CSS Sculptor Expression Web Addon extended offer

January 3rd, 2009

 Eric Meyer’s CSS Sculptor for Expression Web

Webassist have extended their xmas offer till the 4th of January

 Xmas Offer: Was $49.99 Now $34.99

Well worth it at the original price, never mind this discount

Total Validator Advanced Desktop Tool

December 23rd, 2008

Total Validator validates an entire site from the desktop

The Total Validator Advanced Desktop Tool can be run from your desktop and validate an entire site at once a very useful tool to have, it also will spell check your alt attributes.

Validate Site

To validate an entire site, insert the path of the site you wish to validate or browse to it. I suggest selecting the home page file as your starting point.

Under ‘What to Check’, Leave the ‘Number of Pages’ pane on the ‘Basic Tab’ blank to accomplish this

Eliminate Spell check

To run a validation without a spell check on the ‘Basic Tab’ under ‘Validations’ select the drop down arrow on the Spell Check selection and select the blank area at the top of the list.

If you do want to do a spell check, then select your language from the same drop down list.

If you want to include your Alt Attribute (Tags) Text tick the ‘Include Attributes’ radio box on the ‘Advanced Tab’ under ‘Spell Check Options’

Eliminate Codes

When you want to eliminate certain selections from the results insert the codes Total Validator - ( examples below ) produces, in the Advanced Tab - Miscellaneous Options

  •  E401 - Authorization Required - The links might be password protected
  • W802 -  Is the Alt Attribute (Tags) text deliberately empty?: When using <img>, it is valid to have an empty ‘alt’ attribute for images that have no content; such as spacers and parts of larger images that have been broken up or used for other layout purposes.

50% OFF Microsoft Expression Web 2.0 upgrade

December 20th, 2008

Microsoft Expression Web, Expression Studio and Expression Blend at 50% Off!

Keeping up to date with the latest offers pays because this 50% OFF Expression Studio, Expression Web and Expression Blend will save you money for xmas

  • Expression Web Upgrade 2.0 with 50% OFF now at $49.95
  • Expression Studio 2.0 Full with 50% OFF now at $349.95
  • Expression Blend 2.0 with 50% OFF now at $249.95

This offer is time limited so do not delay. This would make a fantasic christmas gift for those techie’s in your life.

The offer is only available at the Microsoft Online Store (USA only)

Featured Expression Web Dynamic Web Template Ebook on MSDN Blogs MVP Award Program

December 19th, 2008

MSDN Blogs MVP Award Program has featured my Expression Web Dynamic Web Templates Ebook 2.0

The ebook is FREE to download and use, and has been recently revamped and updated. So if you have an old one ditch it and get the new one. It seems updates are the flavour of the week, I’ve updated so many applications this week I’m getting cross eyed.

What can you find in the ebook? Well as well as all the in’s and outs of how to make, edit, delete, add and generally use DWTs. There is a section on what to do with your template before you make it a DWT with a lot of resources within the text for you to reference.

Making a template and turning it into a DWT is one thing but your work should validate before you use it and contain basic seo principles too. Once you have the methods in place it’s a simple matter to remember what to do next time.

If you need more help with DWTs please feel free to join my Microsoft Expression Web List on Yahoo

There are other Free Ebooks to be found with the above ebook too.

FireFox Add-on Total Validator

December 13th, 2008

I decided it was time to get FireFox 3 - I wanted to be sure all my addons were going to work first - and I heard about a new (to me) validator and I decided to try it out.

Total Validator  is a free all-in-one validator which includes the following:

  • HTML validator
  • Accessibility validator
  • Spelling validator
    • English
    • France
    • Italian
    • Spanish
    • German
  • Broken links validator
  • Screenshots with different browsers

Works as a Firefox Add-on or extension.

I tried it against the HTML Tidy FireFox Add-on and Total Validator found more problems.

However what I really like is the Alt Attribute spell check, I have not found anything like that before.

Windows update for Expression 2.0 - Allows macros to run on Windows Vista

December 12th, 2008

This update resolves a problem in Expression Web 2.0 that prevents macros from running on Windows Vista.

For those of you who wanted to use the Expression Web Extras Toolbar Macro from Expression Web Extras which includes the below features. You will now be able to run it on Expression Web 2.0

SEO Tools included with the Toolbar

  • Sitemap Builder
  • Robots.txt Builder
  • Property Count Menu Buttons
  • Image Text Window

Productivity Tools included with the Toolbar

  • Task Pane Cleaner
  • Time Tracker
  • Notes Window
  • Close without Saving

Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Ebook - Xmas Special

November 20th, 2008

Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Ebook - Xmas Special

Our launch price was $55 $45, our Christmas Special has reduced the ebook in half to $45 $22

 
 
What are you waiting for? Grab it while you can at this low price, it will make a great pressie for friends and family