Opinion on difficulty of Dreamweaver

I am a composer and am pretty computer-savvy. I use Adobe
Photoshop, and InDesign (CS2) on a MAC G5. I am not a super
experienced user of these products, but I use them to design the
cover of my musical compositions and have done pretty sophisticated
photo projects--but again, there are many features of these apps
that I never use. I'm just trying to give you a sense of my level
of competence.
I would like to create a website that contains my musical
compositions (mp3's), some background info on myself, and want to
be able to update content. I don't want the site to look static--I
want it to have a hip look--but it doesn't need to be hugely
cutting edge--I compose music for the harp--not exactly 21st
century stuff--but I just want to have control over the design and
have it look impressive. I'm not an html-level coder .
I have started to mess around with (don't groan, you
techno-philes), iWeb, an apple product, and of course, it's pretty
limited but could probably do the job.
So what do you think?
Is the learning curve for Dreamweaver exponential?
Is there hope for a somewhat savvy computer user to put
together a website using Dreamweaver without a monumental
investment of time?
I await your responses....
Thanks!
Meg

Robert,
I want to clarify about something here. Maybe you
misunderstood me, or I misunderstood each other.
I honestly am at loss about what you are saying and I didn't
challenged about how you charge the web design service. It is none
of my business for that matter.
Like you and all others,I did pretty much with self-learning
along with plenty of curiosity that gotten me going... and plenty,
plenty of coffee along the way. LOL I bought my first web authoring
app, at a time, called Adobe PageMill (and SiteMill) then Adobe
GoLive eventually switched to Dreameaver 4 (then bought Macromedia
Studio MX). I can't believe how time flies. I look back about
PageMill and compare it with Dreamweaver 8, it is totally different
ball of game, you know. At the time, and ever since then, I learned
about HTML and eventually CSS. Some with Javascript. And with
data-driven websites using PHP/MySQL, XML and some Flash using
ActionScript working with PHP/MySQL and XML. I am learning about
working Flex.. I am not going to go on with all of web technologies
that got my curiousity going and get both of my hands dirty working
with.
At around the time SuperHighway and Internet became more
popular in 1990s, I went to Rochester Institute of Technology and
took lot of computer programming classes...but ended up majored in
Economics. With some background, and hands-on experience from
programming classes I took (and two summer interships as
programmer), it helped me to learn about HTML on my own. I find
that it is a bit easier for me to work with data-driven websites
because of my classes I took at RIT. I don't want to bore you with
all that fundamental background about my educ at RIT or how it led
me into web design field.
All it takes lot of time, effort, and patience to get my
comfort zone working with HTML/CSS, then I feel comfortable working
with Dreamweaver. I strongly encourage you to learn HTML and try to
do less lot of "images" set up like those of your showcase.
As for your statement about the budget question to the OP, I
was just curious about your showcase and see how you work.
Like what I told you earlier about my astounding and to my
amaze. But I agree with Murray that your site looks nice as in
"look and feel" appearance of your site or your client's. As you
realize that now, most of us also usually look into html source as
how web page was developed or coded with.
I see that you are in web design course, I hope this course
benefits you, and eventually your clients. I hope that your web
design instructor knows what to cover and teach more about HTML
(and CSS) would be nice and that will help big time. If your
instructor show you the different way other than learning and
getting both of your hands dirty under the hood of HTML, perhaps
that you should request for a full refund of course and find other
instructor that focus on teaching about HTML.
Knowing and understand about how HTML will help. I am not
going to go on and lecture about this or that for you. I just
thought I wanted to let you know how I looked at my perspective
about fundamentals of web design focusing on HTML rather than web
pages filled lot of images all over. I hope you understand what I
am trying to say, no?
Unless you must have thick skin, go ahead. I am trying to
help you and make you understand and encouraging you to learn more
HTML, the better in a long run. It is up to you.
All in all, I challenge you to do more by learning HTML.
However, it is up to you.
Cheers, Brian (DWD)
quote:
Originally posted by:
Robert Leffel
Like I said, I am learning. I have redesigned the genesis
site in html (
http://www.robbieleffel.com/temp/genesis
). I KNOW THE OTHER SITES ARE JUST IMAGES, but that is all I knew
how to do a year ago, and I did all those sites for FREE!!! I am
currently in school and need projects to build experience and a
portfolio. If you have a problem with that, I feel sorry for you.
We all have to start out somewhere, and this is where I am
starting. But I appreciate you dogging me, now I definitely won't
get to design the site for this person and get the experience I
need to be as good as you. Thanks a lot.

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