Web dev question.

Apok

Apok

Apok

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Since i want to further my own skillset, i have been teaching myself Html,css and im looking at java and some others.

I want to get my foot into web design/development, now i know design and development are two completely seperate things and one can have a flair for one but not another.

I have started usign photoshop mainly just to get to grip with this, i work somewhat well with visualisation so i'll be lloking at designing most of my web stuff in photoshop, however being somewhat of a beginner in other sections im not completely sure how i would port things across.

i.e. say i design a layout for a design in photoshop, how do i then port this across to a html document? what i mean is how would i manage the layouts, and ensure that the images/buttons are in the same location on a page as they are in my photoshop prototype?

I'd rather do this by hand as it makes it easier for me to find problems with the code should i need to look at it later and also enable me to be able to write raw code, as i have a dislike for interfaces and programs such as dreamweaver.
 
I'm not a designer but I believe you just mock up a web page in photoshop to give yourself and the client a general idea of what the end product could look like.

It's much easier to have a plan, than to just jump in head first.

You don't copy and past the image and it's and insta website - that's what the HTML and CSS is for, to replicate what you have done using photoshop.
 
Designers have the dream.

Developers make the magic happen. :P


I'm a bit of both, but not very good at design. (Or development for that matter).
 
Have a look into slicing in photoshop.

For development have a look at PHP/MYSQL/JavaScript/AJAX.
 
We create basic wireframes and then based off those, we create psds of exactly how each page will look and this is what the client signs off on. Once the client has approved, we then create an html template and put it into our CMS. While all this is going on, content was being worked on and is already in the CMS and ready to go so it's all quite streamlined.
 
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