Comments on: Third Party PSD to XHTML Services

By: keif

keif — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:32:58 +0000

I tend to close down commenting after 90 days (I’ve noticed the spam increase more than useful commentary, but I should probably rethink it since askimet kicks enough spam out the door for me).

I was hoping to work more with his web campaign, but my schedule only allowed the bare minimum, but he had my vote (and will continue to have)!

And it’s not that PSD to HTML is really “beneath me” – I’m not totally above it, just sometimes when the project demands it, I take advantage of it so save some time.

By: laura

laura — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:59:18 +0000

P.S. Here’s one not on the Snook.ca list: http://psd2cssonline.com

It’s free to try out for 2 weeks, and if you like them you can pay $20/mo. for unlimited. Judging by their strict PSD formatting standards, it looks like something worth trying out.

By: laura

laura — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:42:17 +0000

Hey there, I saw you added me on Twitter so I came to your site to check you out. :-) I see you have my friend Chris on your Blogroll, and noticed your Robert Owens post back in August. I was on the Web Team for his campaign, small world! Hope he got your vote, he is DEF. as genuine as you suspected. We just worked together to defeat Ohio's House Joint Resolution 8 last week, in fact. Sorry for sticking this comment here, the Owens post didn't seem to have Comments enabled. So as not to screw up your whole page with this unrelated comment... I fully support using third-party services for something so 2006 as converting a PSD to HTML. Although I must say, this basic coding is not beneath me... yet!

By: keif

keif — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:27:21 +0000

@Турок my Russian is horrible, and the translations I’m digging up aren’t being very clear, so until I can get a hold of my friend in Russia I’m at a loss :)

@John – yeah, I wish it was easy enough to get all the PSD’s handed off from the beginning – unfortunately batch hand offs seem to be necessary on larger projects to keep the code flowing.

By: John Roberts

John Roberts — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:40:01 +0000

Used psd2html.com a few weeks ago, and got decent results, as judged by the original designer and the interaction designer who tied together the output we got from the service. As you note, communication is key: there are many things you should share ASAP that go beyond the options in their form.

Their responsiveness was quite good, although we were hampered by time zones (their team is in Eastern Europe; I’m in California). But they are clear about that from the start, so it wasn’t unexpected — and I did get the ability to hand off stuff as I left for the night and see the results in the morning.

I would use them again, with an emphasis on additional information.

Also, great if you know the _entire_ package you’re going to hand off up front, rather than bit by bit. The extra work we required was in part because I didn’t have all the PSDs up front.

Cheers,

John

By: Турок

Турок — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:09:38 +0000

Тема ну просто пиздец.
Неужели ничего поактуальней не нашлось?