Vitamin has an excellant walk-through setting up Subversion focused for designers. Includes setting up the server (Beanstalk is plugged, but that’s ok since I was looking at it for an online solution anyway), setting up the client, and some examples of basic Subversion usage. Easy to follow, even for me. Designers need to realize how important version tracking is.

Although i’m favoring online solutions at the moment, I can’t ignore these instructions on how to setup Subversion on Windows by Jeff. Doesn’t look like a breeze to setup (hence why the online solutions look great at the moment) but worthy of keeping around.

I’ve been looking into hosted version control solutions, and i’ve stumbled upon Beanstalk recently. Like Eric, I’m liking it’s features (works with Basecamp, FogBugz, Campfire) and the fact you can get a free account. I’m reading about other altneratives like assembla.com and an open-source and free solution you can host yourself - Origo. Feel free to comment on any you recommend.