PSD to HTML Reviews & Tutorials

Many web designers find it difficult to convert their Photoshop designs into valid HTML/XHTML markups, either due to work load or in-efficiency in quality conversion. This gives a rise to the need of quality PSD tutorials for those who can not outsource their work or wants to learn on their own.

Below are the 20+ best PSD to HTML tutorials which are selected form all over the Internet. This post can certainly help you to learn or clear your doubts regarding PSD slicing.

1. The Design Lab: PSD Conversion

2. From PSD to HTML, Building a Set of Website Designs Step by Step

3. Coding: Design Lab TV Styled Layout

4. PSD to CSS/HTML in Easy Steps – Part 1

5. Slice and Dice that PSD

6. Converting a Photoshop Mockup: Part Two, Episode One

7. Build a Sleek Portfolio Site from Scratch

8. Portfolio Layout – Learn To Code It

9. Converting a Design From PSD to HTML

10. How to Convert a PSD to XHTML

11. How to Convert PSd to Html

12. Creating a CSS Layout from scratch

13. PSD > HTML/CSS

14. Encoding a Photoshop Mockup into XHTML & CSS

15. Css Template Tutorial

16. Portfolio Layout 4: The Code

17. Tutorial Coding a Layout

18. Converting a Photoshop Mockup

19. Killer site – From Illustrator to Xhtm to Drubal

20. From PSD to HTML

21. Coding a Car Sales Layout

The increasing importance of PSD to XHTML conversion cannot be negated. It is an intrinsic part of Website Designing and holds a heavy weightage. It also goes beyond saying that Internet has spread its root in a diverse fashion and does not limit itself to Home PC and Systems.

The browsers are adding up in the queue, and with the arrival of every new or improved browser, the coding criteria also changes. Earlier the coder has to fix his attention to limited browsers, but the present XHTML coding rules simply outcast any leniency with browser compatibility.

The well known and highly used browsers are IE (with its different versions), Mozilla and Safari. Many people are comfortable with Mozilla because of its user friendliness (each link opening in different tab with horizontal structure), while many find IE better. Safari is a comparatively new browser with different specifications than IE or Mozilla; and then there is Google Chrome from Google. Hence while code testing, it becomes important to check the pages in all the different browsers from common to uncommon ones. You cannot just leave the compatibility issue with Opera, Opera Mini, Netscape and other browsers because few number of people use it. Your prospective clients, who are sitting poles apart, may very well be browsing your website through Netscape or Opera. And who knows that he might very well turn into a regular business client!

How to Make them Browser Compatible
After knowing the importance, the point in question is how to make the site browser compatible. A thorough XHTML programmer knows all the coding formulae. If you however choose to begin the coding with basic XHTML understanding you possess, it is important to note that not all the browsers can be made XHTML compatible. IE 5 for instance, has no in-built functionality to support Div, and hence does not support XHTML.

It is therefore important to choose a set coding standard that goes well with all the preferred browsers. But at the same time, there might be cases where a particular specified content attains perfect visibility in one browser, and appears deformed in another. A textual paragraph for instance, with a defined width, color and font specifications might not come out fine in two different browsers. In this case, some programmers use Browser Hack to even out the content in both the browsers. But the use of Hacks is not recommended and is avoided to the last as it does not signify browser compatibility.

A little knowledge is very dangerous. It is always a safe bet to outsource the design work to XHTML Conversion firms who are well versed with the ins and outs of XHTML coding standards.

It continues to amaze me as to how the Web Development companies promise XHTML Deliveries in 8 HRS or 4 HRS Flat! The web is burgeoning with companies that guarantee “quality in quick time”, and this certainly entice the clients. So is it just a marketing gimmick, an insubstantial statement, a pure lie or a gentleman’s promise? Let us know about it in some detail.

“PSD to XHTML Conversion- 8 HRS Flat!”
“Quality in Quick Time- Get your XHTML in less than 8 HRS!”
“8 HRS PSD to XHTML Delivery. Order Now!”

Such statements are a part of every PSD to XHTML company’s advertising campaign. Such a prompt delivery has even become one of the key USPs of XHTML conversion firms, and they are vying with each other on the basis of quickest time delivery. Pragmatically, XHTML does not take as much time as it takes to design a Web Page. XHTML is a laid out process, and designing a page is implying creativity.

When a company promises to deliver a page in 8 Hours, it is mapping out the time that might be needed in actually “coding” a Web Page. You would not agree more when I say that coding a design in XHTML is client-centric. True that codes are codes and they cannot be written as a=1 when a=2. But interaction with clients, and adhering to his specifications is equally important. Or allow me to say, it gets as important as designing it with adherence to the W3C validation.

Quite practically, you would not start the XHTML right when the client’s e-mail pop in. The first step in beginning XHTML is understanding the client’s requirements. This may involve email exchange or an online chat with him. After everything set and decided, the XHTML procedure actually begins.

This situation may get even more poignant when you are outsourcing the design internationally. The geographical boundaries distinguish the days from night in two different countries, and thus there comes a paradigm shift in the work delivery. However, there are few companies that have business executives, developers and programmers that work at night and ensure that the clients get prompt delivery.

So the 8 HRS Delivery guarantee might be 24 HRS or 48 HRS, depending upon the initiating time of the project. But if looked broadly, coding and delivering the page in 8 HRS isn’t an impossibility either.

So next time when you order your PSD to XHTML, make sure that the 8 HRS are the 8 Business hours, or the total delivery hours.

It might be confusing to choose from a lesser number of options available, as choosing from just a palmful is no real choice, but according to the human behavior, it gets even more confusing to choose from a large number. It almost becomes a trick. Need for XHTML Conversion is on a constant rise, and so are the number of XHTML Conversion companies. With every firm offering the same set of services, and with the self-acclaimed number one tag, how do you choose a firm that suits your needs?

Ordering a PSD to XHTML Conversion company is simple. Choosing a right service provider is however tricky. Here are few points that might help you to select a PSD to XHTML Conversion Company.

# Website Designing- XHTML is all about a visually satisfying, tableless, hand written and W3C standardized coding. If the service provider doesn’t have a visually compelling and error-free, W3C validated website, expect no good from them as an XHTML conversion firm. You might even want to check their website in the W3C validator tool. A simple and plain looking website design can be expected of a website that offers some hardware or software. But an XHTML conversion firm must have a strikingly beautiful and semantic website. So the website could be the mirror of the work they do.

# Testimonials- Content might be the king, in any intended form, but not primarily for you as a customer/client. Do not get over-convinced by words and phrases like ‘guarantee’ and ‘exceptional quality’ they say they offer. Check their clientèle and see the testimonials. What clients say is really important in getting you the ‘almost first-hand experience’.

# Portfolio- The portfolio never lies. Unlike the self acclaimed statements on the website, there are minimal chances of a portfolio being doubtful. Check the portfolio and see how well have they converted the designs. This is really a passageway to check their work gallery and half of the doubts get clear.

# Pricing- After being convinced of the work quality, you need to check and compare the price listing. With the vying competition in the market, the companies now offer flexible price list and even offer discounts on copious order. PSD to XHTML conversion is becoming a real business!

#Delivery Time- Timely delivery is one of the key and highly rated factors that is considered in measuring the success and quality of an XHTML Conversion company. Many companies order PSD to XHTML conversion not because they are not expert in that, but because they are low on time. With the intense competition in the field, many companies now deliver a web page in as less as 8 hours.

All points considered, make sure that you do not compromise even an iota on Quality and Timely Delivery. Everything else can be bargained for less or more, but these two factors hold prime importance in deciding a PSD to XHTML Conversion firm. You might want to place a 50+ order anytime in future. See their abilities to make timely and quality delivery if need arrives.

Along with the above mentioned points, your discretion in choosing a right business partner comes to the top. The flexibility and business ethics become mandatory not only while choosing a PSD to XHTML Conversion company, but while choosing any company.