14 DAY TRIAL // Just four months after the general availability of the third major installment of its Expression suite of development and designer products, Microsoft is offering the first service pack release for one of the components. Expression Web 3 Service Pack 1 is currently up for grabs from the Microsoft Download Center, with Microsoft not exactly trumpeting its availability. Still, current Expression Web 3 customers, looking to easily integrate the latest updates for the Expression Studio 3 component, can turn to the standalone download, offered for free, as all service packs from Microsoft.
“Microsoft Expression Web 3 Service Pack 1 (SP1) contains significant fixes and improvements in publishing, SuperPreview, file management, extensibility, and other areas of the program,” reads an excerpt of the SP1’s description on the Microsoft Download Center. “SP1 includes improvements developed as a result of user input from Microsoft Connect, such as support for custom Windows colors, improved text selection, and better performance,” the company added.
At the end last week, Microsoft also published the documentation designed to accompany the release. In this regard, customers interested in grabbing the latest major upgrade for Expression Web 3 need only visit Microsoft Support and access the following Knowledge Base article: “Description of Expression Web 3 Service Pack 1.” In this resource Microsoft is providing an exhaustive list containing the changes synonymous with the evolution of Expression Web 3 from the RTM version to SP1.
Here are the major “issues resolved in this service pack, [according to Microsoft]:
- Fixes a problem in which multiple tasks are undone when you use the Undo feature. - Resolves a problem in which an invalid link is generated when you drag an image from the Folder List panel into the Code view of a page. - Enables you to select text in the Design view of a page more easily and more accurately. - Resolves a crashing issue caused by nonstandard or corrupted fonts that are installed on your computer. - Fixes a problem in which tags that begin with <?php are renamed after you rename a file. - Resolves a problem in which Japanese characters are altered. - Resolves a problem in which the source file is deleted after you copy a file from one instance of Expression Web 3 and then paste the file into another instance of Expression Web 3. - Restores the ability to drag files into a selected folder in the Folder List panel. - Enables connections to each destination without restarting the application when multiple publishing destinations are specified on the same FTP server and when only the user credentials are different for those destinations. - Fixes several problems in the workflow between Expression Web and Team Foundation Server. - Shows the correct file status in Publishing view after you publish a site. - Updates the file status and publishing log when you use the Publish Selected Files command to publish one or more files. Additionally, Expression Web 3 SP1 displays the publishing progress in the Publishing Status panel. - Provides several fixes that make sure that pages accurately display in SuperPreview.”
Expression Web 3 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is available for download here.
Microsoft Expression Studio 3 Trial is available for download here.
Microsoft Expression Web 3 Trial is available for download here.
Microsoft Expression Blend 3 + SketchFlow Trial is available for download here.
Microsoft Expression Design 3 Trial is available for download here.
Microsoft Expression Encoder 3 is available for download here.