Freedom Fighter Posted June 16, 2003 Posted June 16, 2003 Hey Guys, Check it out.. It's been live for quite sometime now.. Fully custom :) I'm wanting to do something different with the header and such.. All comments and suggestions are always welcome.. Check it out - www.extremealterations.com Thanks Extreme Alterations
Guest Posted June 16, 2003 Posted June 16, 2003 The site looks real good but loading time ouffff Loading time results for: http://www.extremealterations.com/ Loading test content results Number of graphics/scripts: 188 Total graphics size: 282642 bytes Total HTML size: 48720 bytes Total page size: 331362 bytes Load time by modem speed Modem speed: Download time: 14.4k 200.34 seconds 28.8k 108.25 seconds 56k 63.09 seconds ISDN (128k) 36.9 seconds T1 (1.44 MB) 18.08 seconds Warning!: Your loading time is much too high! Your chances of indexing in major search engines is slim and you will find very few viewers willing to wait that long for any web page to load!... You must reduce the size of your page! HTH The_Bear
Freedom Fighter Posted June 16, 2003 Author Posted June 16, 2003 Geez, I didn't realize it was that bad.. How can this be fixed? All images that I use are compressed with PS 6.0 :( Extreme Alterations
Freedom Fighter Posted June 16, 2003 Author Posted June 16, 2003 Common.. Help me out here guys :) Extreme Alterations
orchard Posted June 16, 2003 Posted June 16, 2003 I think the product images are downloaded at full size and then shrunk by the clients browser. To speed things up we shrunk our product images to the thumbnail size and got rid of click to enlarge. I think there is a contribution that allows you to have thumbnails and separate larger images. In olden times the men were made of iron and the ships were made of wood; now it's the other way around. :wink:
Freedom Fighter Posted June 16, 2003 Author Posted June 16, 2003 I think the product images are downloaded at full size and then shrunk by the clients browser. To speed things up we shrunk our product images to the thumbnail size and got rid of click to enlarge. I think there is a contribution that allows you to have thumbnails and separate larger images. Thanks for your reply! We do the same thing.. We don't have it setup where you click the thumbnail to enlarge the image, there is simply a thumbnail pic by the product name, then when you scroll down to view the product description, you notice the enlarged photo. Again, we compress each image we use before using them on the store.. I really don't know why it takes that long to load, and I would like to get whatever it is fixed.. I appericate everyones replies and suggestions.. Please keep them coming! Extreme Alterations
orchard Posted June 16, 2003 Posted June 16, 2003 Your images seem to average about 10K and our's average about 3K. I'm not sure why since they are about the same size. We have our jpeg compression factor set at 50 in Paint Shop Pro when we save the jpegs. You're header file is about 50% larger than our's. The 72K Extreme Alterations Gaming Gear jpeg in the middle certainly isn't helping. You might want to cut down to 256 colors. This is combination with the jpeg compression factor reduced your ggad.jpg image from 72K to 15K and it looks about the same to me. In olden times the men were made of iron and the ships were made of wood; now it's the other way around. :wink:
emiliano Posted June 17, 2003 Posted June 17, 2003 great site!!! try to work out your images size.. and alsoyour header and footer height ( i think that they are much tall)... cheers emiliano patagonia, argentina
Freedom Fighter Posted June 17, 2003 Author Posted June 17, 2003 Thanks guys! I appericate all the nice remarks and suggetions.. Please keep them coming.. I will check into this large image size problem.. Keep the comments/suggestions coming! Extreme Alterations
Freedom Fighter Posted June 17, 2003 Author Posted June 17, 2003 You might want to cut down to 256 colors. This is combination with the jpeg compression factor reduced your ggad.jpg image from 72K to 15K and it looks about the same to me. How can I do this with PhotoShop 6.0? Thanks! Extreme Alterations
orchard Posted June 17, 2003 Posted June 17, 2003 How can I do this with PhotoShop 6.0?I don't know. I can't afford it (or anything from Adobe) so I use Paint Shop Pro. In Paint Shop Pro the color count reduction is in the menus and the jpeg compression factor is an option in File->Save As. In olden times the men were made of iron and the ships were made of wood; now it's the other way around. :wink:
Freedom Fighter Posted June 17, 2003 Author Posted June 17, 2003 Thanks, I'll check into that similar option for PS 6.0 Thanks! Extreme Alterations
mattice Posted June 17, 2003 Posted June 17, 2003 Use Photoshops "Save For the Web" from the file menu. Choose JPG and it will show you the size /quality along with a slider so you can change it HTH Mattice "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them"
Freedom Fighter Posted June 17, 2003 Author Posted June 17, 2003 Use Photoshops "Save For the Web" from the file menu.Choose JPG and it will show you the size /quality along with a slider so you can change it HTH Mattice Thanks man! Extreme Alterations
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