![]() Update, - A couple of weeks ago Microsoft closed the Expression Web forum in MSDN. The additional inconvenience of using a third tool to handle bigger publishing chores is enough to push me over the edge. I have been using EW with an external editor (Rapid PHP) and found that level of inconvenience tolerable due to the big improvements in PHP editing, a topic I've written about here before. But it does make it impossible to use EW's publishing system, which means I would have to use an external program like FileZilla for that task. This is good I heartily agree with the decision. I got a surprise when I discovered that InfoQuest has tightened security again and now requires a form of secure FTP that EW cannot handle. The second was a couple of days ago when I relocated a client to my favorite hosting company, InfoQuest. This removal was not devastating per se, but now I realize it was an omen. ![]() Those wishing to get a copy of those downloads can find them online with a little patience. Those using Expression Web (EW) were not affected by this because, like me, they kept a copy of the download in a safe place. The first was in June when Microsoft removed the free downloads for the two remaining Expression family products, Web and Design, from its Web site. ![]() In the last few months there have been two events that, together, have convinced me the time has come to wean myself off the Web development tool I've been using for two decades, Microsoft Expression Web (nee FrontPage). ![]()
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