Best CS4 online training

Hi everyone,
I am new to CS4 but have just purchased photoshop, dreamweaver, Illustrator, etc...because I want to create a website from scratch.
I have built websites before using front-end applications but have never had full access to the source code on my PC.
I have quite a bit of HTML knowledge, but I am an absolute beginner at CS4 products.
I have used some of the training videos on this website but I find they aren't quite enough for an absolute beginner; there are missing pieces and I find it hard to put it all together given my limited knowledge.
Can anybody recommend good online training resources for beginners? I have looked at www.linda.com but I'm not sure how much better it would be to pay $375.00 per year for access to the training videos when many of the same vidoes are available on the adobe website free.
I would greatly appreciate any recommendations
thanks

I have yet to be impressed with any one training program that does it all.  Photoshop and Illustrator are sophisticated graphics apps.  Dreamewaver is a sophisticated Web authoring tool.  That said, if you have a good knowledge of HTML and CSS and how these two things work together in the various browser, you are 75% ahead on the "DW learning curve."   There are many on-line tutorials to help you.  A Google search for tutorials in PhotoShop and Illustrator will reveal many sites.
Don't bite off more than you can chew at a time.  Focus on one application.  When that starts to gel, move on to the others. Following are links to web-related sites that you should reference and bookmark.
HTML/DW
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/
http://www.scriptarchive.com/
http://www.htmldog.com/guides/
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/
http://alistapart.com/topics/code
CSS
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/index.htm
http://www.westciv.com/
http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/one_html_markup_many_css_layouts.asp
Faux  columns with CSS
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/
Community MX Web Standards Lesson Plan Series
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=3D074
Taking a Fireworks (or PhotoShop) comp to a CSS based layout in DW
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/web_standards_layouts_pt1.html
Working with Absolutely Positioned Divisions or DW "Layers"
http://apptools.com/examples/pagelayout101.php
Good luck with your learning!
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics |  Print | Media Specialists
www.alt-web.com/
www.twitter.com/altweb
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CSS Validator - http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Tutorials  - http://w3schools.com/

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