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1. John Hawkinson,

Jun 27, 2012 10:28 AM in reply to adairken

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Ken:

I hope I have the correct forum this time?

Sorry, no. You posted to the Forum Comments forum, which is only for administrative discussion of how the forums are working. Not for product questinons.

What you want is the Dreamweaver Forum. I have taken the liberty of moving your post here, so it is now in the proper place.

I'm not a Dreamweaver user, but hopefully someone here will be able to help.

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2. pziecina,

Jun 27, 2012 10:32 AM in reply to adairken

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Hi

Now that John has moved this to the Dw forum, how about reading - http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/dreamweaver_reference.pdf

Most of your answers are in that pdf.

PZ

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3. adairken,

Jun 27, 2012 11:09 AM in reply to pziecina

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Hi Pziecina,

Thank you for showing me that but I searched with a fine tooth comb and did not find an answer to even one of my concerns. I saw no place where it told me how to place a link.... I saw no place that told me how to put a shockwave flash banner code on a webpage, I saw no place that told me how even to change the color of background or text on one of my sites pages. I saw no place that told me how to add a new page to one of my sites or a multitude of other things.

There has to be someplace that has these answers and it looks like I’m gonna waste another month looking for them but thanks again for the help and all the best.

Ken

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4. Carey Burgess,

Jun 27, 2012 11:12 AM in reply to pziecina

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Yes, the product documentation (available in the PDF pziecina mentions or online at http://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/topics.html) is a great resource to answer questions like these.

Here are a couple of other resources that you may find helpful:

http://adobe.ly/DWLearn

http://adobe.ly/DWATV

Should you have any questions, feel free to post them here in the Dreamweaver community.

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5. pziecina,

Jun 27, 2012 11:18 AM in reply to adairken

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Hi

Remember Dw is not Contribute and it does expect you to know html and css.

Adding a link - look under, "Linking and Navigation'

Adding a swf - Look under, "Page Content and Assets" - "Adding Media Objects"

As for the other items you mention these are done using css, and as I said you are expected to know html and css.

PZ

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6. Nancy O.,

Jun 27, 2012 12:14 PM in reply to adairken

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DW is a great tool for professional-level web developers/coders. In contrast, Contribute was a consumer-level Content Management System (CMS) for non-coders.

There's is a world of difference between the two products in terms of features & skill requirements.

To get the most out of Dreamweaver, you first need a working knowledge of HTML & CSS code basics. Start here:

HTML & CSS Tutorials - http://w3schools.com/

ADOBE TUTORIALS

Adobe Developer's Center - Getting Started tutorials

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/?view=gettingstartedF

Adobe TV - Learn DW CS6 (video tutorials)

http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-dreamweaver-cs6/

Creating your first web site in DW - (5 part tutorial)

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_website_pt1.htm l

DW Starter Pages (pre-built CSS Layouts)

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/introducing_new_css_l ayouts.html

Nancy O.

Alt-Web Design & Publishing

Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists

http://alt-web.com/

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7. adairken,

Jun 27, 2012 5:21 PM in reply to Nancy O.

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Well thanks to you all for the answers.

Seems I have bitten off a little more than I can chew with this Dreamweaver Program. Does anyone know of an idiot proof editing program that I could get for my sites as I have always been able to learn in the past with a little guidance in the past but I don’t have the years that it would take to learn that HTML and CSS stuff and I don’t even know what it is. I thought that the Dreamweaver would be similar to the old Contribute with more editing options and not something that would put my sites in the dust by my not being able to do things to them. And I still don’t know why there isn’t some allowance for people like me to find step by step instructions on how to do things.

Thanks everyone and all the best,

Ken

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8. Nancy O.,

Jun 27, 2012 5:37 PM in reply to adairken

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It doesn't take years to learn HTML & CSS. A few weekends of effort would give you the basics. The remainder could be learned as you go.

Adobe MUSE is aimed at the consumer-level user (no coding skills required). I don't know if it's possible to import a pre-existing site into Muse. Given it's proprietary nature, probably not. You might have to rebuild your site in Muse to take advantage of it's "ease of use."

http://forums.adobe.com/community/muse/muse_faq?view=discussions

Finally, if you can't use MUSE or learn to work with code, your best 3rd option may be to bite the bullet and hire an experienced web developer to build you a custom CMS you can use with your existing site.

Nancy O.

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