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Re: Load time on my website
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lugnet.publish
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Sat, 11 Mar 2000 03:44:50 GMT
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Troy Cefaratti <mnementh@nacs#nomorespam#.net>
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Mike,
1. The pages that contian actual photos of items that aren't available in
LDRAW still load full size images, so that is probably why some of them
still take a while to load. I'm hoping to have this fixed soon, but am
concentrating on getting the rest o the inventory in first.
2. I think that I will resize them all down to 320x240. Large enough i
think. The 640x480 are rather large, and may not fit on everyones screen.
5. I'll have to find my HTML book and look it up, something to do with
meta-refresh tags...
As for using a database and online ordering, that would be GREAT. I've not
the time or the skill at the moment to implement it myself though. I did
look into some of the "free" commerce sites, but they seemed to just be a
way to get you to use their merchant services. I'd be happy with one that
just e-mailed me the orders, I don't need online credit card processing or
anything. Not to mention they were a pain to use! Had to manually enter
each item on a web page. And they didn't track inventory at all!
Keep me informed as to how things are going at your end. When I get soe
time, i'll probably start looking for a shopping cart script again. I know
they are out there, as i've used them before, A long time ago....
Troy
Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 23:42:13 GMT, "Troy Cefaratti"
> <mnementh@sbase1.com> wrote:
>
> > 1. Is the load time of the pages acceptable? Load time was REALLY slow • when
> > I first posted the page. This was due to using full size images of • around
> > 10-30kb for each item (although resized in the HTML to look smaller) with
> > numerous items per page. While this made it really quick to click on an
> > image and get a larger one, since it infact had already been loaded, it • took
> > forever to get the full page. I've now made thumbnails (about 2-3kb • each)
> > for all of the CAD generated images, and this seems to have helped.
>
> It is a lot better now than it was before, but still a little slow.
> Acceptable, though. And really cool design, imo. If you had the kind
> of ordering interface I am hoping to develop for my own site it would
> be perfect.
>
> > 2. Are the full size images too large? Currently all of the CAD images • are
> > at 640x480. Some of the pieces look quite large at this resolution. • Should
> > I be using 320x240? The actual photo images are all different sizes, I • may
> > take new pictures to have them all uniform.
>
> I just looked at an arch and it scared me when it popped up on the
> screen that big, so yeah, it seems a little large, but maybe not too
> large.
>
> > 3. Is the site easy to navigate? It seems pretty straight-forward and
> > intuitive to me, but then I know where everything is. Is it easy to find
> > parts?
>
> It's fine.
>
> > 4. Is the color schme OK? I kinda like it. :) But then that is a • biased
> > opinion!
>
> I like it, but I'm colorblind, so don't trust me.
>
> > 5. Inventory changes frequently. I have my browser set to always check • for
> > newer pages, but this is not the default. I fear some people may not be
> > getting the latest pages if they visit frequently. I know there is a way • to
> > set a page so that it won't be stored in the cache, thus will always be • new.
> > I can't remember how to do this though, so if someone could refresh MY
> > memory, I would appreciate it. More importantly, SHOULD I do this? Will • it
> > aggrevate people to always have to get the page from the server, thus
> > increasing load time?
>
> Yes, you should force them to grab new copies - save you and them some
> confusion.
>
> Awesome site. Great look and feel. If I get the database back-end
> finished on my deals site and can start working on my Lego parts site
> I'll be happy to share the setup with you if you can make use of it.
>
>
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> http://www.guarded-inn.com/lego/sales/parts.html
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