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jarigo2

1-26-05, 12:45 PM

Hey everyone,

I'm by no means a web design expert, I taught myself the HTML to put this together in only a few weeks. I am only concerned about the speed at which my photos load.

Could some of you guys check out
http://www.scooterthecocker.com

and let me know what you think about the picture sections? I have a pretty high speed connection and I think everything is cached. Do the pages take eternity to load? I've tried to reduce the pixels to around 400-600, but I don't want to hurt the photos at all. I believe the key to my site is the size and quality of the pics.

thanks
John

YvetteKuhns

1-26-05, 12:53 PM

Your images loaded quickly for my cable modem and you optimized your images. If you are worried, you can include an image preloader script in your code. You can also use thumbnails, so each page loads faster.

<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://www.scooterthecocker.com/flavicon.ico">

should be

<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://www.scooterthecocker.com/favicon.ico">

:)

alphadesk

1-26-05, 12:54 PM

On cable connection they load very good ... or rather normal for the number and size of pics.

Maybe someone with a dialup connection can give you more input.

jarigo2

1-26-05, 03:34 PM

i just changed my flavicon.ico

to favicon.ico

and now it doesn't work? Now, I am using a Mac w/ safari. Mac's with IE on OSX, at least my mac , never shows a favicon.ico... so i can't judge with that

any help?

jarigo2

1-26-05, 04:38 PM

so now i realize that favicon.ico is the correct one, but why was it working fine with flavicon.ico?

now www.scooterthecocker.com is set with favicon and my browser see's nothing in the menu bar

i will see my IE on my pc at home tonight

YvetteKuhns

1-26-05, 04:41 PM

jarigo2

1-26-05, 04:49 PM

so do you include both in the top of your page?

YvetteKuhns

1-26-05, 05:26 PM

so do you include both in the top of your page?

Yes. Visit my website in each browser and you "should" see my PP (icon) in the address bar. Of course, Internet Explorer is known to be unpredictable. You may need to create a shortcut in order to see it. Or you can click on the IE icon and drag and drop it a few times in the address bar until the custom icon appears. Don't have to do that in Mozilla.

(Don't get too excited when you see my PP !) ;)

I had to say that in case JJ was reading this. :D

stradicaster

1-26-05, 06:12 PM

Your pic sizes ok, both in pixels and bytes. It's the needed ratio, I think. I have a 256k adsl and it's all fine.

Also about this favicon thing. I didn't write any code in my website and I found out that clients need a favicon.ico and created one. Now, it works without any code in my site :). Just a icon called favicon.ico placed in the htdocs is enough.

YvetteKuhns

1-26-05, 06:50 PM

Now, it works without any code in my site . Just a icon called favicon.ico placed in the htdocs is enough.

That used to be the case for me or so I thought. Some browsers want to see that code to show the icon. I don't think that IE requires any code at all. If you include one line, you should include the other or you will get mixed results.

jarigo2

1-27-05, 07:51 PM

so i guess this is just one of those weird things....

i added both lines to my index and it only works on PC netscape and Mac Safari.

no IE for either system?

so stressful!

YvetteKuhns

1-27-05, 08:12 PM

Visit my website in each browser and you "should" see my PP (icon) in the address bar. Of course, Internet Explorer is known to be unpredictable. You may need to create a shortcut in order to see it. Or you can click on the IE icon and drag and drop it a few times in the address bar until the custom icon appears. Don't have to do that in Mozilla.

Try this. Internet Explorer is known to do this. You may even need to reboot your computer. Try saving to your favorites, then try to create a shortcut to your desktop. You should be able to see the custom icon.

Believe me. I have been there and that is why I know that the two lines help, but IE is weird.

jarigo2

1-29-05, 09:14 AM

apparently my IE on windows xp doesn't show any favicons.

maybe there is a setting that i don't know about?

YvetteKuhns

1-29-05, 11:13 AM

Internet Explorer is weird. In fact, at the moment, I cannot see MY icon in IE, but I do in Mozilla. Other days, I do. Icons are considered multimedia files and might be affected by your browser settings. But I don't know about that for sure. I know that some servers do not support them.

Try these ideas:

http://www.favicon.com/index.jsp?id=Internet+Explorer

jeff1022

1-29-05, 03:07 PM

YvetteKuhns

1-29-05, 03:23 PM

I think that most people just uploaded the icon and expected it to appear. When it didn't, they didn't know why. If you have trouble with IE, don't worry about it. It is weird and other people have the same problem.