The feel of a blog is determined by the design aspect of it. The colors used, the text font and even the pictures in a website, will all be absorbed by the readers subconscious mind which will then elicit varying reactions depending on what is used. They might get bored, exhilarated or even persuaded to do something. One of the best blogging platforms available currently is Wordpress. The layout of a Wordpress site can be structured from PSD files just like any other website. The best way to get all the graphics on your design to Wordpress is by first of all designing it into a PSD file then chopping up the file into a web readable format, normally HTML and Cascading Style Sheets.

Chopping PSD to Wordpress is no different from any other PSD chopping. The files will be translated into markup (HTML) as well as CSS (Cascading Styles Sheets). All that is required for the whole process is a photo editor or image manipulation program such as Photoshop or Gimp and advanced web coding skills. To generate a fully operational PSD to Wordpress theme, a designer needs to know basic web design. This entails things like a clear understanding of HTML tags, CSS and a little bit of Javascript. The latter is necessary especially when moving the design to Wordpress that requires a drop down menu.

Most of the themes on sale for the Wordpress platform are PSD to Wordpress theme coding generated. A designer will first of all design the whole theme using an image editor like Photoshop. Once the design has been complete, the image is then sliced up into bits hand coded to fit the Wordpress markup requirements. This is the simplest explanation for chopping PSD to Wordpress.

However, there are intricate details and processes that go on to make such a theme. A designer might prefer using HTML editing software such as Dreamweaver to convert PSD to Wordpress or he can do the whole process manually. This gives rise to the two schools of moving a design to Wordpress.

There is the old school designer school that meticulously hand codes every little bit while they are converting a design to Wordpress themes and there are those who prefer to use third party software to generate the same result. Both techniques have their advantages and disadvantages. For example, a designer who hand codes his design to Wordpress themes will generally take longer to wrap up the same amount of work compared to designers who use software. Also, it is argued that designers who do PSD to Wordpress chopping using software are not skilled in the field. Their web design skills have been questioned on various web design forums all over the internet.

However, there is very little difference between a design to Wordpress theme generated by software and one that is hand coded. When done right, both Wordpress themes are beautiful to look at. If the moving a design to Wordpress proves to be a tough nut to crack, there are various places where you can find competent designers to do this. Web design forums, online PSD to Wordpress stores and also freelance outsourcing website are some of the places to search for competent designers. But make sure that the competence of the designer is confirmed. This can be done easily by asking for samples of design to Wordpress the designer has worked on before.

Benella Arcell is the author of this article on Design to Wordpress.
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