If you have any problems regarding this site...

[Emaleth]

Yes, this is a Kudos post..*smiles* I had a problem with registering, e-mailed ShadoeWolfe and was answered within the hour being told that if I had anymore problems registering, he would do the registering himself. That is what makes a group of people in any company work well. I just wanted to show my appreciation. And also to say that this is a great site..(shh..don't tell Stephen King, but this one is much better..lol) Have a good day!

[Mike C]

Emaleth- Yes, Shadoe is a good guy. Next to Brian he's probably the main reason we come here.

By the way I checked out your website, very nice. You may want to lower the resolution on some of your picture, because they take quite a while to download (I am running on T1), but I just may be experiencing a lot of network traffic. Just give it a thought, but I really liked you site... makes mine look like small potatoes!

[Emaleth]

Thank you for your advice..lol I take all I can get. But I am afraid you lost me with the resolutions. Ahh, that goes for me being an amatueur when it comes to web design. I have a couple of programs...LiteView Pro & ImageForge, and I am still learning. I have yet to try Java.

[Emaleth]

Hmm..I see I have yet to hide from the typo demons.

[Mike C]

Emaleth I actually went back to your site tonight and it downloaded much faster.

Resolution has to do with the amount of detail in pictures. Sometimes there is more detail in a graphic file than can be detected than the human eye can pick up from a computer screen. To speed up time it takes for an image to download you can make the file smaller... you'll loose detail, but usually no one an tell. If there is a lot of traffic on the internet this also causes slower transmission speeds.

But like I said, your graphics came up at a reasonable speed today.

[Emaleth]

Thank you Mike for your help. I am trying out a new program to where I can resize photos, and also may try out the thumbnail effects too.

Like I have always said, I usually learn hands on and I do accept any and all suggestions to make my site better, and appreciate all advise that I do get.

Have a good day!

[topol_sheap]

Quick piece of advice about site design....

Photo's: use photoshop, muchos expensive package but well worth it if you can get into it.

With you images.... just a point.... you should give them height and width attributes so that the page will remain static whilst downloading, another idea would be to give them alt tags so that people can see what the picture will be (textual description) before they download http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

examnple:
<img src="image.gif" height="40" width="40" alt="image description">

the numbers are measured in pixels.

I do hope this helps....

[Mike C]

topol_sheap- What is the purpose of the "alt" tag? I have seen them beore but I am clueless as to why they are used or what effect they have.

[topol_sheap]

Have you ever tried to browse the web with your images turned off. If not try it.... THe alt tag is an alternative description for the image. Some people out there still use text only browsers, so it's best to keep all audiences in mind.... Think about an image that has no alt tag, but is a link... No alt tag, the text only reader will not know where they are going....

Have I helped?