If your dream is to become a great web designer with relevant qualifications for the current working environment, you'll need to study Adobe Dreamweaver. Additionally, it's good practice that you become fully conversant with the complete Adobe Web Creative Suite, which incorporates Flash and Action Script, to be able to take advantage of Dreamweaver as a commercial web-designer. Having such skills can take you on to becoming either an Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) or an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE).

In order to establish yourself as a full web professional however, there's a lot more to learn. You'll need to bolt on programming skills like HTML, PHP and MySQL. An excellent grasp of E-Commerce and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) will also improve your CV and employability.

A major candidate for the biggest single let-down for IT trainees is usually having to turn up to 'In Centre' days or workshops. Many certification companies harp on about the so-called 'benefits' of these classes, usually though, they end up as a growing difficulty due to:

* Recurrent visits to the centre - hundreds of miles usually.

* Requesting time out of work - typical training providers will only provide Mon-Fri workshop availability and group several days in a chunk. This isn't ideal for most people who work, and this is made worse if travelling time is added into the mix.

* If we've got four weeks vacation allowance, sacrificing half of them for study classes leaves us with very few opportunities for days off.

* 'In-Centre' workshop days fill up fast and can sometimes be too big - so they're not personal enough.

* You may prefer to move at a different pace to others in the class. Often this can bring about classic classroom tension.

* Most students speak about the high (and unexpected) costs associated with getting to and from the training centre and paying for food and accommodation gets very high.

* Is it worth even a small chance of getting ignored for a lift up the ladder or salary hikes because of your studies.

* Posing questions in a class full of students can make any one of us a little nervous. Would you admit that you've occasionally avoided posing a question because you were worried it might make you look silly?

* When your work takes you away from home, it's apparent that workshops can often become impossible to get to - and yet, they've been paid for in advance.

The absolute best situation is based on viewing a ready-made, videoed lesson - having instructor-led teaching on hand whenever it's convenient for you. You can study anywhere you want. If you have a laptop, why not catch a little sunshine in your garden as you study. If you have any difficulties then logon to the 24x7 support facility. It's never going to matter how frequently you would like to re-take a quiz or test, filmed tutors won't ever lose patience! And don't forget, with this method, you can say goodbye to note-taking. It's already there for immediate use. While it's impossible to avoid every problem, it definitely makes things easier, simpler and less stressful. And you've reduced travel, costs and hassle.

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