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'''Microsoft Expression Web''', code-named ''Quartz'', is an [[HTML editor]] and general [[web design]] software product by [[Microsoft]]. It is available free of charge from Microsoft and is a component of the 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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==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=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=4c840d64-c95a-4328-9d80-47dc681741ad |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>

Microsoft Expression Web 2 was released in 2008.<ref>{{cite web