What are the basic things to consider in PSD to Magento conversion?

Posted by Joanne Moran
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Aug 25, 2015
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Magento software is an open source e-commerce web application. It is an ecommerce platform through which list of items are added for sale online as an online shopping portal. Many different payment methods are available on it and are the fastest growing solution for starting and medium sized businesses.

Each theme in Magento is composed of these two elements:

  • Layout elements: Here the design and structure of the website is calculated according to the market strategies.
  • Design elements: All the design elements should be available at the time of conversion such as images, CSS, etc.

A Magento conversion service should focus on these elements:

Install package - Ask for install package to install in the current website available.

Quickstart package - It is used to build a new website and saves time for configuring.

Responsive and compatible - It should run on all types of mobile, tablet, phablet, laptop, desktop and should be compatible with all OS versions and browers.

Hand-coded - The coding should be manually developed according to W3C standards.

Optimized code - Coding should be done keeping in mind for search engines that helps SEO efforts.

Fast and Reliable - Service available should be timely bounded to finish in given time.

PSD To Magento Theme/ Template Conversion - As an e-commerce platform PSD to Magento conversion offers more flexibility and control, built-in features, addons, extensions etc. The success of a good e-commerce web store totally depends on the functionality of PSD to Magento conversion services. That is why a static psd format based file is converted into a Magento powered theme, template or skin. The process conversion of PSD to Magento is complex. It is a dual process of Psd to XHTML/CSS conversion and HTML To Magento integration. This requires a good knowledge and understanding of XHTML, CSS, PHP and Magento concept.

Requirements and Expectations while performing a PSD to Magento conversion
The process of PSD to Magento conversion is complicated. It requires an expert in multiple languages to understand the Magento platform. Following are the basic needs before conversion to start:

Sliced PSD template: The main PSD file is sliced up and is used in the Magento theming. There should be separate templates for every page (home page, about page, contact page, etc.) on the site.

Images: For on-page elements placeholder image as well as a logo and favicon is applied. This makes the conversion process smoother.

Fonts: Appropriate font file (in *.TTF) should be available or Google Fonts can be applied here to make it more attractive.

Development environment: A Magento development environment should be set up on the local host to make the conversion process easy or it can take MAMP (Mac OS X, Apache web server, PHP development language, MySQL database management system), WAMP (Windows) or LAMP (Linux).

Therefore, a Magento conversion must contain these:

Website: A website must possess the information and shopping details of each customer. A good website must have multiple stores, so that they can share customer`s information easily.

Store: In Magento converted site a ‘store’ is a collection of store views. A store is basically a categorization tool used to organize different stores in a better manner.

Store Views: A store view is important in Magento template. There can be multiple store views for different languages, and they can share customer`s information across them.

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