using wordpress as CMS. PSD to wordpress or PSD to HTML?

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this probably belongs in the newbie section, but it's design related.

i've created the page designs for our website in photoshop. we'd like to use wordpress as the CMS for our ecommerce site/blog. should i hire someone that can do PSD to Wordpress right out of the gate or is their merit to hiring someone for PSD to HTML, then HTML to Wordpress?

also, if you've got anybody you recommend for this type of work please post their link.
 


If you don't plan on using anything else (besides Wordpress), just look for someone who does Wordpress themes. Not always the case, but generally, if someone can make a Wordpress theme from static HTML, they can also do it with a PSD.

Check the Sell/Buy/Trade, there are a couple people in the Design section who have been doing this for a while.
 
Its always better to use the WP coder to code from the PSD. In event the HTML coder screws up anywhere (there's a good chance), it will be added-work for the WP coder to fix and s/he may complain about that.. also, you may get a better deal for PSD -> WP compared to PSD -> HTML -> WP.

If a WP coder didn't know to code HTML from PSD, I'd look for someone else!
 
good info. what should i look for in a psd to wp designer? i'm sure some are better than others, so i want to make sure i get a good one. what should i ask them to verify that they know what they're doing?
 
i just spoke with someone and they said to convert from PSD to WP, you have to convert to PSD to HTML/CSS first. is that true? or are you saying it would be better to have one shop do both?
 
Well, Essentially there are correct. A WP theme is still simply a pag built with HTML / CSS, it just has functionality added to it via PHP. It will be quicker and cheaper to get someone to go directly from PSD to WP, rather than going to HTML / CSS and then having to get somebody else to insert all the correct WP template tags etc in the correct places.
 
As someone stated, in order to have a PSD converted to a wordpress theme. You need to first have it converted to a valid XHTML page. We've worked with many wordpress themes and this is the general process followed.

Essentially, a wordpress theme is nothing but a set of HTML codes divided into various files and called into one index.php, single.php and page.php file.

Even your PSD to Wordpress programmer will first have to convert it into valid XHTML/CSS and only then port it to wordpress.
 
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