Which is why we've got 300dpi images on our web site.
*cries and cries*
This site changes the right hand graphics on reload using php. I don't have details on how, but that does suggest it can be done.
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Calli - Apr 21, 2009 11:06:22 am PDT #9748 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Theodosia - Apr 21, 2009 11:07:34 am PDT #9749 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Calli - Apr 21, 2009 11:08:51 am PDT #9750 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
This forum thread had a suggestion for using php to switch out graphics on refresh. They also say you can use javascript, but they don't say how.
Theodosia - Apr 21, 2009 11:09:32 am PDT #9751 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Oh, and just to show off how simple the XML that a non-techy can edit, here is it, with the greater-than and lesser-than symbols substituted with brackets:
[icons]
[icon image="profile.jpg" tooltip="Personal Profile" content="profile.html" /]
[icon image="experience.jpg" tooltip="Experience" content="experience.html" /]
[icon image="skills.jpg" tooltip="Skills" content="skills.html" /]
[icon image="education.jpg" tooltip="Education" content="education.html" /]
[icon image="contact.jpg" tooltip="Contact" content="contact.html" /]
[/icons]
Toddson - Apr 21, 2009 11:11:23 am PDT #9752 of 25501
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Thanks for the advice ... I'm getting frustrated because they don't seem able to understand that not everyone is going to have the site download as quickly as they do ... and that we don't really have to have the complee text of every item on the front page. I showed one of them how the ALT tag works last week ....
Theodosia - Apr 21, 2009 11:13:17 am PDT #9753 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm working on improving my PHP and Javascript skills, and I know for a fact that you can also do slideshows and all with them too. But Flash doesn't have to be a horrible memory hog if it's done well.
(The thing about the Church site that tommyrot linked to today is that for Flash, it's well-done -- optimized graphics, swiftly loading and functional. The content, however, is another matter....)
Vortex - Apr 21, 2009 11:14:57 am PDT #9754 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Toddson, maybe a field trip to the local library so they can see how fast it loads? Or ask people to try it from their home computers?
Calli - Apr 21, 2009 11:15:43 am PDT #9755 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That is very frustrating. Can you take some of them to lunch at a Panera's or something, and have them try to access the site from there, just to give them some perspective?
Theodosia - Apr 21, 2009 11:15:49 am PDT #9756 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Toddson, is your site likely to be looked at by Joe Average at home (where dialup is more likely) or by professionals in offices. If it's Joe Dialup most of the time, you really want to make it as fast as possible to at least get to the Good Stuff. According to my teachers, most users will give up on a page within 5 seconds.
Toddson - Apr 21, 2009 11:33:17 am PDT #9757 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The site's intended for professionals and a lot of them will be working from their offices. BUT ... some of them will be dialing in from a construction site in the middle of nowhere, some of them will be using BlackBerries or some such.
I've talked and talked and tried to explain that we want people to be able to access it under less than optimum conditions, but I keep hearing that they want things to look good, that they want the graphics to be sharp (this from someone who has her screen resolution set as low as possible).
And did I mention that everything has to be done through the MS CMS? A minimum of hand-coding - and non-standard (according to THEIR definition) things allowed. sigh