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Dreamweaver®made SO EASYeven yourgrandmother
could design your website!
Congratulations! You've made an excellent first decision: Dreamweaver
is recognized by designers and small business owners as the best
program BY FAR for creating a website. (Don't have Dreamweaver? Read on and I'll tell you how to get a free copy for a 30-day trial!)
However, Dreamweaver comes with a LOT
of bells and whistles you don't need - and shouldn't be forced to learn! - to
set up your website. And... it's almost impossible to learn to use by yourself. Until now!
Hi!
My name is Harold Fann, and my website design company gets a lot
of business from people just like you. People who SHOULD be able
to design their own websites - but can't. Because Dreamweaver does
a terrible job telling you how to use its program, and doesn't bother to show you how to integrate it with things you'll need for your business. Things like e-commerce add-ons so you can actually make some money from your site.
Fortunately, Dreamweaver -- and e-commerce add-ons -- are
actually pretty easy to use once someone walks you through it!
Let's look at your available choices:
Dreamweaver's manual
Just one problem with this option - there's no manual! Oh, sure, if you buy the whole Adobe Web Creative Suite (CS3)
there's an "overview" book you can buy for $15 extra dollars, with a few pages on Dreamweaver. But Dreamweaver
expects you to use the online help or tutorials to learn and apply their program.
That's crazy, if you ask me. How can you look
up how to do something when you don't even know what you need to ask??
Available books - Dreamweaver help
There are some great books on Dreamweaver. For example, Dreamweaver CS3 - The Missing Manual is a wonderful book - all 995 pages and 3.2 lbs. of it, for $44.99. Loaded with lots of stuff you don't need - and no way to avoid those things.
That's the problem with most "how-to" books - they assume you want to learn how to do practically EVERYTHING in the program. So you'd have to spend the next 3-4 weeks - FULL TIME - going through almost everything in the book. Because that little technique you must have for your site - that's discussed on page 943 - requires you to have learned several other techniques hidden in the previous 942 pages!
If you're planning a second career as a website designer - I recommend you buy Dreamweaver CS3 - The Missing Manual, or a similar book. (By the way,since these books are PRINTED, all the graphics in them are black and white - NO COLOR. So you'd better know what you're looking at, because the graphics aren't going to help you much.)
If you just want your website up as quickly as possible - so you can get on with making money from it! - then spare yourself the time and aggravation. Chances are, you want to USE Dreamweaver, not necessarily LEARN it.
Classes/training offering Dreamweaver help
If you ENJOY doing tutorials (personally, I
would rather visit the dentist!), you can buy Dreamweaver training. The best
place to go for Dreamweaver training is Adobe - especially if you have
purchased the Creative Suite of products (Dreamweaver CS3,
Fireworks CS3, Flash CS3, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, Acrobat 8 Professional, Contribute CS3 etc.).
For $99, you'll get 12 months' access to
the Basic Library of courses - beginner tutorials for a broad
range of Adobe products. Or, for roughly $1,195 (PLUS transportation, food and lodging) you might be able to find three days of beginning Dreamweaver training someplace close by.
Which brings you back to the same problem: How
many hours will you spend learning the program instead of
BUILDING YOUR WEBSITE?
A visitor recently sent me a link for a subscription service, which advocates building your site with Fireworks, then exporting it into Dreamweaver. Sorry, folks, but this makes as much sense as baking an angel food cake in a muffin pan - sure, the taste is there, and once you assemble all the muffins and put frosting on them, who's going to know...? Unfortunately, search engines will choke before they accept something so bulky. But, if you'd like to use a button-making software to build a website, I guess it's up to you. The cost? $69 per year. Those are some high-priced muffins.
I've also seen sites with subscription tutorials. They charge $25/month - with no end in sight. I've actually had access to this in the past, but could never find the time to sit down and go through all the tutorials. (Heck, tutorials sound about as exciting as watching grass grow, so I guess I shouldn't have been surprised I never got around to it.) About 4 months down the road, I realized a hundred dollars had gone down the drain, for something I'd never even looked at. It was definitely time to cancel.
Why this book makes Dreamweaver so easy
You
probably don't know me, so you're wondering whether I can really
take a complex program - plus all the e-commerce setups you'll need to add on - and make it all easy for you.
Before going out on my
own, I spent 20 years at a design company - where I was the
key person learning each new software program, and then teaching
them to the rest of the staff and providing support to our clients. (These programs
included CompuGraphic MCS, A&M, Linotronic; PageMaker, Quark,
Photoshop, TrapWise, Illustrator, Freehand, Dreamweaver, and
Fireworks.)
I've gone through training,
spent days reading manuals, and completed a ridiculous number of "tutorials,"
but my goal was always to GET THE JOB DONE. I wasn't into "learning
for the sake of learning." The
employees I had to teach the programs to didn't care, either - they only cared about learning enough to do their jobs.
Through all of this,
I discovered that the best - and EASIEST - way to learn
a program was to jump in and do REAL WORK in it:
NOT doing tutorials - where you create something worthless and hope you learned what
you need along the way.
NOT reading manuals - where you struggle with the abstract while trying to picture it
in the real world.
If you start with a real
job - YOUR WEBSITE, for example - you care very much whether
it comes out right. Things you would skip over in a tutorial are
suddenly very real when YOUR WEBSITE depends on it. Things that
would have you yawning in a book can suddenly be riveting (especially
since you can now SKIP STUFF YOU DON'T NEED).
This is the mindset
I used in writing the Step by Step Websites in 3-6 Hours series. It's
straight-forward, to-the-point, and no-nonsense. If you only need
to use 10 command tools to complete your website, then that's what
you'll learn. And... you'll learn them only when you need to use
them as you build your site!
If you want to learn
some of this extra stuff later - fine. That's when the 11 GREAT add-ons for websites will come in handy. And, at that point, Dreamweaver's reference materials will make sense. Example: A definition of a pixel isn't much help - until
you've SEEN 300 pixels wide on your screen to at least give you an idea what a pixel is.
Dreamweaver help: Step by Step Websites in 3-6
Hours with Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver 8, Dreamweaver MX 2004 & MX
To prevent you from wasting precious time, I've
edited and edited these books, to get them down to the minimum you
need to know to create a professional-looking website - including
one which accepts online PAYMENTS!
Because I can't know which version you have (Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver 8, Dreamweaver MX 2004 or MX), I created a book for each of them. Yes, this is the fourth successful book I've written for people using Dreamweaver to build their sites. And since there are four books available, feel free to hunt for a bargain buying one of the older versions of the program: You'll
still have exactly the right instructions to create your website
without frustration. (Read on - I'll tell you how you can get a free 30-day trial version of Dreamweaver CS3.)
The book for the Dreamweaver CS3 is 159 pages. Even that "159 pages" makes
it sound harder than it is, because MOST of what's on each
page are screen shots with text and arrows - so you can see EXACTLY where you go
and what you need to do. In fact, as PDF formats have gotten better, I've included more, better quality and larger pictures. For instance, the CS3 book has 31 pages filled with instructions for adding eCommerce to your site—whether you're selling multiple items, a single item, or products with a huge number of multiple variables.
Further - these books are carefully
designed to let you skip sections which cover something you may not need (accepting payments or complex navigation, for example) - without missing anything
you do need.
The net result is you can get a one-page mini-site (with extra "Thank you" and other follow-up pages) created and up on the web in less than 3 hours. We've timed it!
← Here's what you get. (Click to view the full Table of Contents for the Dreamweaver CS3 book. Click images below for sample pages.)
Tested - by total amateurs!
Now it's all very well for ME to think these
instructions are easy enough for your grandparents to follow.
But I had to test it with complete amateurs to make sure. I wanted
people who could use a computer to get email and who could write
letters in Word - but not much else. I figured if these less-than-normally-computer-literate
people could follow these guidelines and create their own website - then
the book would be even easier for YOU and others who are a little
higher on the computer-savvy scale.
Results from 2 complete amateurs:
Tom Presson, Colorado
Background: Basic computer skills, no experience in website design or Dreamweaver.
Results: When Tom started going through the Dreamweaver MX 2004 book, he decided that the site he made should help promote Step by Step Websites! See Tom's site at EasyWebsitesNow.com.
Time: 4-1/2 hours (See testimonial at top left).
Richard Rinker, Aurora, CO
Background: Knows his way around the internet, likes to download
and test out applications, but never tried building a website before.
Results: Created a one-page ecommerce website for selling "how-to" manuals.
Time: 3-1/2 hours from start to completion - which includes setting
up "buy now" payment links.
Since then we've had a lot of customers use my books to create their own e-commerce websites. See what they have to say in the blue bar on the left!
Special bonus gifts!
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#2 - GREAT add-ons for websites
(You get 11!)
There
are some wonderful add-ons that can greatly increase the value of
your website. And, they're presented in the same clear, easy-to-do
style as Step by Step Websites. The image at right shows the Table
of Contents for this additional 30-page report, completely updated and revised Dec. 2005, and checked again against Dreamweaver CS3 for compatibility. Click the sample page images
to see what you get!
#3 - $25 worth of personal design help...
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I know you can use my books to design your own
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I also know you may have some doubts about it. What if you run into
something you just can't figure out?
Or... what if there's some kind of special feature you'd like to add to your website? Something that might not be covered in the books?
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Step by Step Websites in 3-6 Hours should be priced at $75, since it will save you DAYS of time and $$THOUSANDS by:
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I understand that I'll have a full 8 weeks to decide if it
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"I have gone from newbie to site creator in about 4-1/2 hours. (Just the basic website without my copy and not including some of the extras!) The cgi script took me a while because it was such unfamiliar territory at first! I can't believe you stuck with me through all this. I asked so many dumb questions and made so many stupid mistakes.
"There's a reason why I called myself the dumbest man on the planet for this website.
"You are undoubtedly the best tutor I have ever had. Your answers to my questions were so clear and simple it made it so easy! And you are incredibly patient!"
"I downloaded and have been using your e-book on Dreamweaver to build a site and I have to say it is incredibly useful. It has saved me weeks of trawling through help files etc.
"The book is clearly written, enjoyable to work with and really cuts through all the complicated levels of this complex programme to help you focus on just what is important to you, i.e. getting on with building your site with the minimum of delay. Highly recommended."
"For the record, I have been trying to find an answer to my Dreamweaver website problem for months. Dreamweaver could not help, their tech support
folks did not have a clue. Various website gurus were also at a loss as to
the solution. Help for Web Design dot com [Dreamweaver Design Help dot com] was able to solve the issue immediately.
Very impressed and grateful. Our website is now working perfectly and I will
be using the 'How to' book and support services again.
"I'm starting my own skateboard company, and I needed a way to get my website up and online without paying someone
a few thousand dollars. Once the business takes off, I'll hire someone
to fine tune my site - but I'm surprised how good it is looking
just from what I'm able to do. I hope to go live soon, thanks to Step
by Step Websites.
"The instructions are so easy to follow, I've been adding navigation and payment buttons with no problem - even though I've never used Dreamweaver before."
"Using Dreamweaver to build a website was a
scary proposition, because I know very little about computers! I use them
at my work to fill out forms, and use one at home just for e-mail. That's
it!
"I was braced for the worst, of course, expecting
to spend hours building a website I would never use - but that's
not what happened at all!
"Instead, I built the website I wanted to build, and I had FUN doing it! I entered all the basics for my own astrology website, and had the whole thing done in 2 hours and 45 minutes."
"I had been wrestling with an idea for creating a website for quite awhile when I found Step By Step Websites in 3-6 Hours. Now, after only a few short hours, my project is on the path to success. More than that, I had a blast doing it! And... the instructions are easy to understand, and so 'step-by-step' that it was nearly impossible to screw up.
"When I started, I was a bit intimidated by what type of site I should create, what options I should include, and most importantly, how to get my site up and making money. To my surprise and pleasure, though, every step on that road was clear.
"I chose to create a multipage navigational site. I was able to go directly to that chapter without worrying about missing anything important in the previous one, which was a great relief.
"I strongly recommend this book to EVERYONE who wants to publish ANYTHING online."
"I have to say that your instructions are simple,
concise and graphically explanatory. The pictures help immensely -
and I didn't have any trouble adding content. Your book is a powerful tool,
even in the hands of a novice. Thank you!"