A good place to learn about making a webpage (w/ Dreamweaver)?

[Dragnov]

I know pretty much nothing. This isn't for professional or business use, just a personal site more for the learning experience. I'm planning on using Dreamweaver since I'd rather not take the ages to learn and memorize all the html. I know basic C++ and Java so my coding experience isn't super newb though. I really don't know how to work this thing and it's very difficult for me to make the page look more than a basic word document w/ bold and italicized fonts. I'm not expecting anything fancy, just simple and clean (no flash, frames, etc.) but mubh better than a geocities page. You guys/gals know of any pages from which I can learn from? Tips/pointers? Anything else? Thank in advance.

 

[klah]

I am sure SAMS has some books covering this software and those are usually quite good also.

 

[spanky]

doesn't dreamweaver have a "help" or "tutorial" feature? if so, i would start there.

 

[T2T III]

Given the fact that Dreamweaver is WYSIWYG, I would just practice through trial-and-error at creating a site. Layout some different versions of your site and save each one of them so you can determine which one you'd like to have for your site. Most of the "eye candy" would come in the form of graphics, or effects, which you would use either Photoshop or Fireworks to create anyway. Again, I'd just wing it. It would take you longer to read through a tutorial that to just make a couple of cuts of a site.

However, if you insist on following a tutorial, I've found a book at Borders titled "Dreamweaver, An Introduction" by DK Press. It's a small book - only 72 pages and only $6.95.

 

[Freejack2]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Dreamweaver evil! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

 

[WalkingDead]

Dreamwaver Tutorial

Here's a good one by Han Duderstadt. If you're the from Bay Area you could go take a class or two from him. The tutorial is for Dreamwaver 4 but that shouldn't matter for what you want to do.

Btw, with Dreamwaver 4 and later, you could set it up to see code and WYSIWYG at the same time. That's the only view that I use.

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Dreamweaver evil! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

What are the alternatives?

 

[Dragnov]

Thanks for the link, WalkingDead.

Yes I know Dreamweaver is WYSIWYG, but that still doens't help much. Theres so many buttons and menus that I don't really know what is what, and the short litle description doens't help someone that has never done HTML or webpages before. Never worked w/ Photoshop, Forntpage, Flash, etc. so I'm not at all familiar w/ these type of programs. Heck, I can't even figure out how to organize the spacing, or get the text to appear in the correct place, etc.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: klah

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Dreamweaver evil! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

What are the alternatives?

[Microsoft]

Ahem ... gurgle ... Front Page

[/Microsoft]

Personally, I'd stick with Dreamweaver.

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: wje

Originally posted by: klah

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Dreamweaver evil! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

What are the alternatives?

[Microsoft]

Ahem ... gurgle ... Front Page

[/Microsoft]

Personally, I'd stick with Dreamweaver.

I was talking about real tools.