Tony or Elizabeth

[Tu Tama]

I am not criticizing I am only trying to help. I have a pretty strong web development and internet marketing background and have a quick change you can make to speed up the site. Not that I think it is slow now but faster is always better. We all know that. :snowmobile:

OK so here's the story. I noticed your header image is very large because it is a BMP (Header_black.bmp) BMP files are really not optimized for the web. The file is almost 1meg. So on each new page load that 1 meg file is being downloaded over and over again. This means the server has to keep uploading it and the people viewing have to keep downloading it.

I can change this file to a JPG or GIF image file for you and get it down to under 100k (10 times smaller so will download and upload way faster.) and still keep the quality and size of the image the same. JPG and GIF files can be easily optimized for the web and still retain the quality.

You should be able to change the header image to a JPG or GIF image somewhere in your admin panel. Normally this is a simple change done by simply uploading the new image file.

If you are not sure how to change the header image to a JPG, GIF, I could try and help you or I could reduce the size of the BMP file for you. I can only get the BMP down to about 400k keeping the same quality which would still speed it up, but the better route would be to change it to a JPG.

Let me know if this is something you would like to try.

Rob

[bajalion]

Didn't reconize the name till I saw the Avitar. How's married life?

Agreed with the with pics, I can help too but may be a winter project.

[DonziGirl]

To be honest, I don't really have that much time to fool with it at the moment. If you want to convert it for me, I can put it up. I just used what TeamBaja so graciously made for me :)

Web work isn't my forte (but it looks like it may be with coming versions of my company's software). I can do simple pages and maintain vBulletin. Anything complicated takes me a little longer to figure out since I don't do it regularly.

[DonziGirl]

Also, If you could take the Quote button and make one like it that says Edit I'd be ecstatic. I hate the way that looks. I think I need one that says Forward too for PM's.

[bajalion]

Done, Forgot your e-mail. Mine is my username @ yahoo.com

[DonziGirl]

the new one for this site is Elizabeth at islandpirates.net

[Tu Tama]

Didn't reconize the name till I saw the Avitar. How's married life?

Agreed with the with pics, I can help too but may be a winter project.

Married life is great, thanks for asking.

I don't know if you knew we have a new addition to the family as well, our boy will be 2 years old Aug 22ed.

How have you been?

[Tu Tama]

Here is the header image in a jpg.

This one is only 50k so will load tons faster. The quality looks the same to me. If you don't think so, I can make it a higher quality. Let me know.

Rob

[Tu Tama]

I redid both of them because I was not sure I had thr right font.

[DonziGirl]

Thanks guys. I've got the new jpg up and the Quote and Edit buttons.

Could I possibly beg two more that say Reply and Forward in the same size as Edit? Or if the word forward doesn't fit, maybe Fwd?

[Tu Tama]

Ok these look better, Let me know if you need anything else.

[TEAMBAJA]

To be honest, I don't really have that much time to fool with it at the moment. If you want to convert it for me, I can put it up. I just used what TeamBaja so graciously made for me :)



Any idea why the banner doesnt fit my screen? You have to scroll side to side on my monitor.

[Ramsey]

Any idea why the banner doesnt fit my screen? You have to scroll side to side on my monitor.

you probably have the wrong resolution for your monitor.

[DonziGirl]

Great thanks!

[Tu Tama]

Did the old one fit?

The actual image is bigger than most peoples screen resolution will be set. That is why you have to scroll left to right. Do you know what screen resolution you are using?

It was probably created bigger so it would display better on computers with higher resolution. I can reduce the size of the image so it will fit better on most borwers.

[DonziGirl]

My laptop screen is a little big - 17" widescreen.

[Tu Tama]

The inital image was 1200 pixels wide. So it will need a resolution of 1200 to display completely

I creted 2 more images one 1024 and the other 800. Donzi you may want to consider putting up the 1024 image. The current image at 1200 is a little wide.

[Tu Tama]

Great thanks!


You're welcome.

[Scott]

Made a huge difference surfing with my BB Thanks

[Tu Tama]

Made a huge difference surfing with my BB Thanks

I connect remotely and it made a big difference for me as well.

Yes I had my own interest in mind when I made the suggestion. :Bunny1:

But it did help everyone out.