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[w1lz]

Hey guys,

Just wanted to know one thing, which im sure is very simple, but i have never known, and need to find out!

When making a website do you do each seperate page (ie home/ forums/ etc/ etc) on a new photoshop document? Or is it just all on one somehow?

Thanks,
w1lz

[Archangel]

Part of that depends on if all the pages on the site are the same layout.

If they are all the same layout I usually do it on the same document. But then I'll split that into parts.

For instance...if I have a page title graphic that changes for every page...once I get it figure out on the layout I'll then copy it to it's own file and save that as "pagetitles.psd" or something like that. Now when I need titles instead of editing the whole layout I can just open this up and do it.

When I'm done with a website I usually end up with separate PSD files for the layout, header, page titles, buttons, etc.

When it's all said and done though, you should really just do it however is most logical for you and easy for you to handle. And remember, hard drive space is cheap...so a few more files won't hurt one bit.

Oh...and I'm sure you know this but one bit of advice...Never, ever, ever, ever, never flatten your original files. Alway, always, always keep an unflattened version of the site and files. Even if it has been approved and completed...keep those unflattened files in case changes are ever wanted. Again, hard drive space is cheap.

*If you can't understand exactly what I'm saying let me know and I whip up a full set of psd site files for you so you know what I mean.

Edited by Archangel, 22 June 2007 - 07:38 AM.

[Adam Sheridan]

Personally when I'm doing a webdesign I will design the front page first and make sure everything it 100% perfect and how I want it. Then I will group (apple + g or ctrl + g) my layers together accordingly to make it much easier to organise and possibly edit at a later date.

I make sure to include a "content" group, this is where all of the content items from the web page are. E.g News boxes, text + images from a specific page...etc...

I then save that page as "1.psd" which will be the homepage, and then save it again as "2.psd" on 2.psd I will delete the "content" layer and create another one which will be that specific page's content. I'll carry on this trend untill I have done all of the main pages. After all of them have been designed I'll create the splash page, then I'm done .

Hope this helps,
- Adam

[w1lz]

Thanks for the replys guys, i kinda have an idea of how to do it now!

w1lz