Babbler — Sun, 27 Jun 1999 02:58:00 +0000

Hi! Jim,

Thanx a load for that major tip on the goof-up, will do it first thing on Monday.

But I did check it out on an IMac running IE4 & it looked OK, though I didn't check it out on Netscape. Anyways I'll b adding that tag.

Regards

Babbler

Jim Shilt — Sun, 27 Jun 1999 02:53:00 +0000

Would you believe this 36 year old dude keep up with 30 teenagers in Shilom Springs Arkansas? I think I only got 6 hours of sleep for the week. Heavy withdrawal from the forums

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JP Stones — Sat, 26 Jun 1999 23:10:00 +0000

Jim is back! woohoo!!
Where did you go on vacation?

Babbler, glad you liked the Gif Cruncher tool.
JP

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Jim Shilt — Sat, 26 Jun 1999 02:41:00 +0000

Hey Babbler, A big welcome to the forums. Your page looks great. Only thing I noticed that hasn't been pointed out is to add a bgcolor tag to your body header. Default color for macs is grey. makes the page look bad

Keep up the good work.

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Babbler — Fri, 25 Jun 1999 21:36:00 +0000

Thanx a lot JP. That tool was fantastic, I'll b posting the new images soon...

Thanx for those suggestions Carolyn, I'll keep them in mind

JP Stones — Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:57:00 +0000

Carolyn said:
<I think I would warm them up a bit>
Yes, I agree - from a highly technical point of view I would advise covering them up at night with a cotton blanket and a warm cup of cocoa.
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JP Stones — Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:45:00 +0000

Sure I have used:
http://www.netmechanic.com/GIFBot.htm
JP

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Babbler — Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:48:00 +0000

Thanx!

Those messages were really encouraging.

I also agree that the site is a little bit on the slower side, I want to find out whether compressing & optimising the images further would have any effect on it. If so can any of u suggest where & what tools can I look around for. It would also b great if they r free!

Regards

Babbler

Carolyn Jones — Thu, 24 Jun 1999 04:24:00 +0000

Hi Babbler
Nice looking page, very professional looking and well done for a first page, a bit slow loading graphics intense though.
I like frames done in this way (no border) but since I "still" have a small monitor I have to scroll, then scroll to read the right column, then scroll back to read the left (I would rather lose the menu for awhile while scrolling then the text I'm reading) if that makes sence .
As far as JP's comment on your animated banner, I agree, one way to take care of this would be to extend that graphic to the entire page width and add your static logo to the left corner -- would also polish off the top of the page better.
I love the duotone people images but they look so cold (blue) I think I would warm them up a bit, that blue doesn't really tie into your page colors.

take care,

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JP Stones — Thu, 24 Jun 1999 03:16:00 +0000

For a first page it is fantastic!
- animated image looks (size and location) like a banner and thus does not attract any attention - delete or relocate it.
- the whole site is a bit dull as well.
+ I like the bg image.
+ the whole site has a very professional feel to it.
JP

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