Hello Subscribers,

It’s been an exciting fall for us as we’ve released both Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 AND Silverlight 2 . Expression Blend 2 SP 1 provides full authoring support of Silverlight 2 and enhances overall user experience. The release of Silverlight 2 improves the designer - developer collaboration while creating more accessible, more discoverable, and more secure user experiences.

In the PhizzPop Online Design Challenge, Web professionals (YOU!) are having their design skills put to the test as they compete in four successive challenges of increasing complexity. Faced with a problem statement, you will combine your creative genius with your learnings from challenge-specific training to create a solution that solves the posed issue. Get in on the action today by visiting PhizzPop Online and let loose your creativity to show the world your design know-how!

Enjoy!

Editor, Expression Newsletter

Featured Video

Styling a Silverlight-Based Twitter App with Expression Blend

Using just his design skills and the power of Expression Blend 2, Celso Gomes re-styles a Silverlight-based Twitter application.

• Source Files
• Read more about it on ScottGu's Blog

10 minutes, 28 seconds

Web Factory

Collaboration

Silverlight

Design Touch

Silverlight Showcase

• News & Information: CBS College Sports All-Access
• Tools & Controls: Inkubook
• Rich Media: Ivory Whites

Events & Webinars

• PhizzPop Tour, Chicago, IL - November 20, 2008
• Web Design World, Boston, MA - December 8-10, 2008
• PhizzPop Tour, Minneapolis, MN - January 15, 2009
• SxSW Austin, TX - March 13-17, 2009
• MIX 09, Las Vegas, NV - March 18-20, 2009

Product Innovation

• Blend 2: Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1
• Deep Zoom: Deep Zoom Composer Updated for Silverlight 2
• Web Platform: Microsoft Web Platform Installer Beta x
• Silverlight: Microsoft Releases Silverlight 2
• Colorful Expression: Get Adobe Kuler directly into Design and Blend

Expression Tutorials

• Web: Updating Your Site with Standards-Compliant HTML
• Web: Expression Web 2 for PHP Developers
• Web: Create a Search Page Without Writing Any Code
• Blend: Styling a Silverlight based Twitter application

Video Snippets: Coffee Break Training

• Web: Creating Standards-Based Drop Down Menus in Expression Web
• Web: Creating Online Forms to Collect Data with Expression Web
• Web: Using AJAX to Refresh Part of a Web Page in Expression Web
• Blend: Using the Layout Stack Panel in Expression Blend
• Blend: Creating Visual Transitions in Expression Blend
• Blend: Using the Border Control in Expression Blend