Need some personal website help: LAST UPDATE (I hope)

[LaRue Medlin]

Just put a new background on my website. Here is the question/problem... Everything lines up on my monitor like I want, but I have no idea what it will look like on other monitors. The background is 2000 pix X 3000 pix and fixed... Website is set to 994X1000. I don't know what else to ask.. How does it look for you guys???

 

[Jacob Dryer]

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screenshot shrunk down.. It takes too long to load though, the background file by itself is 1.44 megs. In the world of mobile devices that is too large. I'd try to shrink the file down to under 500k so that your site loads quicker.

 

[LaRue Medlin]

I was going to work on that but needed to find out how it looked first. Thanks JD

 

[H D]

Phone users may be your biggest base. I'd work around that premise. Everything loaded immediately for me except the background.



Looks awesome!:supercool:

 

[LaRue Medlin]

Just changed the background to a compressed jpg file, it's now down to 268K. Does it still look good? I can try to compress it a little more,,, do I need to????

 

[Jacob Dryer]

The background loaded faster than the phone and CLK images now.



Phone image original size is 499 x 969 but then resized to 93 x 160 so you should go in an change the actual size of the image so it isn't oversized



Same for CLK orginial is 1115 x 673 but then resized to 417 x 251



so between those two there is a lot of wasted bandwidth

 

[H D]

The phone definitely loaded last, but it was still before I could even move the mouse. Still looks good.

 

[LaRue Medlin]

OK,,, I re sized and compressed the CLK's and phone. The page should load a lot faster now. How does it look on a smart phone,,, i.e. loading and size?

 

[Jacob Dryer]

I'm not sure if it's just my phone or what but the background kind of moves and disappears and reappears on my phone. (Android 2.2) It seems weird enough that I'd blame my phone, unless others have the problem too obviously.

 

[LaRue Medlin]

?????????? I have thew background set to "fixed" other than that JD,, hows it look?

 

[Jacob Dryer]

Looks and loads fine otherwise. Like I said it might just be my phone is defiantly has some quirks about it..

 

[Bill V]

Here's how it looks on my iPhone 3GS:

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Small and hard to read--but it's all there.

 

[LaRue Medlin]

Thanks Bill



Good,,,,, info is there... Just what I need. So,,, I found a script that redirects if a mobile phone is used,, Loaded it, so let me know if that works. If not I will delete it and go back to just the normal page. (I don't have a smart phone to test it)

 

[Jacob Dryer]

I'm not getting redirected to the mobile site on my Samsung Moment..

 

[LaRue Medlin]

yea, I didn't think it would work. I'm going to delete it and go back 1 step. Moved everything over. Thanks for the help JD

 

[LaRue Medlin]

Loaded the new website. Rose even likes it! YEA!!! Thanks for all the input/help

 

[LaRue Medlin]

JD,,, I made a background change,,, how does it look on your monitor? Could I get a another screenshot and what is your resolution. Thanks for your time.

 

[Roger Batts]

Loads fast on my Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, but I am running it on WiFi here at work.

 

[Jacob Dryer]

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The background isn't as crisp anymore, I can see the graininess and in the white part it almost looks like two images were joined together (center left side)

 

[LaRue Medlin]

You're pretty smart there,, compadre... I flipped the pic, joined them and then compressed it to load faster. I probaly can live with the small amount of grain.... I think I should quit while I am ahead... Unless you can suggest anything to make it better. I tried just a gradient but I really like this pic. I can barely see the grain on my 1440X900.... Thanks for your time.