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[Tutorial] - Create a Photoshop (PSD) Template for Joomla or Drupal


Let' begin! Create a new document : width 1000px, height 1300 and as a background color use #01466d.


Once you have setup this let's create the logo. Grab Type tool (T) and write some letters (your desired text for logo) than apply the following layer styles

Drop Shadow:

Drop Shadow

 

Outer Glow:

Outer Glow

 

Bevel and Emboss:

Bevel and Emboss

 

Gradient Overlay:

Gradient Overlay

 

You should have something like this

Logo

 


Let's move now to the navigation bar

Grab rounded rectangle tool(R) with a radios of 5px and create the navigation bar- mine has the following dimensions: Width 904px, height 37px, set the opacity to 56% (to make it transparent) and apply the following styles

Drop Shadow

Drop Shadow

 

Outer Glow

Outer Glow

 

Inner Glow

Outer Glow

 

Gradient Overlay

Gradient Overlay

 

You should have something like this

navigation bar

 

All you to do now is to populate this navigation bar with some text


Let's make now the search bar - located on the navigation bar

Grab rounded rectangle tool(R) with a radios of 20 px and draw a shape. Mine has width: 374px, height: 26px and apply the following layer styles:

Gradient Overlay

Gradient Overlay

 

You should obtain something like this

Search Bar

 

Now on the middle of this shape we need to create another shape using the same rounded rectangle tool(R) but this time with a radios of 7px, width: 265, height: 22 than apply the following layer styles:

Inner Shadow

 Inner Shadow

 

Inner Glow

 Inner Glow

 

Color Overlay

 Color Overlay

 

Now add some text

Here's my final result for navigation + search bar

Search Bar + Navigation Bar

 


Let's move to the header now

Here is quite simple: With rounded rectangle tool (5px radios) draw a shape - with 904px, height 274 and apply the following layer styles:

Inner Shadow

Inner shadow for header

 

Gradient Overlay

Gradient Overlay for Header

 

With type Tool (T) write some text and add a image

For image I have used the following layer styles

Drop Shadow

Drop shadow - header image

 

Outer Glow

Outer Glow - Header  Image

 

My result

Search Bar + Navigation Bar + Header

 


Let's move now to the content area. Here, again is quite simple to create.

Grab rounded rectangle tool (radios 5px) and create shape with the following dimensions: width 904px, height 587px and apply the following layer styles:

Inner Shadow

Inner shadow - main area

 

Outer Glow

Outer Glow - main area

 

Gradient Overlay

Gradient Overlay - main area

 

On the top of this shape add another one using Rectangle Tool with the following dimensions: width 859px, height 534px. For this shape use only a white color (#FFFFFF)

Let's populate his area with some content on the left. As you can see on the right side I have added some boxes. I will exemplify how to create them for a single box

I will exemplify for About Us box

Grab rounded rectangle tool, with a radios of 10 px and draw a rectangle. Now select rectangle marquee tool and select 80% of it (without bottom area -make sure that the layer is selected)

Select Rectangle tool

Select Rectangle tool

 

Once you have done this, hit DELETE bottom on your keyboard. The bottom area for our rectangle is gone now. In this way we have created the area where we will write the title. In the same manner you will create the main area where we will add the text.


Let's move to the footer now. Select rounded rectangle tool with a radios of 5px and draw a shape with the following dimensions: width 904px, height 170px, than apply this layer styles

Outer Glow

Outer Glow - Footer

 

Gradient Overlay

Gradient Overlay - Footer

 

Now select Rectangle tool and draw 3 shapes - each shape with the following dimensions - width 271px, height 141 px than apply the following styles

Gradient Overlay

Gradient Overlay - Footer

 

Here's my result

My result

 

Now populate this area with some text and images. To create a nice footer you can duplicate the logo and place it on the bottom along with a copyright notice.


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Here is my final result:

Joomla-Drupal- Photoshop Template

Comments (25)

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Added to DrupalSightings.com
Jim , March 20, 2009 | url
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What should I say ? I really like this template. How can I download it ? :D
kevin , March 20, 2009
great
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great, thank you
sivas , March 21, 2009 | url
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Hi i liked so much this template, the colors, the composition, everything!!!! but can you make another tut exporting this template to html ccs to joomla?
Christian Sosa , March 21, 2009
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any chance of a template -> working code tutorial for joomla?
looks good!
deathsupport , March 21, 2009
PSD Template
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Hello and thanks for the feedback.

Kevin, you can download this template by applying for a subscription to our website - for only $9.99 you will get access to our existing photoshop templates + the next one which will follow in the next 3 months.

Christian Sosa & deathsupport - soon I will make a tutorial to convert this template in html. For joomla it's a little bit difficult and require few time. Maybe in the near future I will create one.

Administrator , March 22, 2009 | url
Joomla
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The title of this article is misleading -- this is not a tutorial for creating a template for Joomla or Drupal; it doesn't even contain any code -- it is a Photoshop tutorial.
Jon , March 24, 2009 | url
Perfect theme
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Well this is a great photoshop template. I like the color combination, that nicely green. Perfect job! Keep up the good work
jack , March 24, 2009
Thank you!
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Thank you so much for your time and for this great tutorial. Really inspiring!
brick , March 24, 2009
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Great looking template. I love your work and I think I have a job for you. Please check your email. Thanks!
adi , March 24, 2009
Awesome!
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Awesome Work! Looks so pleasing. Glad that I found your blog. I was looking for such a blog for a long time. Thanks!
Abhisek , April 01, 2009 | url
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You can convert it into a drupal/joomla template using psd2cssonline. Just have to rename some of the layers in accordance with some of the rules mentioned on their website
Dee , April 09, 2009
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Hello, posted your tut. on my site, with your link under it.

Got problems? mail me

Kind regards,
Roelof, webmaster Lemonix.nl
Roelof , April 11, 2009 | url
Misleading
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This article has nothing to do with creating a joomla-template. If you haven't noticed yet, a css-template is not a photoshop image, to create one is something completely different to making an image in photoshop.
Julian , April 24, 2009 | url
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Hello Julian

It's not misleading at all. If you will read the title you will see that it's stated clear! This is a Photoshop template for Joomla or Drupal!

Administrator , April 24, 2009
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Thanks for the tutorial.

How can i make it a drupal page once i am done with photoshop?
ALS , May 03, 2009
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Hi ALS,

You can read this article http://psdtemplate.com/article...ricks.html

Cheers
Administrator , May 03, 2009
Not a template
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Umm...nice Photoshop IMAGE, but this is not a joomla/drupal template whatsoever.
bob , May 14, 2009
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very cool realy thanks....evden eve nakliyat
evden eve nakliyat , May 22, 2009 | url
evden eve nakliyat
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thanks. very cool.
evden eve nakliyat , May 25, 2009 | url
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I don't really like any of the free Joomla or Drupal themes, I'm going to try to make my own.
Photoshop Tutorial , May 29, 2009 | url
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Thanks u r information

its very useful
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thank you very much
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Very good tutorial on Photoshop but I too was expecting (hoping?) that the tutorial would include taking this all the way through to producing a working Joomla template.
HC , November 27, 2009

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