Expression Web comes with a series of “in box” templates that you can use to get started with. If you go to
Expression Web 1.0 and 2.0: File > New > Web Site > Templates
Expression Web 3.0: Site > New Site > Templates
You are then presented with a list of templates to choose from with a Preview of what it will look like. Make your choice and the site will be created for you. Click on thumbnail for larger image.
Using Personal 4 as an example, the website is created where you have specified on your computer and the following files/folders are created. Click thumbnail for a larger image.
master.dwt
default.html
about_me (folder)
contact (folder)
images (folder)
links (folder)
resume (folder)
photo_gallery (folder)
styles (folder)
The styles folder contains the various style sheets you can use with the master.dwt. I would leave that folder as is. With the exception of the about_me and resume folder, each of the other folders contains only one page.
My suggestion for using this setup would be to move all of the images to the image folder and move the pages within the folder to the root directory with the default.html page. NOTE: In Expression Web 3.0, the page within each folder is named default.html. This means that you will need to rename the page itself BEFORE moving it into the root directory.
If you intend to use the photo gallery, then leave that folder as is. At the same time, I rename the default.html to index.html. (Use the name for the file that your server requires.)
Your website folder/file system should now look something like this. Click thumbnail for a larger image.
Your newly reorganized website is now ready to work with.
Any of the pages/ folder that you do not need can be deleted BUT remember the links to those pages are not removed if you delete the page/folder. The menu itself is a list and is part of the master.dwt. Edit the list to change or add links.
You may find the menu either to work with by making it an include page. If you need more detailed instructions, read Expression Web and Design Time Includes
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This sounds like a great way to get out a website quickly but you would need to know html to edit it further and make more pages and so on. I used to build html websites and now I just use WordPress. I like to save time…
Your option would be good for sales pages though. WordPress is not good for that.
I think it’s essential for other sites to do this. I’m sure it will bring them a lot of hits.
I have move all of the images to the image folder and move the pages within the folder to the root directory with the default.Thank you for your tips~
This is a great idea and sure things will even improve on this its defo a step in the right direction
Very very informative, thanks for clearing up some issues for me!
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Indeed! very easy to read. Nice job!!!
Hey, thanks for the post, if been looking how to get these templates for a while now, thanks.
Hi Patricia – I really find your post useful. I personally like Expression Web 3.0 since they already have templates that I can choose from. I’m not a techie person so you really helped me a lot to set it up. I will try your tips to reorganize my website. Thanks!
Hi there Patricia- I’ve found your post very interesting and useful for us. Thanks for sharing your post on how to set up the Expression Web 1.0 and 2.0 so with 3.0 version.This post really help us a lot.
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Awesome topic Patricia. This is very useful to us. Thanks for sharing this post to us.
This is a good idea. Your making things easy. Thanks a bunch. Looking forward to this.