Key Points

  • Expression Web provides four separate publishing methods: FTP, HTTP (FrontPage Server Extensions), WebDAV, and File System. Each serves a different purpose.

  • Although FTP publishing is the most common publishing method, HTTP publishing provides several improved features and more functionality.

  • Publishing by using File System is the most accurate and least error prone way to copy a site from one folder location to another.

  • You can use WebDAV publishing in Expression Web if you have it set up on your server.

  • You can set various publishing options through the Remote Web Site Properties dialog box.

  • You can optimize the HTML code of your pages by removing HTML comments, Interactive Button attributes, script comments, and other elements.

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