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irishdunn · 07-10-2005, 14:09

Allright I have a PSD that I created for my template, i want to do all my web editing in dreamweaver. How do I export this PSD to dreamweaver.... anyone help me out please it is driving me nuts. took me 4 hours to make this PSD and I cant use it!!!!!

chips · 07-10-2005, 14:27

can you post the image here?

d3mcfadden · 07-10-2005, 15:20

slice it and dice it my friend

irishdunn · 07-10-2005, 15:50

Slicing, dont get it. from what I understand you set up a table? i dunno.
this is just a jpeg of the PDF I have:

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3947/layout6tz.jpg

thanks...

I would just greatly appreciate a TUT or something.

irishdunn · 07-10-2005, 15:51

If you want the real PDF chips I will email it to you... just let me know.

pat · 07-10-2005, 21:30

There's a good page on it HERE

irishdunn · 08-10-2005, 17:13

thanks for the flame douchbag, I didnt sign up for this community to have shitheads like you do that. I did google it, im looking for someone with expirence to give me some advice, not a whorebag trying to up his posts.

fuk of and di

thomasvining · 08-10-2005, 17:41

you are pretty much asking how to build a website, which to be fair is like asking any other professional how to do their job - its not so straight forward.

However, the comment above is useless to you, so heres a tip if you're looking to make a quick site (nothing fancy, no lovely CSS layout):

1 - Open your PSD in Photoshop, and select the slice tool.

2 - Drag the slice tool over the areas of the PSD that you want to break up for the website, ie top header, nav, buttons etc.

3 - Once you've sliced it all up, you'll see a load of blue lines outlining those areas. Now 'save for web', and you will get a folder which contains your PSD nicely sliced up and ready for putting into tables or whatever else you choose to use.

The rest is up to you my friend. There are loads of tutorials on the web for building your first web pages. Just search for HTML tutorials.

Good luck dude!

irishdunn · 08-10-2005, 19:02

so your saying that the easiest way is to use tables to build the website... now on top of that is there any way I can have the website (when opened) resize the window that it is in to a specific size I.e. 1024x768. I have read that there is javascriping that will do this but do you have any code that would do it on the initial open. Some example or something. Thank you very much for your contentual imput thomasvining.

briljant oranje · 08-10-2005, 19:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by irishdunn

thanks for the flame douchbag, I didnt sign up for this community to have shitheads like you do that. I did google it, im looking for someone with expirence to give me some advice, not a whorebag trying to up his posts.

fuk of and di

Here, you just dropped this...

i mean, 'ere u jst dropd dis...

irishdunn · 08-10-2005, 19:39

you can kindly kiss my swinging scrotum sack... I just want some simple help from people more expirenced than me.

the fuk of and di is from "digital fortress" check it out, its a good read.

pgo · 08-10-2005, 22:33

Hmmm. Now I'm not going to help you and tell you that tables and HTML generated by programs like Photoshop and Dreamweaver is not the way to go.

irishdunn · 08-10-2005, 23:24

why would that be bad? I would like to edit the site with dreamweaver simply because I like the programs simplicity and ability to add content, although I dont have expirence with any other progams. what woudl you suggest then?

irishdunn · 08-10-2005, 23:26

I would like some help, thats why I joined these forums. You guys with expirence should feel honored to have kids like myself who want to take up this craft take this information seriously and ask for help insead of just making a simply rediculous site with some random site generator.

pgo · 08-10-2005, 23:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by irishdunn

why would that be bad? I would like to edit the site with dreamweaver simply because I like the programs simplicity and ability to add content, although I dont have expirence with any other progams. what woudl you suggest then?

Start by learning XHTML. Then learn CSS. Learn to use Photoshop. Learn to mix all three together.

Start here:

CSS wisdom please
Web Developer's Handbook

And don't look for quick answers. It'll take months or years to really learn this stuff.

But if you want to take the cheapskate way out - the unprofessional way - then go check out something like www.pixel2life.com and search for slicing tutorials and such.

irishdunn · 09-10-2005, 00:40

I appreciate it. I have no expirence in CSS and I have been reading about it. Presonally I would like to fashion sites with tables, I would personally like to make a site at a set size and have the window resize itself with javascript and have it all be set in there. I will read more on CSS and get more familiar if you say thats the professional way to handle things. Thanks for the help. Any pointers on what resoultions I should make my PDFs for set sizes of websites?

pgo · 09-10-2005, 00:46

First, windows resize on their own - using JavaScript to resize someone's window is a no-no. (Takes control away from the user).

Second, making a fixed-width site is easy using CSS. There's tutorials out there - just follow the links in those threads I gave you.

Not sure what you're getting at with PDFs. I never use PDFs for any web stuff (well, except for downloadable documents, I guess). If you're going to make a fixed-width site, 750px wide is generally safe for all resolutions (800x600 and up)

But if you insist on using tables - "1995 style!" - be my guest.

pat · 09-10-2005, 07:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by irishdunn

fukof and di

A happy couple, such a shame about di's crash

paulanthony · 09-10-2005, 07:39

Merc's aint what they used to be...shame.

irishdunn · 09-10-2005, 14:13

I appreciate the help, right now I have this book i picked up around 6 months ago "Web Design in a nutshell" its a pretty usefull little handbook but for CSS stuff it has only like 20 pages of generalities. I have no idea how to organize with CSS or how to even start. What I was talking about with PDF's is the fact that I am designing the site in photoshop (the whole layout) and I want to use the PDf or Jpg or whatever file format I want to save the image in to be the template of the website. Thats why I feel as if tables would better suit me because I am using pre-defined images that I have created for each individual aspect of the page. I.e. banner, main text area, navigation. I dont know how CSS will suit me for this but I am willing to investigate much deeper. At the time I have not been able to visit those links because I had a couple other things to attend to today. I will hit them up later tonight.

The whole thing is much more complicated than it was in the beginning I appreciate you guys helping me because as of right now it seems I have bitten much more off than I can chew. I would like to design a portfolio and resume site for myself but after that I have 3 customers breathing down my neck on when I can help them out. I dont want to turn them down because its easy money once i get the hang of things.

if CSS is the way to go then I must adapt and get away from my crib of tables. If there is any comprehensive guide or tutorial on how to set up a site with CSS I would like to just complete it then adapt my skills to work with this site.

Thanks so much for all of the help. Any cool tips tricks and ideas please let me know what you guys useally do since you are the professionals and I am just entering into your domain.

07-10-2005, 14:09	#1 (permalink)
irishdunn Im just learnding Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 85	PLEASE I need some advice, or a good tut. Allright I have a PSD that I created for my template, i want to do all my web editing in dreamweaver. How do I export this PSD to dreamweaver.... anyone help me out please it is driving me nuts. took me 4 hours to make this PSD and I cant use it!!!!!

07-10-2005, 15:50	#4 (permalink)
irishdunn Im just learnding Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 85	Slice? Slicing, dont get it. from what I understand you set up a table? i dunno. this is just a jpeg of the PDF I have: http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3947/layout6tz.jpg thanks... I would just greatly appreciate a TUT or something.

07-10-2005, 15:51	#5 (permalink)
irishdunn Im just learnding Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 85	chips If you want the real PDF chips I will email it to you... just let me know.

07-10-2005, 21:30	#6 (permalink)
pat jorge regula Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: B'ham/Leeds Posts: 5,102	There's a good page on it HERE __________________

08-10-2005, 17:13	#7 (permalink)
irishdunn Im just learnding Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 85	thanks thanks for the flame douchbag, I didnt sign up for this community to have shitheads like you do that. I did google it, im looking for someone with expirence to give me some advice, not a whorebag trying to up his posts. fuk of and di

07-10-2005, 14:27	#2 (permalink)
chips Mr chips to you Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,349	can you post the image here?

07-10-2005, 15:20	#3 (permalink)
d3mcfadden Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: - Posts: 694	slice it and dice it my friend

08-10-2005, 17:41	#8 (permalink)
thomasvining Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tokyo Posts: 379	you are pretty much asking how to build a website, which to be fair is like asking any other professional how to do their job - its not so straight forward. However, the comment above is useless to you, so heres a tip if you're looking to make a quick site (nothing fancy, no lovely CSS layout): 1 - Open your PSD in Photoshop, and select the slice tool. 2 - Drag the slice tool over the areas of the PSD that you want to break up for the website, ie top header, nav, buttons etc. 3 - Once you've sliced it all up, you'll see a load of blue lines outlining those areas. Now 'save for web', and you will get a folder which contains your PSD nicely sliced up and ready for putting into tables or whatever else you choose to use. The rest is up to you my friend. There are loads of tutorials on the web for building your first web pages. Just search for HTML tutorials. Good luck dude!

08-10-2005, 19:02	#9 (permalink)
irishdunn Im just learnding Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 85	so your saying that the easiest way is to use tables to build the website... now on top of that is there any way I can have the website (when opened) resize the window that it is in to a specific size I.e. 1024x768. I have read that there is javascriping that will do this but do you have any code that would do it on the initial open. Some example or something. Thank you very much for your contentual imput thomasvining.

08-10-2005, 19:39	#11 (permalink)
irishdunn Im just learnding Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 85	you can kindly kiss my swinging scrotum sack... I just want some simple help from people more expirenced than me. the fuk of and di is from "digital fortress" check it out, its a good read.

08-10-2005, 22:33	#12 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Hmmm. Now I'm not going to help you and tell you that tables and HTML generated by programs like Photoshop and Dreamweaver is not the way to go.

08-10-2005, 23:24	#13 (permalink)
irishdunn Im just learnding Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 85	why would that be bad? I would like to edit the site with dreamweaver simply because I like the programs simplicity and ability to add content, although I dont have expirence with any other progams. what woudl you suggest then?

08-10-2005, 23:26	#14 (permalink)
irishdunn Im just learnding Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 85	I would like some help, thats why I joined these forums. You guys with expirence should feel honored to have kids like myself who want to take up this craft take this information seriously and ask for help insead of just making a simply rediculous site with some random site generator.

09-10-2005, 00:40	#16 (permalink)
irishdunn Im just learnding Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 85	I appreciate it. I have no expirence in CSS and I have been reading about it. Presonally I would like to fashion sites with tables, I would personally like to make a site at a set size and have the window resize itself with javascript and have it all be set in there. I will read more on CSS and get more familiar if you say thats the professional way to handle things. Thanks for the help. Any pointers on what resoultions I should make my PDFs for set sizes of websites?

09-10-2005, 00:46	#17 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	First, windows resize on their own - using JavaScript to resize someone's window is a no-no. (Takes control away from the user). Second, making a fixed-width site is easy using CSS. There's tutorials out there - just follow the links in those threads I gave you. Not sure what you're getting at with PDFs. I never use PDFs for any web stuff (well, except for downloadable documents, I guess). If you're going to make a fixed-width site, 750px wide is generally safe for all resolutions (800x600 and up) But if you insist on using tables - "1995 style!" - be my guest.

09-10-2005, 07:39	#19 (permalink)
paulanthony mingin dawg baitch Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belfast Posts: 1,041	Merc's aint what they used to be...shame. __________________ Web design Ireland

09-10-2005, 14:13	#20 (permalink)
irishdunn Im just learnding Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 85	I appreciate the help, right now I have this book i picked up around 6 months ago "Web Design in a nutshell" its a pretty usefull little handbook but for CSS stuff it has only like 20 pages of generalities. I have no idea how to organize with CSS or how to even start. What I was talking about with PDF's is the fact that I am designing the site in photoshop (the whole layout) and I want to use the PDf or Jpg or whatever file format I want to save the image in to be the template of the website. Thats why I feel as if tables would better suit me because I am using pre-defined images that I have created for each individual aspect of the page. I.e. banner, main text area, navigation. I dont know how CSS will suit me for this but I am willing to investigate much deeper. At the time I have not been able to visit those links because I had a couple other things to attend to today. I will hit them up later tonight. The whole thing is much more complicated than it was in the beginning I appreciate you guys helping me because as of right now it seems I have bitten much more off than I can chew. I would like to design a portfolio and resume site for myself but after that I have 3 customers breathing down my neck on when I can help them out. I dont want to turn them down because its easy money once i get the hang of things. if CSS is the way to go then I must adapt and get away from my crib of tables. If there is any comprehensive guide or tutorial on how to set up a site with CSS I would like to just complete it then adapt my skills to work with this site. Thanks so much for all of the help. Any cool tips tricks and ideas please let me know what you guys useally do since you are the professionals and I am just entering into your domain.

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