Tribute To Thunder

**gsthunder** · 15 February 2011, 09:37 PM

I just finished up the final update to my Lab, Thunder's, web site. Thought I would post a link to it and share with anyone interested. I lost Thunder in August of 2009 and it crushed me! He was like my kid. He went everywhere with me( hunting, fishing, errands, to work, just for rides, etc... ). Having to put him down was the hardest thing I have ever had to do.

I had always kept a web site up and going about him starting in 2008 when he was 2. I would update it every year with new photos from the hunting season and such. Over the years the site grew in size and content and even had pictures of other dogs and such.

After he passed I just couldn't bring myself to do that last update. I would try but my heart wasn't in it. I finally got it done today though. So if anyone is interested stop bye and take a look. There is all kinds of cool stuff to look at. Videos, pictures, slideshows, his dog food advertising info, the newspaper story about him, and more.

If you drop in I hope you enjoy it. Thunder was the best and I tried to honor his memory with this last update. The site was redone from the ground up and even the pictures were rescanned and such to ensure it was the best I could make it.

http://gsthunder0.tripod.com/

**gwpriester** · 16 February 2011, 12:54 PM

Losing a pet is almost harder than losing a loved one. A loving tribute.

**Big Frank** · 16 February 2011, 06:00 PM

Excellent and moving tribute to a wonderful companion and friend

**gsthunder** · 17 February 2011, 10:43 AM

Thanks. I appreciate the comments.

I have one issue that has cropped up with it that I can't seem to solve??? I posted on the technical forum but no one responded so maybe someone who sees it here might know.

On the photo pages I used standard photo galleries from the design gallery. Only changes made was to bump the picture image to JPEG 100%. For some reasons some of the photos keep displaying with little speckles in them almost as if pixels are missing.

This happens in IE and happens in WD Preview( is it based on IE? )but not in FireFox? I have actually checked out the photos online to see if what is on the web host is corrupted( bad upload )but they are fine. I just don't understand and it is really bugging me. This is a personal site so I uploaded it anyway and will try to fix it when I can but if this happened on a clients site with a deadline and such I would have problems.

Just can't seem to figure it out. Any ideas? This is what I am talking about...

Screen Catpure 1:

Actual Photo( from web host files downloaded over internet ):

Screen Catpure 2:

Actual Photo( from web host files downloaded over internet ):

**gsthunder** · 17 February 2011, 01:35 PM

Problem fixed!

Apparantly there is some kind of issue with IE and really dark pixels on JPG's. Another member posted on the tech forum about it. The solution is to change those problem images to PNG's I had already done that in an attempt toi fix it so I had already discovered the answer before he posted. Wish I had seen it 2 hours ago to save myself a lot of work trying to fix it.

**CompleTek** · 08 April 2011, 09:00 PM

Great website tribute to Thunder! I also wanted to thank you for posting the solution you found to your missing pixel problem. Most folks don't take the time to "finish the conversation" when they discover a fix on their own like you did. Have a great weekend!

Steve Gibson

**johnbriner** · 20 April 2011, 07:05 AM

Just through checking the website, and I think it is a great tribute for a great pet. I'm pretty sure wherever he is, he'll appreciate the effort and time you've exerted to finish that website. Thanks for sharing!

**gsthunder** · 20 April 2011, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by CompleTek

Great website tribute to Thunder! I also wanted to thank you for posting the solution you found to your missing pixel problem. Most folks don't take the time to "finish the conversation" when they discover a fix on their own like you did. Have a great weekend!

Steve Gibson

Thanks.

Yeah, it always kind of bugs me when people just drop out of a thread when they post about a problem. They either never acknowledge the answers and help given or if they solve it, like you said, they never come back to update it which can help someone else down the road else. To me it is just a common courtesy to say thanks and/or update.

**gsthunder** · 20 April 2011, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by johnbriner

Just through checking the website, and I think it is a great tribute for a great pet. I'm pretty sure wherever he is, he'll appreciate the effort and time you've exerted to finish that website. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you.

**nevar** · 20 April 2011, 07:38 PM

What a beautiful tribute to a beautiful dog. The slide show with music brought a tear to my eye. I bet it was a healing process to do this website for him. Thanks for sharing. XO