subject: Psd To Wordpress Conversion Service For Your Next Blog [print this page] With the ever increasing demand for blogs, WordPress has evolved as the most preferred choice for developing blogs. WordPress is a blogging software as well as CMS . It is very easy to install the WordPress, but to develop your own theme , it requires an experienced WordPress developer. The WordPress developer helps to convert your Photoshop design into the WordPress theme. This process is termed as PSD To WordPress Conversion.
So what is this PSD To WordPress Conversion all about and why it is required?
Converting a photoshop design into a WordPress theme is not an easy task. It requires a high proficiency and expertise to execute such projects. First of all, the developer should be able to analyze the PSD file properly and plan the strategy on how to execute the entire project. The developer prepares a wire frame and starts executing it.
The first and the foremost step is to slice down the Photoshop design into HTML . This is the most important phase as the mark up developed here takes the project to the next level. All the necessary CSS and jQuery files are used and deployed in the mark up. Also, general practice is to get the mark up tested on various browsers. The most prominent browsers in the market are
1. Google Chrome
2. Mozilla Firefox
3. Internet Explorer
4. Opera
5. Apple Safari
The reason behind this phase being the most important is that your website should look similar in all the browsers as people may open up your website in any of the browser and if your website looks shabby or unorganized, the visitor may end up leaving your website.
Once the initial step of developing the Mark Up is completed, the developer approaches the blog owner for any required changes and if any, gets them executed.
After the approval for the mark up from the client, the Developer moves ahead and starts coding the WordPress theme. This process requires to be executed by someone who has hands on PHP and knows the WordPress theme codes. A WordPress theme can have multiple widgets area where the administrator can place multiple plugins as per the requirements.
WordPress provides the facility of Custom fields which if implemented properly can reduce the amount of plugins to be added to the blog. A good WordPress developer tries to make the best use of this and reduces the no of plugins to be added on the blog.
At the end, the developer delivers the WordPress theme in a zip file which can be easily installed in WordPress. Sometimes, the Developer himself installs and activates the theme which is mostly chargeable.
