Learning curve

General information:
I am working through the devnet tutorials for the basic
set-up of an ASP environment and developing a web application. I
keep getting the error message "An error occurred on the server
when processing the URL. Please contact the system administrator"
in Live Data View or using the web browser. I do have Friendly
error msg turned off. It seems like I have tried everything,
including the Total Training videos, which had the most
information, or the greatest number of things to check. I created
the timetest.asp document and that works. When I create the
recordset and click test, that works. I have checked file names,
deleted my connection and re-created it. Resent the documents to
the testing server.
I'm using DW CS3 and Windows Vista Business and MS Access
2007. Most of the supporting files seem to be geared to Windows XP,
but I think I have gotten to the right location when needed. IIS
works, and setting up the DSN connection seems simple, but then
I've tried it many times by now.
Specific questions:
I only need one connection (once it works) for all the
documents on my site, because they are all using the same database,
right? I keep getting stuck with the CafeTownsend view.asp, but I
read ahead and it looks like you select the connection when working
with the next sample document, send.asp. It shouldn't matter if the
document is ASP Javascript or VBScript, should it? And can anyone
please help me sort out my connection problem?
Thanks, Lisa at the end of my rope.

> Yes, I have created a recordset and clicked test - all
the sample data
> appeared
> successfully.
That's a good sign - so, what is the error you are getting
again, please?
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> Yes, I have created a recordset and clicked test - all
the sample data
> appeared
> successfully.
>
> And no, I haven't tried a remote server, because I
didn't want to increase
> the
> frustration level. If I can't get it to work on a remote
file on this PC,
> it
> seems like asking for trouble to make it more complex. I
also don't know
> what
> limitations my webhost might have on the types of files.
The sort of
> things I
> know I've read about but dismissed for the present time.
There is another
> computer in the house, which is running winXP, and again
I'm afraid of
> adding
> problems at this admittedly ignorant stage. Thanks -
Lisa
>

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Dreamweaver & Flash Learning Curve

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Bought my first Mac and am curious about the learning curve for FCE HD

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Learning curve for a non techie-Business Catalyst. Two specific questions.

Hello everyone,
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In this regard, I feel Business Catalyst is an excellent tool, for people like me which mitiagtes the knowledge of coding to an certain extent. I am currently going through some of the content listed in the forums. Is there a book that provides end to end detailed steps of all the implementation to complete a fully functioning website and how much is the learning curve in this regard?
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Business Catalyst offers all in one features, is it possible to use 3rd party in place of default tools for specific function, say use wordpress for blog and a different email marketing service?
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Satish

I personally would tend to prefer wordpress for a small non-commercial website/blog. Its ecosystem of plugins is far more diverse than BCs and you get direct access to the code if you want. BC's blog and forum modules seem somewhat like afterthoughts designed by marketers for marketing, and there's some unevenness to the way they implement what HTML and templates you have access to and what you don't in different context, so to a degree wordpress gives you more fine-grain control over a site.
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Wordpress is kind of notorious for being hackable, mostly because of its ubiquity, although if you work on it it can be secured to a reasonable degree I think -- I'm not aware of any security issues regarding Business Catalyst, apart from recent issues with the captcha and spam which might have been resolved with Akismet and Recaptcha (both of which you can also get on Wordpress obviously) but personally I don't like having all of my accounts linked with a single Adobe username/password.
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Bought and installing Logic X hope to use all my Pro Tools Stuff with Logic X to reduce the learning curve

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Part of this is incorrect...
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How steep is the learning curve for InDesign?

5-1
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Dream weaver Learning Curve!

Hello! OK Firstly sorry for the long posting!. I am learning
CS3 Flash + Dreamweaver, a experienced Illustrator and Photoshop
user. In the process of creating a website, and I would really
appreciate a heads-up with any top tips or suggestions to help my
learning curve!.
DESIGN DESCRPTION
Screen Format 720px (L) 650px (W) Is this OK or should I
consider a different dimension?
Site Frame Structure
The rectangle format will be 75% from the top edge to
two-thirds down featuring changing flash background elements and
text in dreamweaver related to clicked buttons. The remaining 25%
will be the navigation area with a static background graphic
constant through out the site with animated flash buttons that
would like to change to help navigate the user through the 75%
featured area. Hope that kind of makes sense?
Based on that I can now try explain what I would like to
achieve. Blank screen with a symbol to click to enter the website.
75% area is seen as a flash animation and plays once
completely. Playing a few frames continuously until a button is
clicked 25% navigation area appears after the animation has played
once revealing buttons and one button glowing to navigate the user.
On clicking the button the 75% area is replaced with a slide
in motion Graphic occupying the complete background 75% space. The
idea is to appear as if you are moving forward from the left screen
format edge to the right edge. Across all five buttons the same
slide in motion will occur with a different background graphic.
Across all 5 navigated areas I would like to feature copy in
Dreamweaver (rather than as part of the animated file) My design is
currently using Helvetica Regular
14 point and leading 24 point. How can I create text in
Dreamweaver with the design. Or should I place type in my flash
file?
Are there any templates I could use to achieve this effect?
Any top tips creating a site like this from scratch?
My design layout is currently in Illustrator and Photoshop
CS3. Looking to utilize CS3; new compatible program features.
Flash Animation Question?. I would like to create a blink
effect Revealing an image. For instance the word CHOCOLATE
Appears and vanishes with a blinking motion. Any suggestions?
Search Engine Friendly
The reason for using text in Dreamweaver was to try and
achieve Optimum search results. Ideally this is the way I would
like to go, and would appreciate help with my limited knowledge.
If I call my site CHOCOLATE, rather than my not very well
know name, will this have a greater search engine impact?. My
domain name is (XXX CHOCOLATE)
Can I paste Keywords in the background as blind text to
impact on my Search results?
Any top tips in naming files, can I save image files as key
word names For instance.. CHOCOLATE LOVE… BELGIUM CHOCOLATE
etc
Once again really appreciate any help to aid the learning
curve!

> Hello! OK Firstly sorry for the long posting!. I am
learming CS3 Flash +
> Dreamweaver, a experienced Illustrator and Photoshop
user. In the process
> of
> creating a website, and I would really appreciate a
heads-up with any top
> tips
> or suggestions to help my learning curve!.
Don't learn 'dreamweaver'. Learn HTML and CSS. THEN
Dreamweaver will make
sense intuitively.
> DESIGN DESCRPTION
> Screen Format 720px (L) 650px (W) Is this OK or should I
consider a
> different
> dimension?
Screens come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. As do web
browsers. If you
must pick a specific width, 720px is fine. Don't worry about
height. People
can scroll just fine.
> Site Frame Structure
If my frame you mean HTML Framesets, rethink that. Frames are
usually a bad
idea.
> buttons that
> I would like to change to help navigate the user through
the 75% featured
> area.
Unless this is entirely a flash web site, avoid flash-based
navigation. It's
less accessible, less Google friendly, and much more work to
maintain.
> Blank screen with a symbol to click to enter the
website.
Why start with a blank screen? Just let them get to the home
page to begin
with.
> On clicking the button the 75% area is replaced with a
slide in motion
> Graphic occupying the complete background 75% space. The
idea is
> to appear as if you are moving forward from the left
screen format edge
> to the right edge.
At this point, it really seems like you are making a Flash
presentation
moreso than an HTML web site. As such, you might have better
luck asking
these questions in the Flash newsgroup.
> Search Engine Friendly
Basic rule of thumb: The more flash you use, the less
search-engine-friendly
your site will be. You CAN make Flash search-engine-friendly,
but it takes
work and knowledge.
> If I call my site CHOCOLATE, rather than my not very
well know name
> Will this have a greater search engine impact?. My
domain name is (XXX
> CHOCOLATE)
If you use the term 'choclate' then people searching for
'chocolate' would
be more likely to find you than if you didn't use that term.
That said,
'chocolate' is a pretty generic term. As is 'xxx'
> Can I paste Keywords in the background as blind text to
impact on my
> Search results?
That will likely hurt your search results. Google considers
that a form of
spamming.
-Darrel

Learning curve / path from Go Live! to Dreamweaver; is it worth it?

Learning curve / path from Go Live! to Dreamweaver; is it worth it?

I'll be blunt, it's not worth "learning Dreamweaver" at all, if you don't understand html, css and basic javascripting prior to opening the program.
Without those three things, DW becomes a monstrous time sink that allows you to produce rudimentary websites that your viewers and peers will scoff at.
Now, if you do understand HTML and CSS (and to a lesser extent, javascript) running the DW tutorials from the Adobe site (hit F1 while in DW to open the Help site) will help you get up and running in no time and you'll be able to create some fairly advanced sites relatively quickly with current internet standards-compliant code.
If you don't understand code and refuse to educate yourself, as Ben says, Muse would be the way to go.

Pro Tools to Logic Pro Learning Curve?

I currently use Pro Tools LE 8.0.1 with the original MBox but am about to upgrade my interface and know I have many options. I've been told that I'd get more bang for the buck by getting whichever interface I want and going with Logic Pro instead of PT. From a financial standpoint, that makes sense, since I've seen PT 10 selling for something like $500 or $600. For those of you who've gone from PT to Logic, was it a huge learning curve? Do you prefer it? I do voiceover and simple songwriting "scratch" demos, and that's all - no finals for music and only occasionally, for voiceover. I honestly don't need anything with a million bells and whistles, but want more than Garage Band. What's your take on this?
Thanks,
Annie

The thing that I advise you is to approach to Logic with the "logic of Logic".
Do not make the mistake of trying to do the same things you did on ProTools at the same way you do on ProTools.
Logic is a bomb, deserves to be interpreted in the right way. Once done, you never go back.
Learning curve depend from this.
Tommy

Is there a big learning curve from Elements 10 to Lightroom

Is there a big learning curve from Elements 10 to Lightroom

In a few words, yes and no. To get your comfort zone under the hoods of Photoshop Elements and Lightroom, all you have to do is to play with Lightroom... and discover your comfort zone with it.
Please note that there were some times that you can't "edit" in Lightroom like what you do in Photoshop Element (or more powerful photo editing app such as Photoshop CC), Lightroom allows you to send the file over to Photoshop Element to do specific edit, then send it back to Lightroom.
Lightroom is more of database program, not that we see all kind of crunching numbers or any kind of database functions before our eyes... it is inside the program. Don't worry too much about database thing. Nothing.
Perhaps it might be something that you are not getting used to, but there are some pretty good tutorials on how to get most out of Lightroom through Lynda dot com website or Adobe TV videos on Lightroom.
Hope that helps. Also, there is a PDF helper inside Lightroom.
Good luck!

Learning Curve and Possibilities

Hi all,
I just received a question from one of my clients. As a filmer and video-editor I do videoproductions all the time but this time the client wants something special. An educational program to check if his workers understand a certain process.
He wants his users to:
View a film
Answer a MultipleChoice Question regarding that film (Answer A, B, C order at random generated)
Continue to the next film
x10 or x20
View the results
Email or print the results to my client
All on a template that fits to his Corperate Identity and includes their logo's.
I have several questions, beware, I am a compleet noob at this. My expirience stops at PremierePro, Afteraffects, Photoshop, 3dmax and a bit of Dreamweaver. I have worked with Macromedia Director in the past but that is many years ago. I want to try out Captivate or Authorware but need to know what I am getting myself into. Understand that I have yet to buy and install the software.
Should I use Captivate or Authorware for such a project?
Is there any other software needed?
Can I create PC content with a Mac version?
What kind of videofiles should I create?
What is the learning curve?
How much work/time does it take to create above product (apart from creating the films)?
Is there somebody who'd like to guide me?
Any things I should be aware of?
Many many thanks for your anwsers!

Hi there
I'll take a stab at it.
Should I use Captivate or Authorware for such a project?
I have heard Authorware provides a greater degree of control, but Captivate supposedly supplants it. Unsure of future viability.
Is there any other software needed?
I could see only Captivate being needed.
Can I create PC content with a Mac version?
Unless you take special steps, the output should be viewable on PC OR Mac.
What kind of videofiles should I create?
For working with Captivate? I believe it likes FLV best.
What is the learning curve?
I call Captivate "Deceptively Simple". It's pretty simple to learn and use. Only after you begin adding and mixing elements and those elements begin interacting with one another does the complexity creep in.
How much work/time does it take to create above product (apart from creating the films)?
The estimates will be all over the board. The answer is to ask "How long is a piece of string?". Some folks will claim 500 to 1 ratios. Others will claim 300 to 1. I've never seen an accurate "one size fits all" or even "one size fits most".
Is there somebody who'd like to guide me?
What are you looking for? Quick "ramp up" class? One on one hand holding?
Any things I should be aware of?
Captivate and video is somewhat of a witches brew. (Shamelessly stolen from another instructor) By saying that I mean there aren't many hard and fast rules. You are left to much experimentation, trial and error to arrive at what you will be happy with.
Cheers... Rick
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Learning Curve and Posibilities

Hi all,
I just received a question from one of my clients. As a filmer and video-editor I do videoproductions all the time but this time the client wants something special. An educational program to check if his workers understand a certain process.
He wants his users to:
View a film
Answer a MultipleChoice Question regarding that film (Answer A, B, C order at random generated)
Continue to the next film
x10 or x20
View the results
Email or print the results to my client
All on a template that fits to his Corperate Identity and includes their logo's.
I have several questions, beware, I am a compleet noob at this. My expirience stops at PremierePro, Afteraffects, Photoshop, 3dmax and a bit of Dreamweaver. I have worked with Macromedia Director in the past but that is many years ago. I want to try out Captivate or Authorware but need to know what I am getting myself into. Understand that I have yet to buy and install the software.
Should I use Captivate or Authorware for such a project?
Is there any other software needed?
Can I create PC content with a Mac version?
What kind of videofiles should I create?
What is the learning curve?
How much work/time does it take to create above product (apart from creating the films)?
Is there somebody who'd like to guide me?
Any things I should be aware of?
Many many thanks for your anwsers!

Agreed with Steve. Even a few years ago when Authorware was still viable, I'd probably suggest something else if this would be delivered over the web (if 'local' then, sure, Authorware would have been perfect).
Captivate could do this, or Powerpoint with the addition of Articulate Presenter or Adobe Presenter would also be a suitable, not-terribly expensive, tool.
HTH
Erik

Learning Curve of LE7

Please answer the following questions: I greatly appreciate any and all opinions.
1. Are GB3 songs easily, without loss of data, nondestructively no matter what the track has on it in GB, compatible and launched into LE7 and sound as if they were being played in GB? are there any quirks in the transition of loading GB songs into LE7?
2.Can you tell me if the quality of software instruments of LE7 is so much better than those in GB?
3.What more in terms of loops or software instruments or synthesizers built in does LE7 have that make it more musical than GB?
4.Can i modulate/alter/fool around with loops in LE7 to lets say reverse them, change their sound, add effects to them and the like without a tremendous learning curve?
5.I know this sounds rediculous but once i have the GB song in LE7 if i simply want to ameliorate some software instruments, modulate effects and the like ( im expecting more options to make the sounds more interesting and varied ) but not do too much more are we talking weeks to learn it or months?
6. Do you know if the VIDEO training really makes the transition from GB to LOGIC EXP easier?
7. Is there anyone who has an example of a song they did in LE7 that started out in GB3...
im greedy for answers... really time pressured and not ready for a steep learning curve.
thanks so much
g

Glenn,
Before you consider my responses, you need to know my context. I've been well into various kinds of amateur recording techniques since my high school years (70's), and some elective classes in electronic synthesis in college (on a then-state of the art ARP 2600 and TEAC 4-track RtR's). I started on Macs in 1986 and because of my longstanding interest in electronic music (both prog rock and classic electronica, ca. the 1940's and 50's) I learned basic functions of some early sequencing programs, but I never personally got into it until finally I started with GB only a year or two ago. I liked GB so much that I quickly stepped up to LE. Last fall I took a recording class at my local community college to learn more about DSP (on Pro Tools). A couple of weeks ago I finally kicked in the bucks for Logic Pro. So keep in mind that I have still a LOT to learn. That said:
1. Are GB3 songs easily, without loss of data,
nondestructively no matter what the track has on it
in GB, compatible and launched into LE7 and sound as
if they were being played in GB? are there any quirks
in the transition of loading GB songs into LE7?
I can't answer this ABSOLUTELY "no matter what" -- because your mileage may vary -- but the few GB files I moved into LE all came up in comparable instruments. If I lost any data or settings, I never noticed it (but note that my GB projects were very, VERY simple pieces). The good news is that when changes occurred, they usually sounded better to me. And the best is that Logic (even Express) gives you SCADS of ways to tweak it all, FAR beyond GB's rudimentary controls.
Simple suggestion: Keep backups of everything archived in GB format until you've worked the file up in LE. Keep them until you feel satisfied that you know for yourself what works and what doesn't in the conversion. If LE isn't working out for you, or if you don't need it, fine, stick with GB (I doubt that'll happen).
2.Can you tell me if the quality of software
instruments of LE7 is so much better than those in
GB?
3.What more in terms of loops or software instruments
or synthesizers built in does LE7 have that make it
more musical than GB?
Regardless of subjective assessments, Logic lets you DO so much more with whatever you have. And beyond that, even LE comes loaded with gobs of presets that make GB look like it was Made By Mattell.
4.Can i modulate/alter/fool around with loops in LE7
to lets say reverse them, change their sound, add
effects to them and the like without a tremendous
learning curve?
5.I know this sounds rediculous but once i have the
GB song in LE7 if i simply want to ameliorate some
software instruments, modulate effects and the like
( im expecting more options to make the sounds more
interesting and varied ) but not do too much more are
we talking weeks to learn it or months?
Not ridiculous at all. Simple answer: If you're good with GB, you'll probably get the basics of LE in weeks. If you're completely fluent in GB, maybe even just a few late nights will do it — to get the basic skills (artistry costs more).
Think of the learning curve like that for learning chess. It's simple enough to learn how each piece moves, and a few strategies here and there, but the art of doing it, discovering all the options, knowing when to use what, and (maybe more importantly) when NOT to process something -- ahhh, that takes time and experimenting. But yeah, you'll get it.
For my part, on those nights when I start getting into it, the more I find of what I CAN do, the more difficult it is for me to turn off the **** iMac and go to bed.
6. Do you know if the VIDEO training really makes the
transition from GB to LOGIC EXP easier?
Dunno. Sorry. For some $35-40, I did find Sitter's book VERY helpful.
7. Is there anyone who has an example of a song they
did in LE7 that started out in GB3...
I've taken several of my GB pieces and punched 'em up with Logic's better EQ, more alaborate and efficient automation, etc.
Good luck!
iBook G4, iMac Duo Core Mac OS X (10.4.8)
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