PROFESSIONAL WEB DESIGNER

Slicing is the process of converting a web layout (also known as a web template), perhaps from such graphics programs as Adobe Photoshop or Jasc Paint Shop Pro, into HTML or XHTML and CSS. It is part of the client side coding process of creating a web page and/or web site.

Slicing is used in almost all cases where a graphic web layout is used for a website. Therefore, this is a very important skill that comes into play in the beginning stages. Slicing may range from simply breaking up a larger image for the header area of a website to a full scale, high graphic layout.

Slicing has a well known reputation to be able to be performed in several different ways, with several different approaches and coding styles. The modern method of slicing a layout includes an extensive use of CSS and semantic markup, as opposed to the aged process of using tables. Arguably, tables often take less time to recreate the web layout in a web page, but it has been proven that using the modern method of XHTML and CSS provides a more efficient foundation for further development and page load time.