New Dreamweaver wesite!

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Hi everyone:
I am a total newbie to Dreamweaver and I was thrown into a project. My bosses want to make this website which is done in FLASH into a Dreamweaver site (not to convert it of course!):

http://www.theochem.com

I don't know where to start. I have the images. Do I make the same blue/blck image into a background image first? and how do I add text to it and when do I add navigation bar to the site? I know this is a lot of questions but is there a tuturial on these for a beginner or a book I can use?
Any suggestions or help would be great.
Thanks so much....

 

[johnwm]

It's a bit difficult to be specific, given what you've told us!

First read faq222-2244 which will help you understand how the forum works, and how to ask successful questions.

Second try the (generally) excellent DW help pages. Then try the 'Getting started' pages under DW help, as there are comprehensive tutorials to get you started easily

Third let us know (having read the FAQ above) what specific problem you have. To do that you will probably need to give us a working link to your site, as the above link is currently dead.

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[harrymossman]

>>I am a total newbie to Dreamweaver

Are you a newbie to web design? Dreamweaver is just one web design tool. There isn't really such a thing as a "Dreavweaver site."

If you are a newbie to web design, this site is a bit of a challenge. At least it would have been for me when I was a newbie. (Actually, it still would, since I do rather plain, boring government pages.)

Ideally, you should use Cascading Style Sheets (forum 215). But if you are a newbie, this would involve quite a learning curve.

To do this page, or any quality page, you will have to use the code view not just the design view. There are lots of tutorials online. I have found the W3 Schools ones work for me -

http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp.

I generally don't find books helpful. Maybe someone else can suggest one.

Can the company send you for training? See

http://www.adobe.com/training/instructor_led/.

I have not taken the Macromedia (now Adobe) Dreamweaver classes but found their Coldfusion ones excellent.

Harry