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jemdna

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Hey everyone. :) in the past I've heard people discussing using Photoshop to build their website, I was wondering if you lovely people could shed some light on the process please. :)
 
What's the website for?

Photoshop isn't designed for building websites, it's like editing photos in excel!
 
The website will be a photography and music portfolio. I know Photoshop is a photo editing suite but I thought I'd heard people in the past building the layout etc in Photoshop then overlaying the links in a html editor :)
 
Photoshop is fine for building the layout but that's all - to make a website you need to convert the layout to HTML and CSS manually. You can get PS plug ins which generate the CSS from layer styles for you, but I'd be wary of using these. And even if you do use them you'd still need to write the HTML yourself.
 
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jemdna said:
The website will be a photography and music portfolio. I know Photoshop is a photo editing suite but I thought I'd heard people in the past building the layout etc in Photoshop then overlaying the links in a html editor :)
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Yes, perfectly normal to design a mockup in photoshop then convert a PSD to HTML. However, I wouldn't suggest doing it unless you have amazing design and coding skills. It will be time consuming and the results will be disappointing compared to buying a ready made mockup or going down the Wordpress route with a ready made design and then making customisations to get it exactly how you want.
 
It's a case of 'just because you can, doesn't mean you should'.

Wordpress FTW.



(did I really just do that):eek:
 
Mmm, used WordPress in the past so might give it another go. Any guides on how to install it on my home webserver? (abyss)
 
Ah no issues in the past, just haven't done much recently and with a huge change of direction in my life, I need to start getting on with it
 
I'm assuming you have a web server setup but don't forget you will need Some sort of database server too. Usually MySQL.
 
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