New  to  dreamweaver  would  likew  some  basic  help

ok  im  rather  familliar  with  both  illustreater  and  photoshop  so  i  feel  i  know  adobe  software  somewhat --im  trying  to  start  a  site  fer  a  company  im  gonna  start  up  ("miese  en  plac" something  i  learned  in  foods  bascally  everythings  ready  to  go)  i  have  a  logo  i  think  i  know  the  domain  name  im  gonna  buy  i  have  a  ROUGH  ideal  what  i  want  header  and  footer  def  think  linnks  on  left  side  and  on  right  side  i  wanna   have  a  ssemi  randomiser  fer  various  images  and  such  i  dont  yet  know  the  colours  or  style  outherwise  that  i  wanna  use  i  playied  in  cs3?  dreamweaver  i  think
is  the  randoms   possable?  how  would  you  do  that?  and  is  theere  like  a  template  that  is  "easyiest"  to  worjk  with?  i  thought  cs3  had  some  with  like  images  and  designs  on  it?
any/all  help  is  GREATELY  appriated

ok  im  rather  familliar  with  both  illustreater  and  photoshop  so  i  feel  i  know  adobe  software
Illustrator and Photoshop are NOTHING like Dreamweaver. DW was made by Macromedia.  Adobe only acquired it a few years ago and has not radically changed how the software works.   DW is an advanced product for web design and development.  It is not drag & drop like your graphics apps.  It requires you to have some knowledge of code and be able to think more like a web person and less like a design person.
X/HTML and CSS are the 123's and ABC's of web design.
Start learning them here:
HTML & CSS Tutorials - http://w3schools.com/
CSS positioning in 10 steps
http://www.barelyfitz.com/screencast/html-training/css/positioning/
When you have the basics under your belt, s-l-o-w-l-y  work through some of the tutorial links below to learn how the software works. Start on a simple project. Gradually increase difficutly level on your next 3 projects.  By then you should be ready to build your business site.
Creating  your first web site in DW CS4 -
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_cs4_website_pt1.html
Taking  a Fireworks (or Photoshop) comp to a CSS based layout in DW
Part 1 --
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/web_standards_layouts_pt1.html
Part 2 --
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/web_standards_layouts_pt2.html
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media  Specialists
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