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#3: Converting a Photoshop Mockup (part 3 of 3)

By: Chris Coyier on: 11/12/2008 with 18 Comments

I finish up the design in part three of this series on coverting an Adobe Photoshop website mockup into an actual HTML/CSS website. This one focuses on the main content area. I create the the columns including the “quick links” section. I also talk a little bit about typography.

Running time: 32 minutes

Direct Download: High Quality, Quicktime .M4V Format (AppleTV Ready)

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18 Responses

  1. Hey!!
    THANKS!! good set of video tutorials!

    but, the navigation never worked for me!! … well.. until i found this piece of code NOT METIONED in the videos, that fixed the bug right away

    ul#nav li {
    display: inline;
    font-size: 1.3em;
    }

    I'm sending u screen caps to your gmail.
    I'll apreciate further information about this, please…
    THANX AGAIN, excellent work!!

  2. Jake Dillon says:

    Hi Chris!
    Thanks a ton for making this tutorial. I learned more by watching this than I could by doing anything else. You saved me a lot of time and explained it all in a way that agrees with my thinking (this is not an easy task, mind you). Keep up the awesome work!

  3. Crystal says:

    I can't tell you enough how helpful this set of tutorials have been!! Keep up the good work and thanks a lot Chris!

  4. DS says:

    Hey Chris! Before I run off to try this out as soon as possible, I just want to take a moment to thank you for this wonderful tutorial. The presentation was superb. The content was to the point. And the explanation of each and every small thing really helped a lot. I’m sure any web design novice looking for some good pointers to start off would find this tutorial immensely helpful!

    Thanks again!

  5. Shawn says:

    Damn. Great tutorial. I agree 1000% with what everyone else has said and I can’t wait to try all of this out for myself. Thanks again. Really, well done.

  6. Mark says:

    I learned more from you in an hour than I have in 3 years of trying to figure stuff out myself. Truly excellent work, sir…

  7. joeyk says:

    Manuel Minino!!!!!!! Thank you so much for your comment woow, i was having such a big problem with internet xploder because the nav kept falling down thank you so much for posting the bug fix..WOOW Appreciate it.

  8. joeyk says:

    btw thanks for the vid i totally learned alot..appreciate it!

  9. valmir junior says:

    Thanks a lot my friend!!!

    Now I’ll start seeing the other videos.

  10. saki says:

    Very nice & detailed Tutorial very helpful for a newbie like me Pls Don’t stop the good work Good WIshes & Happy New Year

  11. Karl says:

    Great tutorials, Chris. Very interesting to listen and watch. By the way, I also enjoyed the baloons that kept popping up in the first part, kind of added some humorous squib to it. I really enjoy such stuff (ie the organisation=everything part). Anyways, really good tutorials, great site also.
    Thanks!

  12. Tory says:

    Awesome tutorials! I’ve learned so much by watching you’re workflow with Textmate.

    I also loved this part…at 25:14….”e9bc3d…..uh, ya”

    Priceless man, loved it.

  13. Batyr says:

    Great work, Chris. I’ve been hustling for a while trying to get my confidence going that web design is something worth pursuing in spare time. You did it for me. Keep it going. Thanks.

  14. Wouter says:

    Thanks a lot for these amazing video’s! I also learned a lot! One question though: what if you would want this footer to always extend all the way to the bottom of the screen? Some people have those 30″ Apple screens and even with a lot of content, the footer would still not be at the bottom of the page. How would you solve that?

  15. Pooh says:

    Awesome! Thank you very much.

  16. Mike says:

    Yup, your website is awesome! I want to become a web designer and am trying to learn on my own. I have been visiting your site on and off for about a month and am going to start a CSS-Tricks marathon! I’m going to watch every video you have and take notes! First series down…woohoo! BTW, my site is crazy right now because I am trying to design my own wordpress theme… disclaimed!

  17. S. Rampley says:

    Nice straightforward presentation. Well done.

  18. clint says:

    Thanks so much! so clear and learned enough to go build my own site! best video tutorial ive ever watched

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