i've compiled the latest version of dcron 3.2, unfortunately not a deb, but a tar.gz with
installer/unistaller included, so no problems for 'newbe', see this.
It comes with /etc/cron.hourly-daily-weekly-monthly directory pre-configured.
It work out of the box, for user root and for 'user' (with separate config files)
simply download, than as root (easyroot or becomeroot):
tar zxvf filename.tar.gx
cd cron
./INSTALL.sh

that's all

hope it helps.