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Originally Posted by mediastar100
I have spent all today learning / downloading DreamWeaver - i am going fucking nuts. I always knew this was going to be the bottle kneck on this project since i have no knowledge or experience of doing this type of thing in the past. I reckon it will another two days before i can get the LP sorted.
Any tips for a noob on CSS and DreamWeave? Should I get my hands dirty or use a free template suitable to the niche?
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Ouch, I remember learning DW long ago. It had a steep learning curve for me. I've always recommended MS Frontpage for n00bies. It's great for getting you up and running and comfortable with a HTML editor, and once you outgrow FP, DW will be waiting. Now, for those of you hissing and booing about Frontpage, remember I only recommend it for beginners. Most people will outgrow it very quickly, but it is easy to use, and that's the most important thing in the beginning.
If you like banging your head against the wall and want to stick with DW, great! DW is a great tool. Just try and learn as much HTML as you can. It will help immensely. If you try to rely on DW's GUI and tools to build sites, you won't really learn how to code, and that will hinder you later on.
So, if you're a REAL glutton for punishment, put away all the fancy IDE's (Integrated Development Enviroments) and bust out
Textpad or
Notepad++ and do it the old fashioned way. And find a decent template you like at
Open Source Web Design. They're free and fairly simple / intuitive.