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 02/23/2007 12:02:58 AM · #26
Originally posted by Lowcivicman99:
Did you make this complete site or was it a pre built that you bought? I have to say that I like your site very much and it is put together very well. With my being a web designer also the only thing I would change on the whole site is maybe add a preload for your images. Let the site loader load your images or add a preload for all images once you click on gallery. That way you don't have to wait for more than 1 second for the images to load once a user clicks on them. Other than that I love it. Great job...


It was from a template, with some changes (thanks to howzit)
 02/23/2007 12:04:39 AM · #27
Well it was an awesome template.

also templatemonster.com has some really sweet sites.

Originally posted by Makka:
Originally posted by Lowcivicman99:
Did you make this complete site or was it a pre built that you bought? I have to say that I like your site very much and it is put together very well. With my being a web designer also the only thing I would change on the whole site is maybe add a preload for your images. Let the site loader load your images or add a preload for all images once you click on gallery. That way you don't have to wait for more than 1 second for the images to load once a user clicks on them. Other than that I love it. Great job...


It was from a template, with some changes (thanks to howzit)


Message edited by author 2007-02-23 00:11:53.
 02/23/2007 12:11:32 AM · #28
Originally posted by Makka:
Originally posted by Judi:
Hey.....I finally got back on line after more than 24 hours with no internet service...grrr! Damn mouse in the wheel setup...I must upgrade to a guinea pig one day.

But anyways...congrats you two on a beautiful website....you both deserve it. You have come along way and I know you both have a bright future. All the best.


Cheers Judi! Just a question...how do you go with time in loading the page? Seems overseas people are finding it slow.


I hit 15 seconds for a full load! And that is on a 512 speed.
 02/23/2007 12:13:33 AM · #29
Originally posted by Judi:
Originally posted by Makka:
Originally posted by Judi:
Hey.....I finally got back on line after more than 24 hours with no internet service...grrr! Damn mouse in the wheel setup...I must upgrade to a guinea pig one day.

But anyways...congrats you two on a beautiful website....you both deserve it. You have come along way and I know you both have a bright future. All the best.


Cheers Judi! Just a question...how do you go with time in loading the page? Seems overseas people are finding it slow.


I hit 15 seconds for a full load! And that is on a 512 speed.


Wow that makes my 10MB look like shooting star
 02/23/2007 12:15:31 AM · #30
Originally posted by Lowcivicman99:
Originally posted by Judi:
Originally posted by Makka:
Originally posted by Judi:
Hey.....I finally got back on line after more than 24 hours with no internet service...grrr! Damn mouse in the wheel setup...I must upgrade to a guinea pig one day.

But anyways...congrats you two on a beautiful website....you both deserve it. You have come along way and I know you both have a bright future. All the best.


Cheers Judi! Just a question...how do you go with time in loading the page? Seems overseas people are finding it slow.


I hit 15 seconds for a full load! And that is on a 512 speed.


Wow that makes my 10MB look like shooting star


Welcome to Australia. We have some of the slowest speeds in the world! Mine is 2 mb and that's fast!! It's crap! That probably doesn't help with speeds from overseas too perhaps? I don't know!
 02/23/2007 12:19:52 AM · #31
Wow that is crazy... I have to say that the transition from the dial up era to broadband was a big step and I will never go back. I'm sure that a lot of us wouldn't. I have to say that about the 10MB vs. the 1Mb and below. That is like Dial up to me. But I have to have a lot though because I am uploading and downloading things all day for work. I tell you what though once you get it you will LOVE it.

For those on T1 or T3 lines I worship you. I don't need that much but it sure would be nice to have sometimes.

Where are you in Australia??? I have a buddy that lives in Perth.

Message edited by author 2007-02-23 00:22:50.
 02/23/2007 12:24:57 AM · #32
Originally posted by Lowcivicman99:
Wow that is crazy... I have to say that the transition from the dial up era to broadband was a big step and I will never go back. I'm sure that a lot of us wouldn't. I have to say that about the 10MB vs. the 1Mb and below. That is like Dial up to me. But I have to have a lot though because I am uploading and downloading things all day for work. I tell you what though once you get it you will LOVE it.

For those on T1 or T3 lines I worship you. I don't need that much but it sure would be nice to have sometimes.

Where are you in Australia??? I have a buddy that lives in Perth.


Yeah, northern suburbs of Perth! On the outskirts!

There has been a lot of arguing between companies and govenrments lately about our internet speeds and how behind we are! It's pathetic really. I don't really know the whole jist of it all! But, we are very behind compared to speeds in the US and Europe!
 02/23/2007 12:27:38 AM · #33
Originally posted by Makka:
Originally posted by Lowcivicman99:
Wow that is crazy... I have to say that the transition from the dial up era to broadband was a big step and I will never go back. I'm sure that a lot of us wouldn't. I have to say that about the 10MB vs. the 1Mb and below. That is like Dial up to me. But I have to have a lot though because I am uploading and downloading things all day for work. I tell you what though once you
get it you will LOVE it.

For those on T1 or T3 lines I worship you. I don't need that much but it sure would be nice to have sometimes.

Where are you in Australia??? I have a buddy that lives in Perth.


Yeah, northern suburbs of Perth! On the outskirts!

There has been a lot of arguing between companies and govenrments lately about our internet speeds and how behind we are! It's pathetic really. I don't really know the whole jist of it all! But, we are very behind compared to speeds in the US and Europe!


Well I'm sure it won't really be that long before you guys get there. BTW, I lov e your work. I've looked at your profile before and I have to say that what you do is just amazing. Keep setting standards so I can keep reaching for them...

Message edited by author 2007-02-23 00:29:02.
 02/23/2007 12:32:39 AM · #34
If you lived in the states I would have you shoot my wedding photos... Don't you need a vacation to Flordia say around 07-07-07??? That just so happens to be the day I am getting married
 02/23/2007 12:33:49 AM · #35
Originally posted by Lowcivicman99:
If you lived in the states I would have you shoot my wedding photos... Don't you need a vacation to Flordia say around 07-07-07??? That just so happens to be the day I am getting married


Thanks for the compliments! But hey, all expenses paid and I'm yours! ;)
 02/23/2007 12:35:14 AM · #36
But thanks for the feedback guys! A few issues obviously but I'll try some tweeking and see how it goes. In defence of the site, the photos on the main page are just a background, they are their for decoration compared to the gallery. But, I'll take it all on board! Cheers! :)
 02/23/2007 01:28:12 AM · #37
only took me 15 seconds to load completly

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Message edited by author 2007-02-23 01:34:58.
 02/23/2007 01:58:10 AM · #38
Originally posted by noisemaker:
only took me 15 seconds to load completly

edit-spelling


Cheers for the info Dustin!
 02/23/2007 02:01:46 AM · #39
Originally posted by Lowcivicman99:
Wow that is crazy... I have to say that the transition from the dial up era to broadband was a big step and I will never go back. I'm sure that a lot of us wouldn't. I have to say that about the 10MB vs. the 1Mb and below. That is like Dial up to me. But I have to have a lot though because I am uploading and downloading things all day for work. I tell you what though once you get it you will LOVE it.

For those on T1 or T3 lines I worship you. I don't need that much but it sure would be nice to have sometimes.


This doesn't make sense. You have a 10 Mb/s connection so a 1 Mb/s connection feels like dial-up, ok, but then you worship people with T1 connections which are 1.5 Mb/s? T3 (45 Mb/s) I get but the T1 is confusing. Is it because it's symmetrical? I would be surprised if an ISP offered a 10 Mb/s connection with an upload below 1.5 Mb/s. What bandwidth does your package offer?
 02/23/2007 02:46:34 AM · #40
Hi Neil,

Initial load just now, was around 30 seconds, on a basic-level dsl connection. As most of your site is in flash, I assume most of the initial load time is due to the images being brought to the front-end. What kind of image compression / file size are they now? Regardless of the internet connection speeds, viewers' computers have a huge impact on how long it takes to load as well, as the data has to get through all the components, to the drive to get in cache, to be viewed.

As much as I like the sound and the type of music you chose, I think I have to agree that after the novelty wears off a bit, it gets to be a bit much. Good that you do have the option there to turn it off.

Very professional looking - nice job!
 02/23/2007 02:53:24 AM · #41
Originally posted by Brad:
Hi Neil,

Initial load just now, was around 30 seconds, on a basic-level dsl connection. As most of your site is in flash, I assume most of the initial load time is due to the images being brought to the front-end. What kind of image compression / file size are they now? Regardless of the internet connection speeds, viewers' computers have a huge impact on how long it takes to load as well, as the data has to get through all the components, to the drive to get in cache, to be viewed.

As much as I like the sound and the type of music you chose, I think I have to agree that after the novelty wears off a bit, it gets to be a bit much. Good that you do have the option there to turn it off.

Very professional looking - nice job!


Hey Brad...cheers for the feedback. Most of the images on the frontend are about 16-20k in size, except for the 7 images changing in the background which are approx 150k each! Most of the images in the gallery are about 150k as well.

Yeah, music seems to be frowned upon by people on here, but, that's why there's an on/off option I suppose! For myself, I like a bit of music whilst browsing! Cheers mate!

Message edited by author 2007-02-23 02:54:06.
 02/23/2007 03:28:23 AM · #42
Originally posted by Makka:
For myself, I like a bit of music whilst browsing!


You might like it, but how about your potential clients? If they don't like it, they'll click that x as fast as I do. And that's a no client then.

Not to be rude, but it's not about what YOU like, it's about what THEY like.
 02/23/2007 03:30:27 AM · #43
Originally posted by biteme:
Originally posted by Makka:
For myself, I like a bit of music whilst browsing!


You might like it, but how about your potential clients? If they don't like it, they'll click that x as fast as I do. And that's a no client then.

Not to be rude, but it's not about what YOU like, it's about what THEY like.


That's why there's an off button!
 02/23/2007 03:32:07 AM · #44
Originally posted by Makka:
Originally posted by biteme:
Originally posted by Makka:
For myself, I like a bit of music whilst browsing!


You might like it, but how about your potential clients? If they don't like it, they'll click that x as fast as I do. And that's a no client then.

Not to be rude, but it's not about what YOU like, it's about what THEY like.


That's why there's an off button!


I know. But before I found it, the irritating-level is there and I'm off the site.
The idea is allright, don't get me wrong, and you do whatever you think you have to do, but I'm just not into every genre of music... you see what I mean?

Message edited by author 2007-02-23 03:32:24.
 02/23/2007 03:35:24 AM · #45
Originally posted by biteme:
The idea is allright, don't get me wrong, and you do whatever you think you have to do, but I'm just not into every genre of music... you see what I mean?


So are you saying it's the type of music that bothers you or just music in general??

I'm not having a go, just getting feedback in general....everyone has different opinions so it's just nice to see the reason why...that's all! It's appreciated!
 02/23/2007 03:38:18 AM · #46
Originally posted by Makka:
Originally posted by biteme:
The idea is allright, don't get me wrong, and you do whatever you think you have to do, but I'm just not into every genre of music... you see what I mean?


So are you saying it's the type of music that bothers you or just music in general??

I'm not having a go, just getting feedback in general....everyone has different opinions so it's just nice to see the reason why...that's all! It's appreciated!


that's nice of you to say, thanks. I thought I might have been to harsh on you ;)

Music on sites bother me in general, yes. The music on your site is very personal, at least I think you chose it with a reason. Not everybody likes that type of music. All people have a different taste of music. So, what I want to ask you, do you only want clients who like this music?

(and I know there's a button to turn it off, haha ;))
 02/23/2007 03:46:19 AM · #47
Originally posted by biteme:
that's nice of you to say, thanks. I thought I might have been to harsh on you ;)

Music on sites bother me in general, yes. The music on your site is very personal, at least I think you chose it with a reason. Not everybody likes that type of music. All people have a different taste of music. So, what I want to ask you, do you only want clients who like this music?

(and I know there's a button to turn it off, haha ;))


Hmmm....good question. Personal to me? No, not really. My wife and I had quite a discussion on it. Of course it's not going to appeal to everyone...I guess that's part of the problem? I don't think it would matter what type of music I put on, there would be someone it doesn't appeal to, so in actually having the music there it's catch 22! I do plan on toning down the volume of it when I get time but whether it goes completely or not I'm not sure. The feedback at the moment sure doesn't sit well with it! lol Thanks hanneke.
 02/23/2007 03:48:24 AM · #48
Well congratulations on a very nice site ... would like to see the portfolio just a tad larger but it is looking good. I saw all the images (except I didn't do the newborns) before I was starting to think about hitting the music off button ... so I guess that is a good sign and shows that it was not TOO irritating to me.

If your portfolio was a bit larger, though, I think I would have gotten around to clicking it off.

Once again, congratulations on a very classy looking website.
 02/23/2007 03:50:20 AM · #49
Originally posted by Greetmir:
Well congratulations on a very nice site ... would like to see the portfolio just a tad larger but it is looking good. I saw all the images (except I didn't do the newborns) before I was starting to think about hitting the music off button ... so I guess that is a good sign and shows that it was not TOO irritating to me.

If your portfolio was a bit larger, though, I think I would have gotten around to clicking it off.

Once again, congratulations on a very classy looking website.


Thanks Greetmir! Appreciated! :)
 02/23/2007 04:11:03 AM · #50
A couple thoughts on the music thing.

I can't have a day without music - it's part of my life, it's on everywhere I go. Now when I visit a website, and that site pushes their music in on top of what I am listening to, well it gets frustrating. Another issue with website-loaded music, is the surprise effect. Here's scenario: a viewer comes into your site after the kids are in bed, it's late at night, house is silent, and BAM! the music plays and you scramble for the volume.

That is real-world and will probably get a page close without a return, as the initial impression is negative, and that is something you do not want to do at any cost.

Maybe have the default off, and if a viewer wants to listen, they can switch it on by choice?

Message edited by author 2007-02-23 04:11:28.
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