Dreamweaver CS3 Training

[PollyB]

I'm considering my options as am currently on maternity leave. Option one is to leave my full time Product Manager role for a blue chip company to freelance (SCARY). The plan is to offer copywriting services (my comfort zone) initially but I am keen to get to grips with Dreamweaver - not only for my own website but for my 1st project which is already on the cards...

Can anyone recommend a training course for Dreamweaver CS3.. is there anything online that I should be looking at??

Polly

[squashedapples]

Hi gud luck,

I have done courses at the local college using dreamweaver and cs3 its really good I like illustrator and fireworks its great, I would recomend trying to do something with css I did a course in using hand code and web site accessibility to people with disabilities to the wc3 web compliant standards its well woth looking in to and I think a good selling point. there is also loads of tutorials on the net that are free and java code, html code. I am just looking to expand my portfolio now. If you ever need some advice or a hand just give us a shout.

Ian

[Curly Girly]

Have a look at your local colleges to see what adult learning courses they offer, this is how I first picked up the basics of Dreamweaver. I would also really recommend the 'missing manual' series - I have the CSS one and found it so useful. Before that, I found CSS completely scary but after I wish I'd used it from the outset - much easier for making design changes to websites which is vital when designing for a client! It was harder to learn initially than designing with tables, but much quicker in the long run.

Best of luck!

[smokey888]

yes. seeing as im only 16 and love all things computers web design inst one of my skills. But there are several guides online written about learning Dreamweaver and Microsoft Frontpage (the easier alternative). I can use both in very basic terms to create decent web pages just from 3 short lessons at school as part of my IT course. So i know its just about having the time to read through some of the guides and trying to understand them.

Also whist looking for my next branch of IT at college i saw several computing courses that you might be able to attend but im not sure about those tbh.

hope this helped out a bit

P.S Please excuse any spelling or grammar mistakes. I have just woken up and im a computer person we dont have very good English skills (generally)

[Gareth10]

Ok, if you want to get started in web design (using dreamweaver - which I do strongly recomend), you gonna need two books:

1) To learn dreamweaver:

Amazon.com: Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual: David McFarland: Books


2) To learn CSS:

Amazon.com: CSS: The Missing Manual: David McFarland: Books

Dont bother on any course until you have read both those books. They are very easy to read and explain the basics (and even some more advanced stuff) very very well and if you have a real interest you will pick it up in no time at all. Just keep working at it.

In addition, when you come up against a problem - google it, there is always an example of how to fix it - just make sure you dont always go with the first suggestion as there is usually more than one way of addresing problems.

Good luck, and feel free to mail if you need any specific help.

Cheers,

Gareth