illustrator graphics to HTML page

Ronaldo · 15 Sep 2008 at 00:49

Hi guys need some help here. I have made few images with illustrator and i like the layout. Is there a way for me to convert it into a HTML site?

What i mean is I have made borders and added images into illustrator so they look like a site page but i want to import that.

Can i do this or do i have to use it like images and add to a dreamweaver/webexpress?

Thank you

fini · 15 Sep 2008 at 01:12

cut the image up into separate sections and then use notepad.

Ronaldo · 15 Sep 2008 at 01:22

is that my only option?

cheers fini

fini · 15 Sep 2008 at 01:30

If you use slices then 'save for web' you can get it to save the images and html to go with it (obviously then you need to go in and add links etc), but to be honest the code it outputs is so useless that you're much much better off writing it yourself. Just save each slice in as a jpg, gif or png using 'save for web' in the smallest file size you can live with. Whether you then want to use the images in a wysiwyg editor like Dreamweaver or handcode in notepad is up to you.

Ronaldo · 15 Sep 2008 at 02:57

Ok thank you, another question, once i do as you say am i able to put text on top of image using dreamweave or am i better putting text while on illustrator?

Thanks mate

Tripnologist · 15 Sep 2008 at 07:33

Ronaldo said:
or am i better putting text while on illustrator?

No. Do NOT do this for so many reasons. Text should be text, not an image.

unknowndomain · 15 Sep 2008 at 10:41

Use layers in dreamweaver, or ask us for help with learning html

t31os · 15 Sep 2008 at 16:20

If you're splitting the image into pieces you can always set the image as a background of the table cell (or div) then input text into that element.

Like trip said, text should text ideally, and not done on the image, though there's nothing to say you 'have to' do it that way.

Ekim · 15 Sep 2008 at 18:15

t31os said:
Like trip said, text should text ideally, and not done on the image, though there's nothing to say you 'have to' do it that way.

Apart from common sense, good practice and usability....

fini · 15 Sep 2008 at 20:52

unknowndomain said:
Use layers in dreamweaver, or ask us for help with learning html

Don't use layers - they're not web-standardy - use CSS and XHTML.