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#1 User is offline   cTaylor 

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Posted 02 November 2010 - 10:59 AM

Hi there,

Been veiwing this forum for the last couple of months and have found many things helpful :) so thank you. I have a question about Lynda.com, for people who use/used it.. would you recommend me get a sub with Lynda.com and do the lessons? I usually read books but find myself to be more of a visual learner.. let me know of your experiences with Lynda.com.

Cheers,

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Posted 10 November 2010 - 06:42 PM

Very pleased, personally I think it works for me, and it’s not that bad on the wallet (depending on the exchange rate of course).
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Posted 20 March 2011 - 11:39 AM

I would not, if you want video tuts. Go to youtube, its all there!!!
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Posted 25 April 2011 - 07:25 PM

The Lynda.com wordpress creating and editing custom themes is a cool program but doesn't help if you are a newbie. you will want to know some basic coding.
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Posted 26 April 2011 - 02:25 PM

As a designer I find it much easier and more helpful to just study someone else' code. This not only teaches you how the other designer achieved that certain thing/effect/look but also teaches you how to read codes more carefully. When I started designing wordpress themes, I did not read books, rather pre-made themes. Remember that it's the designer that is more creative than those authors who are paid thousands to learn the method of developing in a month.

I would rather learn from the designer than some last minute person.
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Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:41 AM

I had a subscription a couple years back. I wasn't too impressed with learning web design via Dreamweaver although now it might have got better. Have a look at the course list and see if it has enough on the subjects you're interested in. Personally, I found it wasn't great for web development, but I did enjoy the graphic design tutorials
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Posted 23 May 2011 - 12:53 PM

Learn Dreamweaver CS5 today with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Bible half price.... http://cgi.ebay.co.u...1#ht_500wt_1156
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Posted 08 July 2011 - 03:55 PM

This is the website i use to learn everything i need.

Very happy with the presentation of the videos and the teachers are all very skilled in their field.

Well worth signing up to them.
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Posted 09 July 2011 - 09:26 PM

I liked Lynda.com but I found I joined and then only used it occasionally.
I think use it like a course - decide what you want to study and how long it will take you then get on and do it.

~Although thinking about it I did find it useful when I had the odd thing that I needed help on and it always provided more information than I was looking for and good stuff.
Maybe save up all your queries and then do a couple of months?
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 10:53 AM

Don't waste your money. as joemass said, it's all on youtube, and there is one channel i would recommend which easily beats lynda.com. thenewboston. I am 16, and am proficient in HTML/CSS (tableless layouts), Wordpress & WP Themes, Photoshop. All that was learnt over 3 years, and I am currently learning more. Lynda.com is a money waster, and is not necessary.
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 01:19 PM

Lynda .com is only gonna get you so far, or youtube, the best way to learn code, design or that is through actually doing that. Yeh youtube and Lynda for your theory but you need to see code in use and try changing it, improving it. This give you a close look at how to achieve different things and as you have youtubed the theory you will or should understand whats happening .

Joe:)
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 04:06 PM

Have you checked out the Think Vitamin Membership. It is pricey, however these are tutorials from industry professionals. They also cover a lot of different topics that may interest you, maybe not now, but at some point in the future. Lynda do have some good tutorials, especially when it comes to programming, however depending on the tutor they can be a bit out-dated.
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Posted 20 July 2011 - 03:15 PM

Think Vitamin Membership is very good, but as J.P mentioned on the pricey side. I have blasted through all of the tutorials on HTML, HTML 5, CSS, CSS3, PHP and JavaScript and design videos already and will be cancelling my subscription for the following month as the remaining videos are for high level development which I'm not looking at learning.

On the other hand if money is tight then I suggest using online tutorials or heading to your library and working through some books.

Lee
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Posted 05 September 2011 - 11:18 AM

Personally I liked Lynda.com, but in terms of overall learning the best thing is to be much more hands on. Look at websites and study their code, how they do things. There are certainly plenty of free resources on the net.

With Lynda.com I liked their Photoshop and InDesign training. Although I also found Photoshop Top Secret invaluable.
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