Demos
What you will need
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Dreamweaver or another similar software package
Source Files
What we will make
I will show you how to make a generic business template from the Photoshop file that is included with this tutorial.
We aren’t making a website
There is no one “right way” to make a website. You can build it using basic html, CGI scripts or server scripting languages such as PHP or ASP. In turn, each of these technologies can implemented in an almost infinite number of ways.
Therefore, I decided to just teach you how to make a web template and leave it up to you to develop a working website. The good news though, is that as soon as you’re done this tutorial, you’ll be able to build your website anyway you want!
Screen Shots
Let me know if anything is confusing
Converting a Photoshop design to HTML is usually a very organic process, ie. I don’t follow a particular order of steps. For the sake of this tutorial however, I’m going to keep everything very organized so that it’s easier to follow along. If you’re ever confused, please let me know in the comments and I’ll do what I can to make it more clear.
We will not be using the design view
This might disappoint a few people but I’m never going to use the design view. I’m only going to use the code view in Dreamweaver. Don’t worry though, it’s not as hard as you might think.
Ok now let’s get started!
Comments
Post by hajan reckiest on September 1, 2009
very good download
Post by Antwan on September 10, 2009
Hey! Thnx for this tutarial, it helped me to understand the basics of slicing and creating a solid -cross browser- webpage. With my PHP expierences this will help me master all elements to create a dynamicly perfect website! PS1: Are you planning to add a part of navigation user firnedly through the menu? PS2: Seems you forgot somethings (I didn't have all the images in te process) and what exactly is the styles.htm for..?
Post by Joshua Bolduc on October 3, 2009
Styles.htm is the place where you can put all your generic html elements (headings, images, paragraphs etc) that you'll use throughout the rest of the website.
It's a great way to see how all the elements will work together and also ensures that you don't forget anything.
Post by Michalis89 on October 18, 2009
Dude that awesome, congrats 'cause this tut it's very helpful you have no idea how much I need it, in a way to learn how to turn a psd layout to html. Thanks! God bless ya'
Post by Avijit Dey on October 30, 2009
very good to learn in very short period....
Post by pascal on November 4, 2009
Thanks voor the great tut!
Post by Bob on November 9, 2009
Great tutorial. I particularly like your CSS breakdown/organization methodology. Thanks!
Post by dogan on November 17, 2009
Hi Joshua, Big Thanks for this tutorials very perfect, Realy very best. Best Regards Have a wonderfull days
Post by JustMe on December 7, 2009
Very detailed and well made tutorial. Great job.
Post by Albin on December 13, 2009
Hai! thanks. I am not able to downloade the psd file you have given. It is downloaded without layer i.e., Composited layer (0ne layer). What should I do?
Post by Joshua Bolduc on December 13, 2009
It sounds like you're opening the file with Adobe Acrobat. Make sure you open it with Photoshop.
Post by allen on December 23, 2009
was wondering why when I dowload source files for tutorial, the code is all already included in each file. Tutorial that I thought was step by step to recreate your pages seem to have already been built. Also when attempting to cut header images with no text, PSD buttons had text in them that I was not able to remove. Please advise.
Post by Twitz on January 24, 2010
Hmmm. Wouldn't it be easier to just do a File / Export to the CSS and HTML after the slices are all added and let PhotoShop create the files for you? :o)
Post by Joshua Bolduc on January 24, 2010
Hi Twitz, That is an excellent question.
There are a few reasons why you shouldn't export directly from Photoshop.
Photoshop doesn't generate standards based code.
The design won't look the same in all browsers.
Photoshop can't create repeating backgrounds which are crucial in pretty much all designs.
Coding it by hand results in much leaner code that downloads faster.
However, exporting from photoshop could be useful for protyping purposes . . .
Post by eve on February 1, 2010
awesome tutorial.. exactly what I needed! Helped heaps xox
Post by peter on February 10, 2010
when i open the Home.psd file in photoshop cs4 on a mac to begin slicing i see a bunch of blue outlines with numbers in the upper left hand corner. What are these and how do i get rid of them so i can see what i'm slicing (and saving because they show up when i'm trying to save the slices as well. thanks i'm a newbie to this.
Post by Bill Miller on February 12, 2010
Great tutorial. It has helped tremendously.
Post by ganapat on February 27, 2010
one of the tutorial i was searching from last 4 months....... thanks a lot.........
Post by photo shop manual on March 4, 2010
Ive been following your blog posts for several weeks now and find them a riveting read.
Post by Stanley Kut on March 7, 2010
First of all, this is a really informative article! I've got a little question bothering me, I really love the design of your website and tried to install the same design on my Worpdress site. Anyhow, there is some kind of weird coding error in the footer. Do you have any hints, what settings are you using? Please PM me on Twitter @FitnessHealthGuide or per e-mail.
Post by bagus on March 15, 2010
awesome template, thanks for sharing.
Post by Ananth on April 6, 2010
A great help for people like me who are learning web design on their own. The step by step method makes CSS look not very difficult. Thanks.
Post by Website Design Bristol on May 25, 2010
Can't believe I have only just found your site, am glad I found it, lots of good content here. Do you write anywhere else or just on here?
Post by Lisette on May 25, 2010
It is my first time and without knowing of the code could do so without any problems. It is a great tutorial. Thanks and congratulations for such a good explanation. Now I have to apply it to my site
Post by Ian Taylor on August 8, 2010
Hi, this is a great tutorial. I would like to use it as a theme for Wordpress - how easy would that be? Kind regards Ian Taylor, UK
Post by Tim Donovan on March 22, 2011
I have always wanted to learn to transform a photoshop website layout to html. thanks for this very detailed tutorial.