Web Designing/programming help

[Charan]

hey guys, I was basically a windows developer till now, but now I have been assigned 3 website development work. I have to build the sites from scratch. I am perty ok with Photoshop to create web the webpage layouts and then slice the PSD and open up in Dreamweaver, but here is where it ends, I cannot figureout the correct way of doing it i.e., exporting from PS to DW properly. Can you guys point me to any sources which would help me out on this.

[Faun]

Well...you have to learn CSS throughly then :/ Gigacore can help here

And AFAIS, don't use too much images. Make it minimal and separate HTML(content) from CSS well.

Perfect example I can give is Drupal's default theme, it's elegant:

[satyamy]

see u can learn HTML & CSS from webdevelopersnotes.com & w3schools.com
but it will take time for u to learn than make all the 3 sites

[Charan]

Thanks for the reply guys, I should have learnt web designing atleast a year ago but didnt have time . looks like I have to burn more midnight oil .

BTW is it better to use CMS instead of creating sites from scratch?? joomla and drupal looks interesting but dono if it will suite my sites!!

[QwertyManiac]

'Content management', if that's required, do use Drupal/Joomla/etc. Else you can do it in your own way!

[Faun]

Drupal, it's good and strict standard compliant. A nice theming engine too.

[The Conqueror]

Yeah using CMS will be less time consuming.I Recommend to use Joomla because -
1.Security
2.Millions of themes available
3.Very easy to use and install
4.Thousands of components can be added ,for eg guestbook, google analytics,etc

[satyamy]

ya me too prefer & uses Joomla