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wbkelly
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Dec 25, 2006, 11:49 PM
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Easiest way to learn am2
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I have used AM1 for 4+ years... loved it! Now we have a new site and we got AM2 for the new one. It has so many features, how does one learn all these features. I am not a technically minded person. In fact I've never been able to get through an instruction manual for anything my whole life. I learn by doing... well this is not working and I need a valium! 
Can anyone suggest the best way to learn how to get an overall NEED-TO-KNOW of AM2 besides going through tech words that I can understand?
Thanks in advance!
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HDBC
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Dec 26, 2006, 8:07 PM
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Re: [wbkelly] Easiest way to learn am2
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Hey WB,
I was absolutely baffled as well when I first picked up AM2... AM1 was so simple and straightforward it was just plain elegant.
That said, I'm slowly becoming a covert to 2.0. All I can recommend is taking the time to read the tutorials (forget the user guide, it's more conceptual than illustrative and didn't help me much at all). When you get stumped post a question to the forum so we can all learn; everyone at InteractiveTools is great, and if they don't answer very quickly someone on the forum will likely speak up.
Be warned though, creating a site in AM2 does take more time than 1.0, so be sure to add a few extra hours to your estimates for the first site or two. Even though we all keep a copy of the templates we modify to speed the creation of a website, there's still a fair amount of publishing rule tweaks that have to be made that never were required in 1.0. (in AM 2.0's defense, it does give us a lot more creative opportunity than 1.0, which is much appreciated.)
FYI - My first site took me 3 times as long to complete as my last AM1.0 project, mostly because of the learning curve.
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Donna
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Dec 28, 2006, 10:17 AM
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Hi there. :)
We're adding more and more user guides as time goes on, and one of the things we want to create is a "getting started" guide that walks you through some of the more common customizations -- adding a database field, adding a publish rule, modifying the templates, etc.
But, because it's a fairly new product, we're still finding out what people are actually using the most. So, what sorts of things would you like to see in such a guide? What sort of changes are you making? For a really simple site, the "need to know" is pretty small -- the software will work out of the box.
Once you start getting into the customizations is when it gets more complex. :) Everyone "needs to know" different things depending on their site and their needs. So, in our efforts to write a comprehensive guide that covers all of the common requirements... we're depending on you guys to let us know what the common requirements are. :)
As Eric mentioned, right now the best bet is to let us know when you come across something you're not sure how to do. We can hopefully write up a tutorial for you, or at least a guide on how to do it -- and eventually, these tutorials & guides will likely be integrated into our documentation to make it easier for everybody. :)
Donna
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