[ThePokerBank]

I'm not sure its totally neccessary to take a class, I'm self taught in everything so far and it didnt take me too long. When I was a kid I played around with making websites, just treated it as a hobby and I picked up the basics. Such as front page, using ftp software and using Paint Shop Pro.

Then about 8 months ago I decided to start it all up again. I started with FrontPage, but decided to move onto Dreamweaver because its the one everyone seemed to prefer. When I first ran the program I had no idea what I was doing, but I just stuck a couple of templates in there and played around with them until I became familiar with the software. There was probably a month or so between transitioning from Frontpage to Dreamweaver, and now since switching its hard to think why I even thought it was hard to use in the first place.

I've also played around with Photoshop a lot over the months and I'm very comfortable with using that too. I am by no means a pro, but I don't have problems altering and editing images, and occassionally creating them. So all the knowledge I have learnt has been picked up just from practicing. So now I am pretty comfortable with working on and developing most areas of my site.

I think if you treat it as more of a hobby rather than a job, you will find it easier to pick up things, certainly less frustrating. Just play around with everything and use Google if there is anything you specifically need help with. There are also forums and such with really friendly people that are happy to help, just like this one. The info is out there if you need it, it just takes time, patience and a bit of determination.

There is still a load of stuff I need to learn, but I'll just tackle the things as they come along. Mainly from trial and error along with reading articles and info on the Internet.