network#Forums|MSDN Forums]]
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