I need an expert opinion...

I know that Javascript can be an awesome tool when used
properly and not overly cluttered --- I have approximatley
3 javascripts on my website and I want to ensure they are optimized properly
so that the page will load as quickly as possible.

Does anyone have a few seconds to take a look? I'm
mainly concerned about the conveyer belt photo viewer
at the top of the page --- I want to keep it on there, I want
it to load after.

Please view source of http://www.BeatToBeat.com
and let me know your comments and concerns.

I greatly appreciate your assistance in advance,
Robert




--
Musically Yours,
Robert A. Starkey
Wedding Entertainment Director
Robert Starkey's Wedding Entertainment
Toll Free: (866) 2GO-DJCO [866-246-3526]

re: I need an expert opinion...

Robert@BeatToBeat.com wrote:[color=blue]
> I know that Javascript can be an awesome tool when used
> properly and not overly cluttered --- I have approximatley
> 3 javascripts on my website and I want to ensure they are optimized
> properly so that the page will load as quickly as possible.
>
> Does anyone have a few seconds to take a look? I'm
> mainly concerned about the conveyer belt photo viewer
> at the top of the page --- I want to keep it on there, I want
> it to load after.
>
> Please view source of http://www.BeatToBeat.com
> and let me know your comments and concerns.
>
> I greatly appreciate your assistance in advance,
> Robert
>
>
>
>
> --
> Musically Yours,
> Robert A. Starkey
> Wedding Entertainment Director
> Robert Starkey's Wedding Entertainment
> Toll Free: (866) 2GO-DJCO [866-246-3526][/color]

If your concern is a page that loads as quickly as possible, you should
start with rewriting that atrocious HTML.

As far as the conveyor belt photo viewer is concerned, I personally find
it annoying and distracting. I would rather see a set of four static
images, and link to "See more wedding pictures".

--
Vladdy
http://www.klproductions.com

re: I need an expert opinion...

On 21/06/2005 12:56, Vladdy wrote:
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> Robert@BeatToBeat.com wrote:[/color]

[snip]
[color=blue][color=green]
>> Please view source of http://www.BeatToBeat.com
>> and let me know your comments and concerns.[/color][/color]

[snip]
[color=blue]
> If your concern is a page that loads as quickly as possible, you should
> start with rewriting that atrocious HTML.[/color]

Absolutely! Probably 80% of that markup is bloat created by FrontPage
(or Word - I'm not sure which) in it's failed attempt to be a decent
editor. Dump Microsoft authoring products unless you're going to use
them as plain text editors.

Learn to write HTML yourself, rather than relying on WYSIWYG tools.

Move style sheets and scripts into external files, especially if they
are used with more than one document (and portions of most style sheets
will be, in all likelihood). That way, updating the markup doesn't
automatically cause everything to be downloaded again.
[color=blue]
> As far as the conveyor belt photo viewer is concerned, I personally find
> it annoying and distracting.[/color]

It also won't exist if scripting is disabled, with no way to access the
images.

[snip]

Mike

--
Michael Winter
Replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply by e-mail.

re: I need an expert opinion...

Great feedback guys...

Robert





Michael Winter wrote:[color=blue]
> On 21/06/2005 12:56, Vladdy wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Robert@BeatToBeat.com wrote:[/color]
>
> [snip]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> Please view source of http://www.BeatToBeat.com
> >> and let me know your comments and concerns.[/color][/color]
>
> [snip]
>[color=green]
> > If your concern is a page that loads as quickly as possible, you should
> > start with rewriting that atrocious HTML.[/color]
>
> Absolutely! Probably 80% of that markup is bloat created by FrontPage
> (or Word - I'm not sure which) in it's failed attempt to be a decent
> editor. Dump Microsoft authoring products unless you're going to use
> them as plain text editors.
>
> Learn to write HTML yourself, rather than relying on WYSIWYG tools.
>
> Move style sheets and scripts into external files, especially if they
> are used with more than one document (and portions of most style sheets
> will be, in all likelihood). That way, updating the markup doesn't
> automatically cause everything to be downloaded again.
>[color=green]
> > As far as the conveyor belt photo viewer is concerned, I personally find
> > it annoying and distracting.[/color]
>
> It also won't exist if scripting is disabled, with no way to access the
> images.
>
> [snip]
>
> Mike
>
> --
> Michael Winter
> Replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply by e-mail.[/color]

re: I need an expert opinion...

robert@beattobeat.com wrote:[color=blue]
> Great feedback guys...
>[/color]

Hey, don't feel to down about it. The advice was honest and not too
harsh, the criticism is primarily of the tool you are using, not you
personally.

Had you posted at comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html you may well be
feeling seriously battered and bruised by now! Small comfort I know,
but there you go.

Creating a web site is like any other part of your business - you must
have a clearly defined role for the site. Is it to win new business?
Provide general information? For clients to change their order, venue,
instructions, etc? Does your site accurately reflect the image you
want customers to have of you and your business? It may actually be
costing you business - clients may be turned off by cheesy graphics,
slow load-times or poor accessibility.

Decide on what you want to achieve, how much you can spend and how much
business you think the site will generate - then design and implement
it accordingly.

In short, include your web site as a component of your business plan.
It must be able to justify its existence - without clearly defined
goals and measurable outcomes, how will you know whether your site is
worth the time/effort/money you spend on it?

Good luck :-)

[...]


--
Rob

re: I need an expert opinion...

Robert@BeatToBeat.com wrote:[color=blue]
> Does anyone have a few seconds to take a look? I'm
> mainly concerned about the conveyer belt photo viewer
> at the top of the page --- I want to keep it on there, I want
> it to load after.[/color]

If you want to keep that conveyor belt viewer I would suggest slowing
it down a lot so that is gently shows the reader the photos. On my
computer it seemed fast enough to be irritating.