DIY web site design

[Rob_Bullough at flextech.co.uk]

Undoubtedly you should have any large files which will be visible or loaded upon
first entering the URL as link and/or separate pages. A good thing to do is
convert all your schematics etc into Acrobat files and keep them on your remote
directory for people to download. If it is a normal image though (e.g. pic of a
synth) and you want it displayed on the page then it would be a good idea to get
hold of a good file compression program such as 'Macromedia: Fireworks' or
'Adobe Photoshop 5.5' has a fairly good add-on for making images nice and small
for web use. Basically the idea is to either make your pictures .gif's and
reduce the ammount of colours they contain (=smaller file) or use .jpg's which
can be made quite small file size without loosing too much resuloution.

good luck,

any more help let me know. I am a web site designer professionally

Rob




Doug Tymofichuk <dougt at cancerboard.ab.ca> on 19/04/2000 15:16:01

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Subject:  DIY web site design



This may be a bit off-topic, but here goes anyways;

For a DIY website what is the preferred format? Should
Schematics/Graphics/Pictures be displayed on the same page
as the descriptive text to facilitate easy printing and
saving, or should they be accessed through links, to keep
the main page loading time down?

I have been spoiled by having a fast connection at work,
but now that I am using an ordinary modem at home for
access, I'm realising just how much of a pain in the butt
all those graphics can be. Any thoughts/preferences?
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Doug Tymofichuk
dougt at cancerboard.ab.ca