If so could you have a quick look at my site and let me know if it looks okay in Opera?

I know I can download a trial of Opera but I've got a new "clean" PC - does it cause any conflicts with anythings else?

Thanks, in advance...

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Olds442

- The trouble with the rat race is - even if you win you're still a rat!

American Autos UK Directory

You can download Opera here: www.zdnet.com/downloads/geeks/0101/

It won't cause any conflicts.

Linda

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Sandy

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www.alleghenyweb.com

Oh Goober - Ouch! Thanks for letting me know - funnily enough I reduced the file size of the picture on the start page at lunchtime (six hours ago) so if you wouldn't mind having another look and letting me know if it has speeded up. You'll probably have to clear your cache first though.

Cheers all!

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Olds442

- The trouble with the rat race is - even if you win you're still a rat!

American Autos UK Directory

Sandy

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Originally posted by Olds442:
I spotted a post in another section from "Gil" about frames pages using Opera. Does this mean you have Opera?

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I know I can download a trial of Opera but I've got a new "clean" PC - does it cause any conflicts with anythings else?

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Opera causes no conflicts I'm aware of...

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The Host Factory
Resellers are our speciality
"Is there another word for synonym?"

BTW, your site is without a doubt one of the best FP pages I have ever seen. Did you make those graphics in PhotoShop?

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AnaMorph0s|s - cable... always on connection? Oh jealous heart! What I would give - never mind...

Thanks for the very complimentary words about the site graphics. I would love to take the credit but I'm honest so I can't. I know the look I want for my sites but graphics aren't really my forte - I prefer the building / programming side. So I buy my web templates from the professionals. They have good ones here (!) but the one for this site was from Pixel Mill (http://www.pixelmill.net) by a guy called John Gault.

Post note: I have this morning discovered that if I save the flag as a JPEG instead of a GIF AND resize it down to 400w instead of 545w it will reduce the file size from 45.1kb which it started as down to 13kb which seems much more reasonable!

I'm at work so I can't upload it now - but if I let you know later - will you go and have another look for me please? Also - do the graphics on the inner pages download fast enough? Speak later!
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Olds442

- The trouble with the rat race is - even if you win you're still a rat!

American Autos UK Directory

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[This message has been edited by Olds442 (edited 04-09-2001).]

If you've got any patience left could you take a final (!) look at the download speed of the first page, please?

Thanks, in advance,

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Olds442

- The trouble with the rat race is - even if you win you're still a rat!

American Autos UK Directory

Sandy

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Are the inner pages loading okay?

Thanks for your help..

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Olds442

- The trouble with the rat race is - even if you win you're still a rat!

American Autos UK Directory

I found the download time acceptable - if it is a tad slow I would say it's because of your host rather than graphics - there doesn't seem any graphic that would be causing any problems.

Cheers
Andy

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Dreamweaver Users Forum

I leave mine set at 28.8k with occassional flips into 56.6k to see how I'm doing ... other than that, an empty of your cache and a re-surf to your own site is a handy way of checking things are working okay

neat site by the way! although the first page seems a little out of feel with the rest of the site, is this a non-frames entry page to launch into a framed site? As I didn't see a title on the entry page, just the flag and the text below?
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http://www.laker-images.co.uk ... travel, abstract & social imagery

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[This message has been edited by capitao (edited 04-12-2001).]

The first page came with the theme as a "splash page".

I have been slightly concerned looking at my web logs that visitors are viewing the first page and then just going away [ ] ! Although this seems to be happening less over the last few days since I cut down the image size.

I will be updating it today with more information on what the rest of the site is actually about. If this page still seems to be causing a problem I might dump it altogther!

The rest of the site is not framed - been there, done that, don't want to do it again !

Only joking!

Last couple of days been having trouble with an include page and NS, but that's another thread...

Cheers guys and gals

Karen

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Olds442

- The trouble with the rat race is - even if you win you're still a rat!

American Autos UK Directory

I'm in the process of ditching one of mine that served no purpose other than to show a bigger version of my logo
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happy Easter!

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absolutely nothing to do with the LA Lakers
laker-media | laker-images | laker-abstract | me

...overwrite it with the same template as the rest of the site uses and fill the middle bit with all the stuff that explains what the web site is about.

BUT before I do that - how fast do the other pages load, i.e. am I going to make my first page even slower if I use the same template (eagle, statue, etc).

So, if you're not all completely fed up with me, perhaps someone could tell me if the inner pages load quickly enough with the graphics they contain (I would be inclined to choose one of the non-asp pages - basically any of them except "news").

To those of you that have been with me through all this - thanks for your patience, guys!

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Olds442

- The trouble with the rat race is - even if you win you're still a rat!

American Autos UK Directory

... is quick and we have things to read, while the little tabs at the top load.

This is from a 56.6k modem on a rainy Friday afternoon during the Easter holiday (lots of kids slowing the net down).

Is it possible to colour in the text on the tabs marking the section you are in? I'm now in 'about us' and yep it has that written in maroon by the eagle's beak - but how about changing the colour of the text on the 'about us' tab?
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absolutely nothing to do with the LA Lakers
laker-media | laker-images | laker-abstract | me

As for the top tab - not sure about that one - I'll have to experiment.

BUT I had a complaint (!) when the web site first went live that one of my regular visitors on the old site preferred "the list of big buttons down the left hand side" - it listed all of the main pages, whereas in the new one it uses nav bars (child under home, same level, child, etc). I think that having all the main links available probably helps my visitors, who are more used to being covered in grease under a hood than surfing the 'net!

So I have been developing a test page for the links, but I had great problems getting it to view in NS. I think I've sorted it now, so I'll upload it as a test page and post the URL and perhaps all you patient people will let mw know whether you think it's better than the nav bars - that way it's less important what section you're in.

I also think the nav bars slow down the loading, whereas my links page will be a single "include" and therefore should cache and speed thing up...

I'll post the URL soon!

The url is http://www.americanautosdirectory.co.uk/default.htm (I have changed this to default now as the thing is live but some people are still looking for it)

You should see a new navigation list down the left hand side (once you click on any of the links it will revert to the normal navigation as this is just for testing).

If you do have a look, can you please make a note of how long the page takes to finish downloading, as well as whether the new navigation is better.

Thanks - and BTW I notice this post has developed "flames" - does that mean I'm a "flaming nuisance"?

Cheers

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Olds442

- The trouble with the rat race is - even if you win you're still a rat!

American Autos UK Directory

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[This message has been edited by Olds442 (edited 04-24-2001).]

Sandy

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