Slow Loading Pages

Written by Jeff Colburn


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Another option is to slicerepparttar image. Again, most graphics programs offer this feature. You can slice a graphic into as many smaller pieces as you want. Then create a table with cell padding and borders set to 0. Then put each ofrepparttar 132634 pieces intorepparttar 132635 table inrepparttar 132636 proper order. These smaller graphics, even though they equalrepparttar 132637 same size as your original one, will load faster thanrepparttar 132638 one big graphic.

There is one other little trick, and that's to userepparttar 132639 same graphic several times on one page. For example, if you have a button for people to order products or services from your site, userepparttar 132640 same graphic. Don’t have different buttons, like "Order Sweater," "Order Shirt," etc. Just use an "Order Now" button. The browser only loads that button once, and puts it everywhere onrepparttar 132641 page it belongs. You could have 100 ofrepparttar 132642 same buttons on a page, and they will all appear inrepparttar 132643 time it takes to load just one button.

After you've created your webpage, optimized and sliced your images, you need to see just how fast it will load at different connect speeds. You can do this easily by going to (AOL members: //watson.addy.com). Just putrepparttar 132644 URL ofrepparttar 132645 page you want to test, and they will tell you how fastrepparttar 132646 page will load at various connect speeds. It's fast, easy and and costs nothing.

So remember to think of your visitors first, not your design skills. You may want to showrepparttar 132647 world what a fantastic website designer you are, but if no one sees your page then your efforts are being wasted.



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Choosing Your Website's Address and Link Names

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Once you have several names selected, then you need to go to http://www.whois.net/ to see which of these names are not being used. After you have found a name, then you need to register it through your web host company.

Be sure not to use one ofrepparttar many free sites. You don't want your site to be www.YetAnotherFreeSite.com/Acme.com. This looks very unprofessional, is difficult to remember and does not instill people with confidence. You can have your site hosted on a web host for about $8 a month. So what kind of a message are you giving to a prospective client when they see that you can't afford this minimal fee? Would you trust someone to deliver a product you ordered, or with your credit card number, if they couldn't afford such a low month?

As you start to add pages to your site, you want to be sure to keep using short, descriptive names. If you have a links page, call it www.Acme.com/links.shtml, not www.Acme.com/InterestingPlacesToVisit.shtml. Besides being to long, does this go to a links page, a travel page or some other obscure place?

If you keep your website and link names simple and descriptive, visitors will be able to find you site onrepparttar 132633 Internet, and navigate your site easily. As always, think of your visitors first, and they will show their appreciation.

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