Re: New Website Created soley with Xara Xtreme4
Only mouseovers are the navigation links, the rest are popups - but I know what you're saying..Originally Posted by raynerj1
I think the popup images are simply loading on hover.
So I've added some simple javascript into the <head> which seems to have helped a little, although the site has to load no matter what or when, the script just loads them while you are looking at the first page...
Anyone can try this, insert the following code into the HEAD tag.
Be sure to use the correct name and path for your image!
Preloading images doesn't actually change your download time, but subsequent pages appear to load faster.<SCRIPT LANGUAGE = JAVASCRIPT>
if (document.images)
{
img1 = new Image();
img2 = new Image();
img1.src = "imageName1.gif";
img2.src = "imageName2.gif"
}
</SCRIPT>
I kept the size down and exported them photos as JPEG (illustrations are PNG for detail and the absence of jpg artifacts & mosquitos), they load almost instantly here. My ASL connection speed is 1.5mbit and the hosting for that domain is in Sydney.
The entire site is just 1.54mb, a little over a floppy disk size, so I'm not too concerned untill I get into much larger and 'real gallery mode'. But then, that's the nature of online photo galleries I suppose, hi-res beauty comes at a cost and a little compromise by the viewer - ie; patience
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one thing though to clarify, is the code inserted into the head tag or in the head section, i.e between the tags?
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