Monday, May 16, 2011

A Brief Tutorial on PSD to HTML Conversion

Before start discussing about PSD to HTML conversion, it is imperative to have a brief idea about PSD and the reason of converting it to HTML format. PSD is abbreviated as Photoshop document and web designers use PSD format to create any design. But, PSD format is not compatible to the World Wide Web and therefore we need to convert the PSD file to markup language so that it can be easily accessed on the internet. Here the HTML format comes into the picture. HTML makes it possible to run the PSD file on the internet and hence, PSD to HTML conversion is the most important phase in the web development process. You can say that PSD to HTML is a mandatory step in building a website without which, it is not possible to create a functional website.

Now, what PSD to HTML conversion is all about? It is a process of converting the PSD design to markup languages like HTML, XHTML, HTML5, CSS, etc and makes it accessible on the internet. Converting PSD file to HTML/CSS is very helpful in regards to the cross browser compatibility, W3C standard validation, semantic coding and pixel perfect conversion. Furthermore, in the process of PSD to HTML conversion, there are some simple steps (not as simple as it sounds) in transforming the PSD design into HTML format. Below are given the noteworthy steps of PSD to HTML conversion.

1) You need be very clear about your idea of creating a website, according to which you can go for any of the conversion method like coding by yourself, software coding or hiring a professional web designer. Make the suitable choice according to your requirement.

2) The second step includes the deep analysis of PSD file and recognizing the complications, if there. Then PSD design divided into few sections like HTML/ XHTML/ CSS, header, footer etc.

3) In third step, the main task is to be performed i.e. coding. While coding, few things must be taken into consideration such as clean and W3C validated HTML/ XHTML/ CSS markup. For that, new HTML page and a basic structure is to be created. Also, you need to create separate files for HTML codes named as index.html (HTML codes), style.css for CSS styling codes, and index.php for PHP codes.

4) At last but not the least, the web page must be tested on all major browsers and operating systems, so that it can be optimized accordingly.

So, this is a brief tutorial of PSD to HTML conversion which can provide the basic understanding regarding the conversion.

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