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ritachick
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Ready for a test drive! - 2/5/2002 17:03:24
Hi all,
Finally ready for some testing of a Photographers site www.barrydowephotography.com I have done. I am mainly worried about the speed of the roll overs on the gallery pages and the file sizes of the graphics. I used Dreamweaver (blasphemy?), for these pages as I thought it would be easier with the coding. So take a look if you will and let me know what you think. Thanks in advanced Rita
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john40004
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RE: Ready for a test drive! - 2/5/2002 21:48:21
Looked at your site with Microsoft XP, IE 6.0. The site loaded slow, but that is not unusual since I run with 28.8 kbps on a 56K modem in a rural area.
My privacy warning icon kicked-in on the taskbar, telling me that cookies were being rejected. The icon tells me: (1) Blocks third-party cookies that do not have a compact privacy policy; (2) Blocks third-party cookies that use personally identifiable information without user consent. (3) Restricts first-party cookies that use personally identifiable information without user consent. Just a suggestion as to cookies and how the "bar" has been raised with XP.
The site itself looked good. I quickly travel through the pages, but no major problems seen. Due to lack of time, I did not allow all graphics to load.
I hope this helps.
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Gil
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RE: Ready for a test drive! - 2/5/2002 22:23:36
Attempted to set a ookie without my premission - I left.
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EWD
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RE: Ready for a test drive! - 2/6/2002 0:20:14
Very attractive. Just three nit picky things-a little white space between the photos and text I usually like at least 5px; I also like a little white space at the bottom of the page or I feel like someone slammed on the brakes; make the logo a quick link to home. But I really had to stretch for these. Looks great without them. Good Job! Love the font. Also noticed a spelling error (I think) on the ariel page: "It also includes two views of the site with on 8X10 of each view" shouldn't that be "...one 8x10 of each..." ?
Edited by - EWD on 02/06/2002 00:21:02
Edited by - EWD on 02/06/2002 07:26:57
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mdwyer
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RE: Ready for a test drive! - 2/6/2002 5:55:40
I use a DSL link so speed was not an issue. Very nice site. The gallery of b/w thumbnails that goes to color on mouseover is a nice affect.
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Mike54
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RE: Ready for a test drive! - 2/6/2002 7:44:15
Nice looking site but definitely a bit on the slow side. You might want to correct this on your two gallery pages.
"Photos make take a moment to download."
I think, therefore I am, I think.
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ritachick
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RE: Ready for a test drive! - 2/6/2002 10:32:53
Thanks all for your comments, I have updated the site to reflect your suggestions. About the cookies, I have no idea why it would be doing this? I did not set up the site for cookies, and wouldn't know how to even if I wanted to. So if anyone knows why it would be doing this I would be interested! Thanks again, Rita
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Gil
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RE: Ready for a test drive! - 2/6/2002 13:38:30
The cookie is being set by <!-- BEGIN HITOMETER TAG VERSION 2 -->
Why would you use a "off-site" counter?
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ritachick
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RE: Ready for a test drive! - 2/6/2002 13:44:04
Gil,
Thanks for getting back! I use an off-line hit counter because I got sick and tired of trying to get the FrontPage ones to work properly. I'm not sure if it was something I was doing wrong, I just eventually lost patience and began using Hitometer. From what I have seen on most Forums, it seems alot of people have trouble with FrontPages's version. But I had no idea that it would drop cookies, so I may have to try the FrontPage version again! Rita
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Richard Sterling
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RE: Ready for a test drive! - 2/6/2002 13:54:48
The pictures appear awfully dark on my computer for some reason. And the large text under the banner...
Weddings Fine Portraits Aerial Photography
seems a bit out of place to me. Might look better smaller but bolded??
And "The proofs may be purchased with and order." Maybe that was meant to be with an order?
Edited by - Richard Sterling on 02/06/2002 13:56:38
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ritachick
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RE: Ready for a test drive! - 2/6/2002 14:00:00
Steve,
About the text under the banner, I had decided to use text for these instead of making gifs out of them to save download time. But you bring up a good point. If your browser is set to a larger text size..it will obviously look other than how I designed it..I will probably go back and make a graphic out of it instead! Thanks for the feedback. Rita
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Shirley
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RE: Ready for a test drive! - 2/6/2002 20:47:29
This site was of special interest to me because I have spent the last month reserving reception space, hiring caterers, hiring a DJ, buying a gown, veil, tiara,shoes, invitations, decorations, favors, MOB dress and a million other things that I can't think of right now. And... I am giving a deposit to a photographer tomorrow. (my daughter is getting married in August)
The site is much more organized than most that I looked at when searching for a photog. in Omaha. I found it interesting that several photographers had done thier own sites. I guess if they are creative in photography they think it transfers to web design. NOT.
I like the colors alot. Nice and calm!!! One suggestion. Why not make the pop-up window the same size as the full size photo I had to scroll up and down to see the full photo.
Shirley
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Go Joe
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RE: Ready for a test drive! - 2/7/2002 3:49:21
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Well I thought it was a nice clean fast loading site my self. Speed is not an issue with this site by any stretch. It is well laid out and easy to navigate. One thing though is the writing under you banner looks like navigation when you view it. I went to click on where it says up top Weddings Fine Portraits Arial Photography. I would hyper link them too. Here is some thing better for your Photo gallery. You have the pictures load into a new browser. have them load into their defined browser. When it loaded into my new window the window was small and I had to open the window. Use this code and it will do all the work and give the gallery that extra touch of professionalism.
Put this in the head of the document
<!-- script for New Zoom Images ----------->
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
function Zoom(imgName,imgWidth,imgHeight) {
var count = 0;
zoomWindow = window.open('', 'zoomWin', 'width='+imgWidth+',height='+imgHeight+'top=0,left=0,toolbar=0,menubar=0,location=0,scrollbars=0')
zoomWindow.document.write("<html><head><title>Please Wait...<\/title><\/head><body background='popupbacking.gif' leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 text='",imgWidth,imgHeight,"' onBlur='close();'><center><a href='#' onClick =javascript:window.close()><img src='",imgName,"' alt='Click to Close' border='0'><\/a><\/center><\/body><\/html>")
zoomWindow.focus()
zoomWindow.window.resizeTo(imgWidth+8, imgHeight+29);
zoomWindow.document.title = "Wedding Gallery"
}
</SCRIPT>
<!-- END script for New Zoom Images ----------->
Don't alter any thing there. Now in your hyper link put this instead of the http://
javascript:Zoom(images/portrait_gallery/port1_lg.jpg',350,343)
The numbers at the end define the picture width 350 and heigth 343 change those to match your picture. I put the first picture name and location and size to show you what it looks like. Now you don't need all those html files and just click on the photo to close it. Once you try this you will always use it for pictures.
Edited by - Go Joe on 02/07/2002 03:52:19
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