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Know The Steps Of A Successful PSD To WordPress Conversion

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Designing a WordPress website is easier. One just has to acquire a bit of programming knowledge, as the open-source platform is extremely user-friendly. However, you need to convert your PSD templates into WordPress themes to create eye-catching web pages. Now, the big thing is, there are some finite steps that you have to follow for a successful PSD to WordPress conversion. Many people hire designers or WordPress experts for the same. So, let us have a glimpse of the essential steps.

Slice your PSD template

The process of PSD to WordPress conversion starts with cutting the PSD template into multiple files. This let you save each design component of the PSD template perfectly. You can use an image editing software or the very popular Adobe Photoshop for the same.

Create an HTML & CSS template

You need to code the sliced images into HTML format and then into a corresponding CSS template. You can use software like Dreamweaver or Fireworks to escape the need of programming skills. However, bit knowledge of HTML and CSS turns helpful in this step. Save the HTML template as index.HTML and the CSS file as Style.css. In this step, you can decide whether you will love to create a responsive website or not.

Break index.HTML file into a WordPress structure

A WordPress theme has a specific structure and mainly comprises of two types of files -index.php and style.css files. You need to break the index.HTML file into several .php files like the following ones.

• Archive.php

• Header.php

• Footer.php

• Index.php

• Single.php

• Page.php

• Sidebar.php

• Category.php

• Search.php

• 404.php

• Comments.php

• Comments-popup.php

This helps in adding the additional functionalities and the plugins in a hassle-free manner.

Add WordPress tags

In this step, you have to add in-built function tags to the .php files that you have created in the previous step. This completes the creation of a custom WordPress theme. You can activate it via the WordPress dashboard.

Add functionalities

As it is always better to improve yourself, you can add more functionalities as per your requirement in the last step. The process of conversion of PSD to WordPress is simple, but if find it a bit confusing, hire a WordPress developer. You can easily find one at an affordable rate, as there is no dearth of experienced WordPress developers. Moreover, you can find many free tutorials over the web on PSD to WordPress conversion for more information.


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