What You Need to Know About Turning PSD to HTML5/CSS?

Building a website isn't a cakewalk. You need to focus on both designing and development aspects to create a site that helps you succeed in the web world. However, both of these aspects are dependent on each other. While designing a site requires creativeness and knowledge of the adding the right design elements at the right place using Photoshop (the most sought-after Adobe photo editing tool). Once you have completed the design, you need to code the design in HTML/CSS format so as to develop a site. 

This article will help you learn about some of the basic tips as how you can convert a PSD into HTML5/CSS for website creation. 

Crafting a Pixel-perfect PSD

In order to get started with the conversion process, you will have to create a web design in Photoshop. Once you have created your Photoshop design save the files with a .psd extension. It is the default file extension that is used for saving all the files created in Photoshop. Apart from creating a PSD, you need to have a basic understanding of HTML5 (the latest iteration of HTML) in order to plan out your design layout. For this purpose, you need to learn about HTML tags, attributes and their syntax.

Note: You can use any other photo editing tool other than Photoshop, as per your requirements.

Layout a Repository Structure


Now that you have created a Photoshop design, you will have to chop up the design layers. But before that, it is very important that you have set-up a repository structure. Next, configure the structure location where all your files and folders will be stored. For doing so, create a main or the root folder with all the sub-folders. Here the sub-folders are individual folder created for each and every design element including CSS, images, etc. Most importantly, create an index.html (the main file) that the browsers will retrieve upon user requests.

Choose the Right Image Format

PSD file cannot be completely included in the HTML file. And so, you need to slice the file into a smaller size image. There are two image formats, PNG-24 bit and JPEG among which you need to choose one for saving the sliced image. While PNG-24 bit would best suit your choice for displaying high quality image, on the other hand, JPEG is a better option when it comes to saving a large size image.

Write the Codes

Lastly, you will have to code your sliced images into your HTML5. Make sure to place the logo of your company at the right place. Include a header tag, body tag, add a div with a “Wrapper” class and the image tag. If you can't fiddle with codes, it is better to hire a programmer who has experience and expertise in coding design files to HTML or CSS formats.

To conclude, observing the constantly varying web trends and ever-increasing need of users for better web experience, it becomes essential for business owners to follow methods that help them stay adrift all such challenges. Put it simply, business entities need a tool that enables them to cope up with all the changing industry trends and users' needs. This is where PSD to HTML conversion comes in. Reading the aforementioned key points will help you know about the steps involved in turning your PSD files into an HTML/CSS format.