Re: Browsers load pages messily

I also have an index page that loads in pieces.
http://homepage.mac.com/gregoryhoose...inn/index.html
. it is not sliced. i am using background images to get the color i need
(using color swatches makes it easier to globally change the color dynamic of a
site; including spry menu items). perhaps this is delaying the load. it used
to be that one could delay the loading of a page until all the elements were in
place, preloaded. then the page would appear all at once. i seem to remember
this in other web design engines in the past. is there a way to effect this
action?

Your host server is pretty slow. The page is pretty heavy given your 3.3MB
animated GIF image. That's a terrible way to do such a thing, you know?
Use Flash or javascript to acccomplish the same thing at a fraction of the
weight. And definitely never use GIF on photos.

Also, you have used a PNG format for this image -

http://homepage.mac.com/gregoryhoose...ayInn2pict.png

Never use PNG for photos like that, either.

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"gwhoose" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I also have an index page that loads in pieces.
> http://homepage.mac.com/gregoryhoose...inn/index.html
> . it is not sliced. i am using background images to get the color i need
> (using color swatches makes it easier to globally change the color dynamic
> of a
> site; including spry menu items). perhaps this is delaying the load. it
> used
> to be that one could delay the loading of a page until all the elements
> were in
> place, preloaded. then the page would appear all at once. i seem to
> remember
> this in other web design engines in the past. is there a way to effect
> this
> action?
>

:grin;thanks Murray. just wasn't thinking of flash i was so sunk into dw..

You're welcome. Good luck!

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Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
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"gwhoose" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> :grin;thanks Murray. just wasn't thinking of flash i was so sunk into
> dw..
>
>
>

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