A steady increase of millions of websites resulted in a high demand for PSD to HTML services as the PSD to HTML market becomes more and more competitive day by day. Converting PSD design to HTML/XHTML/CSS format is the main foundation for developing a great web portal which can never be neglected. The performance, functionality, and accessibility of a website largely depend on the quality of the coding done to convert the design into HTML/XHTML/CSS markup.
In the conversion market, one can find thousands of PSD to HTML service providers offering a world-class conversion service claiming to provide W3C validated, multi-browser compatible, hand-coded SEO semantic endcodes in a turnaround time. minimum. Are they really sincere and keep their promise? How to measure PSD-to-XHTML company coding work? Below is a checklist of several important factors to measure the markup work done by the PSD to HTML/XHTML company. Have a look:
W3C Validation – Check if the codes are validated by W3C or not. Test markup validation yourself using w3.org. For CSS validation use jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator and for HTML validation use validator.w3.org.
Cross-browser compatibility – One can check their web portal about the compatibility of multiple browsers and operating systems by using different online browser compatibility services that exist in the online market. Browserlabs (by Adobe), Cross Browser Testing, IE NetRenderer, NetMechanic Browser Photo, Browsershots, BrowserCam, etc. are some great cross-browser compatibility testing tools.
Separation of content from style. – It is a prerequisite that the styling of the codes is done only in CSS.
Image and file optimization – Check if (X)HTML, CSS and images are highly optimized for different search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc. Make sure the images are defined correctly with the attribute < img > alt.
External CSS and JavaScript – Check all CSS and JavaScript, whether they are externally defined or not.
The checklist of factors mentioned above will help you verify the quality of the code written by your PSD to HTML service provider. Consider the above factors to verify the work done by a hired web developer from a hired web development company to encode PSD or any other format. Design in cross-browser compatible, W3C validated HTML/ XHTML/ CSS markup.
