page is slow-loading
Besides the usual (too many images, etc.) can you please look and tell me what may be taking so long for my page to load?
I had read somewhere that it was important to put the width and height on all images, and that the number should be in quotes, as width="35" etc. And that it was also important to use the border and alt parameters on all img tags. True?
I was concerned with changing anything in script (width="35" ~ putting the number in quotes, I mean) ~ because I wasn't sure if it would affect the script.
Is there a way to specify a bullet's look in using line items: <ul><li>
If so, I'd be interested in learning how.
(Geez, I hope this is the right forum. If not, please forgive me ~ and kindly move this post to the correct one.)
Thanks for your time. I hope I haven't left anything out.
~ Carole
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AndyB posted this at 21:43 — 23rd March 2000.
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Wasn't bad at all using IE5/NT on a 56k modem that claims to be transferring at 44k.
Height and width tags are fairly crucial. Your browser cannot render the page until it has figured out where everything goes. If it knows how much space to allocate for the images, then the text can be rendered and the images come along later.
Page arrangement is also important. Netscape will not generate table content until all content arrives (... loading file,... loading file .... loading file...). IE will generate table content as it arrives. The 'trick' is that if you have tables - break them up into multiple tables so that as soon as content for first table arrives NS will display it, etc.
and you can solve most slow image problems with compression using something like Ulead's Smartsaver (www.ulead.com) or a on-line image compression utility.
There's a start for you
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