Hello, and welcome to the site!

There really is no short-cut. Like anything else that's worthwhile, it will take at least a little bit of work. Reading the info on the main site really should not take all that long -- less than an hour, in my estimation.

After you do that, you should at least have a basic grasp of what to do, and what specific questions to ask in order to get going. It would also be a good idea to at least skim through the Tutorials section -- but admittedly there is a TON of information in there.