Using Coded Preview with design drafts
I found a great tool for web designers to use with clients or just for themselves when you want to display a photoshop draft (or any image) as it would look in your browser.
The old way of doing this would be to upload a full size image and then give your client the link. This is fine and dandy, but some clients use IE7 that uses the zoom feature on images that are larger than their browser window. You also have to live with the borders around the image.
This is where Codedpreview steps in and does the job for you. It’s quite simple to upload your image and then add your background color or even a repeating background image. I just added a top navigation to my own blog today, but I wanted to see how it would look in a browser first.
Isn’t this a much better way of presenting your drafts to your clients?
Nov 14, 2008
Nice link thanks for that although in all honesty I personally have a template ready for just this purpose and can very quickly (usually takes less than a minute) have this all up and running for a client.
Will look into this though as might come in handy depending on how much quicker it is.
Best wishes,
Mark
Nov 14, 2008
If you have a template that is great, but this takes less than a minute
Nov 16, 2008
That’s a pretty cool idea. Although I’ve basically been doing the same in Dreamweaver for years.
Nov 19, 2008
I just might try this out. Thanks.
Nov 23, 2008
I have also been using a similar technique, displaying the large image as css background and making a link tag the same dimension as the css #container would. This also makes it easy for a client to click through several diferent sketches. I doubt that this service could compete with the flexibility of coding your own previews?
Nov 26, 2008
Cool job done! Thanks for sharing! This would certainly make my life easier a bit
Dec 11, 2008
Hey,
I’m Seb, the founder/owner of Coded Preview.
Just wanted to let you know, that since you wrote this post, the site has launched some pretty useful updates and a new design to go with it!
Hope you enjoy it!
Thanks for writing about it.
Seb
Dec 11, 2008
Hey Seb, thanks for dropping by! I saw the new features yesterday when I did a codepreview for a client, and they are really neat, as well as the design looks very good!