Bayside Beat tutorial stuck at the same point over and over

Question

I'm getting stuck again and again at the point where it asks to insert the Word text in the 3 placeholders. First one OK, and then it's like: "figure the rest out for yourself". What exactly goes in container 2 and in container 3? For instance I think the part with the 'links' should not be inserted. And the last paragraph does not appear in the example in the first part of the tutorial. If the creator of the tutorial feels it necessary to tell us that it's no problem if you've never built a website before, then he should keep it step by step and keep the learning curve for a first timer in mind! I HAVE built a few websites before, but this one keeps me puzzled over and again, because the result is not what is shown in the tutorial, and the images do not correspond fully to what I get to see in the Dreamweaver CC panels. One does not learn from just "do this and do that", but only if the reasons why are given as well.

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I'm sorry you're still having difficulty with my video tutorial. When Adobe asked me to create it, the brief was to provide a series of short videos showing how to use Dreamweaver to create a simple web page. Web design is a complex subject, so attempting to cover absolutely everything in half an hour of videos is impossible, but the target audience is subscribers to Creative Cloud, who might already be familiar with other Adobe programs, but are new to Dreamweaver. It's intended to provide a brief sampler of what Dreamweaver is capable of. The written tutorial is aimed at beginners who need more detailed help.
As I mentioned earlier, the videos were recorded using the original version of Dreamweaver CC. The colour picker was updated in Dreamweaver 13.1, which explains why you don't see the colour swatches shown in the video. However, the updated colour picker brings Dreamweaver in line with other Adobe programs, so it was felt that the change would be sufficiently familiar to designers. I'm sorry if it confused you.
Although you say you have built websites before, I wonder if you have a good knowledge of HTML and CSS? Understanding both technologies is essential to success with Dreamweaver. If you feel uncomfortable with code or don't want to learn it, you might be better off using Adobe Muse, which is also part of the Creative Suite. It's designed to build websites without a need for working with the code.
On the other hand, if you would like to persevere with Dreamweaver, I suggest that you take a look at Approaches to learning web design. It's a short video (less than 3 minutes) created by James Williamson, and is one of the free videos in Dreamweaver CC: Essential Training in the lynda.com Online Training Library. As James explains, his course doesn't cover the fundamentals of HTML and CSS. Yet his "essential training" course runs for more than eight hours. My own Dreamweaver CC: Learn by Video course (published by Peachpit/Adobe Press) runs for approximately 12 hours, and it still doesn't cover every aspect of web design or Dreamweaver functionality. It's a massive subject, but one that can be fascinating. Your age should be no impediment. Many of the most active people providing help in the main Dreamweaver support forum are in their sixties and seventies (including me).