Review of W3<MARKUP/>

Disclosure: This is a paid review. Saying that, all our reviews are honest. It wouldn’t be fair otherwise.

What is it?

W3<MARKUP/> (order here) offers a service to designers (or developers without enough time to complete a project I guess) where the designer submits a design (in ‘unflattened’ form e.g. a Photoshop/Fireworks file) to W3<MARKUP/> and they code it in HTML and CSS. This is not to be confused with amateur “slicers” - they claim to carefully craft the code according to standards and use modern front-end coding techniques. Picking out the more interesting aspects of their service, straight from the horse’s mouth:

We Provide:

• Pixel-precise PSD conversion to CSS / HTML by hand (W3C Valid)
• Design implementation into skins, themes, CMS, shopping carts or other software

With:

• AJAX, sIFR, swfIR, mootools, script.aculo.us, jQuery, Prototype code,
• Search engine friendly / semantic code,
• 100% control of code style and preferences via our order form,

Who it is for?

Again, the service is primarily aimed at graphic designers with no or limited experience of coding for the web. It could also appeal to those front-end coders with little time or resources to produce the XHTML/CSS for a website. The service would be of use to those with some experience, but without the confidence to code to W3C standards. Those that want a theme for a particular blog/CMS/e-commerce package could look into W3<MARKUP/>’s services.

A quick look around their site

Whilst I shall concentrate on their service in this review, it is worth making a few points about their website. After all, you have to use it to get your design coded.

The design is a little off-beat (in a good …

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