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Mobile Responsive Web Templates: How to Start Using PSD Templates

August 2, 2013 By Gail Gardner 25 Comments

Flex Mobile Responsive Theme
Flex Mobile Responsive Theme

There are many kinds of templates that you can use to start building a website. Some are better for using on mobile sites, some are good for first-time designers, some are good for photographers, and others are good for graphics designers.

It’s difficult to know which kind of template will suit your website best before trying several. One common kind of web template that is gaining more traction is the PSD, or the Photoshop-based template for web design.

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  • What is PSD?
  • How To Use PSD Templates
  • Why Mobile Responsive Web Templates?
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What is PSD?

PSD is a file extension. It is similar to the file extension name .doc for a Microsoft Word document, or .jpg for a Jpeg file. When an item has the name ending of .psd, that means that it was created in Adobe Photoshop.

A template may be used many times by many different web designers; any template that is created in Photoshop with the purpose of being edited into the design of several different websites is a PSD template.

How To Use PSD Templates

In order to use a PSD template, you’ll need at least a basic working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop. If you don’t have one, it’s possible to learn. However, this will take up a lot of valuable time in which you could be designing your website.

It’s best to start learning before you suddenly have to design a website, if at all possible. There are some fields of web design, such as Photoshop editing and designing responsive web templates, that it’s not advisable to start learning as you go, for fear that you’ll mess the entire thing up.

If you want to start editing, first download the template. Then, once you’ve unzipped all of the compressed files that make up that template, you can open up the files in Adobe Photoshop.

If you’re reasonably proficient at Photoshop, you’ll easily be able to edit the backgrounds and photographs, as well as the rest of the template, into something suitable for your small business or website.

OCEAN eCommerce Mobile Responsive Website Template
OCEAN eCommerce Mobile Responsive Website Template

Why Mobile Responsive Web Templates?

There are dozens of kinds of templates. PSD, however, remains on top of the heap for several reasons. One of these reasons is that Adobe Photoshop is such a ubiquitous piece of technology that almost everyone computer-proficient knows at least a little bit about using it.

You’ll find it easy to find someone who knows what they’re doing, even if you don’t know exactly what you’re doing when it comes to editing photoshop.

Another reason people like PSD so much is that it’s incredibly easy. The editing doesn’t have to take place online, like it does with a lot of templates. It also does not involve any coding, which is a massive boon to a lot of aspiring web designers who aren’t yet fully versed in the languages of the Internet.

While knowing CSS and HTML is important to anyone who wants to be a web designer in the long run, it’s also important to be able to make up a unique and intriguing website at the drop of the hat, and PSD formatted templates can help you do just that.

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Gail Gardner is the founder of GrowMap.com. She is a Small Business Marketing Strategist who mentors small businesses, bloggers, and freelancers. After 23 years in the field with IBM and 5.5 years managing AdWords accounts, her focus shifted to small business marketing strategy. GrowMap.com is listed by Cision as a Top 100 Site for Marketers and has received three Small Business Influencer Awards from Small Business Trends. Named by D&B a Top 50 SMB Influencer on Twitter, you can follow Gail @GrowMap and on LinkedIn.
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Comments

  1. karen J says

    May 18, 2017 at 7:56 am

    Great piece of information on how to start using PSD template. Your post helps designers how a great website is created by using PSD template. Thanks for sharing this useful post.

    Reply
  2. Patna says

    October 25, 2016 at 5:25 am

    Always connected with your new posts for my inspiration and as a source for the fresh information.

    Reply
  3. Arun Saini says

    August 31, 2016 at 4:25 am

    one of the best post on psd templates and explains well. Thanks for sharing this with us. I thought in today’s seo it is most important to have responsive template otherwise you are nowhere.
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  4. John Abay says

    November 27, 2014 at 6:17 am

    I love design and its my work.

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  5. John Abay says

    November 21, 2014 at 7:07 am

    PSD is best but psd work is fabulous.

    Reply
  6. Dora says

    June 20, 2014 at 4:33 pm

    Responsive web designs are really important. its good that you wrote your opinion about it. see this article to know more about how RWD is the future of web designing.
    http://starscontest.com/blog/responsive-web-design-what-and-why/

    Reply
  7. Monica says

    October 8, 2013 at 6:26 pm

    Reponsive themes are amazing, but you can have trouble with mobile devices. Thank you for your article

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  8. Richard Wideman says

    October 3, 2013 at 8:46 pm

    You said in your post that it’s better not to learn photoshop because it takes up time. It does but I recommend to at least know the basics it will speed up your workflow if applied properly. It’s worth the time.

    Reply
  9. nirali says

    September 20, 2013 at 1:08 pm

    mobile responsive website is must for all website admin. very informative post for me thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  10. Shruti says

    September 19, 2013 at 8:28 am

    Excellent post. Our clients are now more aware that people use their mobiles and tablets to access the web more than ever before. As a result our responsive web design enquires have seen an increase as of late and our design and development team have been polishing off their knowledge in the area. This post will most definably help – looking forward to the next one!

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  11. Hamid says

    August 27, 2013 at 7:13 am

    dozens of free psd templates are available on internet or you can get psd professional template at very low cost. so i don’t think there is any need of learning how to use adobe photoshop and also learning will be difficult if you are expert in any profession.

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  12. Dhams says

    August 19, 2013 at 6:51 am

    this seems to be quite interesting and ofcourse new as per my knowledge.. but still have to learn a lot and have to bookmark this article for revisit after learning few basics… gr8
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  13. becca says

    August 16, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    Very interesting as well as very informative. Thanks for sharing this .
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  14. harshi says

    August 15, 2013 at 4:19 am

    These are actually very important fora product website. which is basically searched maximum from the cell phone or android !
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  15. Dan says

    August 14, 2013 at 6:18 am

    Yeah. Photoshop helps you to design some beautiful websites and I highly recommend it to anyone that attempts to create mobile website. Thanks for sharing this information with us. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

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  16. Frank Cern says

    August 13, 2013 at 10:14 am

    Nice post…responsive template design is important for webmasters especially since many people go online using a mobile device.
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  17. Anis Chity says

    August 11, 2013 at 6:10 am

    this is an awesome post I really Like it 🙂
    a website owner must use a Mobile web template
    thanks for the post! 🙂
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  18. Gautam says

    August 8, 2013 at 10:41 am

    Great article but if you can write an article on how to convert Psd templates to WordPress then it will be more good for me.. as i have read many books and guides But am not satisfied yet.
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  19. Sanjeev says

    August 6, 2013 at 12:59 pm

    PSD is a good way to generate templates, I have not used it extensively till now. I need to spend some time with Adobe photoshop. Till now using the CSS, PHP and HTML for updating the design..
    Is there any good links to convert PSD to web layout?
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  20. Samir says

    August 5, 2013 at 1:17 am

    for best seo result you should use seo friendly Template thanks for sharing this tips i would like to work on it in short time.
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  21. John says

    August 4, 2013 at 9:34 am

    I have been hearing of responsive template and had never taken time to read about it in detail. Thanks to the author who did write such a great post and I am pleased to be knowing everything with regard. Bravo and keep up!
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  22. Jolice says

    August 4, 2013 at 8:48 am

    In SEO 2013, Responsive Template is high rated and popular. I’m searching for it. Thanks for your post. It’s useful and informative.
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  23. Shalin says

    August 2, 2013 at 2:28 am

    Responsive websites are so popular these days specially mobile interactive ones are hitting on. There is so much you can do with a PSD file. You just have to be familiar with photoshop. And thats all it takes!
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  24. Mangalore says

    August 2, 2013 at 1:55 am

    Hi.. Nice information.. I just love to work on it…

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  25. Pramod says

    August 2, 2013 at 3:59 am

    Responsive designs have been well accepted by the webmasters ..Anyways , thanks for the information …i thought PSD was some sort of programming language until i came to know that its generated from Photoshop through this post .Thanks for sharing the information .

    -pramod

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