Top Document: [rec.scouting.*] Scouting on the WWW (FAQ *) Previous Document: Why do I need a title? Next Document: Where can I get Scouting images for use on our web page? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Be judicious in your use of graphics, especially large ones. If you have a lot of graphics in your pages, some people will have trouble downloading them over dial-up lines. You may need to provide alternate pages without graphics for such users. In general, for large graphics (such as photos) you should indicate in the text how large the file is so that the visitor can decide whether or not to download it. The single thing which slows page downloads the most seems to be the use of background graphics, especially large ones. A small graphic that is tiled seems to have less effect on download speed. Another feature that seems to hold up page downloading is using a web counter, a program that counts how many times a page has been downloaded, that resides on a distant site. I have frequently stopped downloads to find that everything on the page is fine, except for the web counter, which is quite busy because many different pages have linked to it & are trying to get an updated count at the same time. If you want a web counter, try to get one that runs only for your page. Photo albums with pictures of your Scouts in action are nice, but be sure to use thumbnails -- smaller versions of the pictures -- that show the image in a reduced size and include a caption to suggest to the visitor whether or not she/he might want to click on it to see the full sized photograph. Or warn the visitor ahead of time that the next page contains xxxK of graphics. Also, don't use graphics as anchors for other pages unless you also provide text anchors for those who cannot or do not download your graphics. Use the ALT= option in IMG to specify a string to display if the user is not receiving your graphics. There is nothing about a string of "[LINK] [LINK] [LINK]" to suggest there is something worth clicking on. This is especially true if you use a clickable map. Without a set of text anchors, some visitors will be unable to get beyond your first page. One thing to consider is that many web robots will not bother to index a page that has only graphics. If it doesn't index your page, no one will find it. The preferred graphics formats are GIF and JPEG. GIF works best for line art and small objects, such as buttons for the visitor to click on. JPEG is preferred for complex images, such as photographs. User Contributions:Top Document: [rec.scouting.*] Scouting on the WWW (FAQ *) Previous Document: Why do I need a title? Next Document: Where can I get Scouting images for use on our web page? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: troop24@emf.net (Alan Houser)
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