Pls Help - 1st time builder using DW 18 - any pdfs 4 1st site?

[nel79247262]

Not a skilled site designer and would like to put up a basic site for my med device startup.  Have spent 2-3 days either watching DW videos online and/or reading manuals from library and old pdfs on DW 5 - 10+.  Synonyms seem to never go out of style.  Anyone know of a simple easy to understand 5 - 15 page user manual in pdf form so I may set up one very simple rather basic bland no frills vanilla website?  I find tissue engineering easier to understand than DW manuals, sadly.

[John Waller]

I would forget about DW. It's overkill for what you want.

Put up a Wordpress site in 5 mins. Maybe using a Premium (paid for) Theme which has lots of custom options.

[nel79247262]

John, Thank you for the response.  I did see a WP theme that fit well for our startup.  May try to mimic it and go with Nancy's advice, giving it the old college try first with DW before a WP plan B.   THX!

[John Waller]

May try to mimic it

5 mins in Wordpress. 3-6 months for a DW novice.

Good luck with whatever you decide. I wish you every success.

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

There are no PDF manuals  I know of.   Understanding HTML & CSS is far more important than learning software.   Read the chapters & work with the code exercises in links below.

• HTML Tutorial
• CSS Tutorial

Since you're just starting out, I suggest using a starter template in DW as the foundation for your project.  First define your local site folder.  Go to Site > New Site...  Give your project a name and location folder.  Example, C:\MyTestSite\   See screenshots below.

Go to File > New > Starter Templates.  Pick one and hit the Create button.

After you save your newly created document, DW will create assets folders for your project as can be seen in your Files Panel (F8).

You now have the basis for creating your new site.   Post back if have more questions.

Nancy

[nel79247262]

Nancy,  will do.  Was taught to dance with the girl who brought you to the party, so plan A continues until either I'm incapacitated or B is truly necessary.  THX!