Outsourcing slicing and page building

Outsourcing slicing and page building

Slicing is the process of taking a design, be it a photoshop file, or flat image, and cutting it up so it can then be coded into a web page.  The process typically involves both the cutting of the design into individual images as well as the coding.  Usually a single web page will be produced for each page of design which typically results in a home page and a content page.

Recently, companies have realised that this time consuming process can be outsourced to trained professionals, and there are numerous slicing companies on the net who will take your design and hand you back ready-to-go web pages that you can finish building your site from.

There are great benefits to this…

Do what you do best

Lots of people are multi-skilled in the arena of web design these days, but let’s face it, if you’re a designer, that’s probably what you love to do… designing, not coding.  Rather than ploughing away at tedious development, get someone else to do the dirty work to a high standard so you can concentrate on what you love.

Save Time

Outsourcing this area of your business means a great amount of time saved. It typically takes a whole day to slice and code a site. Then you have to test it on all the major browsers and correct any errors.  Over the course of a year, you could probably free up weeks of development time to better manage your projects, concentrate on more design, getting more clients or simply taking a break.

Save Money

Most slicing companies will charge around £150 for a homepage and a content page.  This includes slicing up the graphics, coding the pages with standards compliant XHTML and CSS, implementing navigation and javascript and then testing the pages.  All of this can normally take a day or two to complete. Often design companies have multiple people working on the development of a site. Outsource this area of your business, and you could definitely save money at the same time as re-allocating resources to more important work.

If you’re interested in outsourcing this part of your business, why not give Design-XHTML.com a try. Homepage and content pages can be competed for £120 usually within 24 hours. The whole process is managed online through your own account. Check out www.design-xhtml.com to get started.