Check my site. I think i have a design problem.

[JanceCustoms]

Hey Im new to making websites. Let me know how fast it loads for you. If you have the time that is. Im cutting back as we speak thanks in advance.

www.JanceCustoms.com

[webado]

Nice site. But yes, indeed the main page (or rather the menu) loads slowly.

I am not sure but I believe it may be due to your flash files or the method you use to render them.

I am no expert in Flash, but the few applications I've seen of it would use the following construct:

[code]
<embed src="New%20Left%20Side%20Buttons.swf" quality=high pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="125" height="475">
</embed>
[/code]

I don't know if this would work better. I just thought I'd point it out.

Probably the same thing applies to the right side menu.

Also, for compatibility with other browsers, there is a construct involving <object>, which is more complex.

[spectacularstuff]

If you are cutting out phone lines then you are cutting out 40% of the Internet which is still on phone lines...

I despise frames...... I would rather put the stuff into SSI's and DHTML and you can still accomplish the same effect that you are looking for.

As for load time. Which as much as you have going on, it loads just fine. Your index is 1.25MB

I have always liked Java applets especially the water applet. I presume that you are not trying to get this website to the top of the search engine list.

Nice Amature Flash Work... did you do this yourself? You have some talent there......

If you are going to use ANY type of music, you should put a button to shut it off.

WOW 120,407 bytes for your wrench... you are right about that.... the website is ONLY for high speed.

Okay, My battery is about to die on the laptop..... This is where this ends for me.

For everything that you have on there, you have pretty decent effects... I presume that is what you were going for....

Hope it helps

[JanceCustoms]

Thank you sir. Yes i did do all of the flash and the effects. That is why everything is so huge. You always learn what you should after you are done. I wish i would have done things differently, but i put 5 months into the site and a lot did end up being left off. But thats how it goes. My friend helped me on it and he is gone for 2 weeks so when he gets back i will do a dial-up site also.

I despise frames...... I would rather put the stuff into SSI's and DHTML and you can still accomplish the same effect that you are looking for.
I hate frames too. Thats goes with being a beginner, don't know what to do. Is there an easy way to make these changes? I wouldn't mind being at the top of search engines. I hope you like my site and my inventions. First time for any of this stuff. Its a headache too. Thanks for the kind words. I did have sounds on my buttons, but people said it was annoying.

[spectacularstuff]

Don't get me wrong.... my battery on my laptop was about to die so that is as far as I got..... Today is a new day....
As I said, I like your flash effects.... being at the top of the search engines is easy.... however; being at the top of the search engines for a competitive highly searched for keyword phrase is not....

Anyway, I like the effects that you have created.

The sound- I was more talking about the pages that use sound not the buttons.

When using flash, sound, and different semi-annoying effects, keep this in mind:

Play it 50 times, which you will probably do working with it, and watch it beginning to end... If you can stand within the 50 times, then it probably will not be annoying to other people.... I am more talking about sound and flashing effects and other sorts that are usually annoying to people. If it annoys you, you probably should not include it on your website....

Can the switch be done easily? No
Changing your website over to DHTML is not an easy task. Now, if you learn CSS and HTML and you rewrite your website in CSS then that should take a few days to rewrite everything that you have there... CSS is NOT hard to learn.

Search Engine Spiders- Keep this in mind.
Search engines do not walk frames so you have to have links to all of your framed in pages from every page.

Spiders do not read Java Applets. They DO read the text between the Java Applets (Depending on which one you are talking about)

Spiders do not read flash. They DO read the text that is put out by flash in the comment tags.

Hope it helps

[JanceCustoms]

Hey do you know how to make a column at the top of a page for buttons and have the pages open below the buttons using frontpage? Im trying to make my dial up site and I dont understand everything. I want the photos to open to a new page but i dont want the other hyperlinks to open to a new page just the photos. Any help i need this done by tonight! THanks

[spectacularstuff]

My first advice to you:

Do not use frontpage... lol
Front page is okay for beginners that are not planning on getting into SSI's to make life easier or get into dynamic websites... When you start getting into that get away from fontpage. (2002 and below, I have not played with 2003)

2nd, do you know how to use MS Word? I mena really KNOW how to use it. Do you know how to create tables?

If you can master MS Word you can work in and out of FP like eating apple pie.

3rd, you can do this one of a couple ways....
using strictly HTML you create a table at the top of your page and place your buttons inside of that table
This will leave a margin of space from the table to the top of the webpage.
You can make your table go all the way to the top of the webpage by including the following in your body tag topmargin="0".
Please do realize that the above will work but is NOT the CORRECT way to code nowadays.
You want to use CSS or Cascading Style Sheets in order to create your margins.... This is an EXTREMELY EASY Language to catch the basics on. Like drinking water.

FrontPage Creating Tables Tutorial
FrontPage Creating Multicell Tables Tutorial - This one actually shows you what it will look like.....

Hope it helps

[JanceCustoms]

Zoooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Over my head man, over my head lol. Sorry I'm way to new to understand scripts, im learning. Frontpage isnt that bad, but im sure there are better programs out there. Well thanks, ill have my friend look at it when he gets back in a few weeks. If you have time and you like what i invented feel free to spread the word. www.JanceCustoms.com

[spectacularstuff]

It is not that hard.... Check out the tutorials I have provided about making Tables...

Step 1 Make a Table
Step 2 (optional) Make table with 0 margin
Skip above step if you don't care about 0 margin
Step 3 Add pictures and links within Table

That's it

[JanceCustoms]

Hey. I know about making tables i have done a few. I always have problems with the hyperlinking. What do i put for the target? I just want to put buttons either on the side or at the top. I get confused on where they open. And im guessing it uses the regular scroll bar were it should be right? I will try that out if you can tell me were to send the hyperlinks. I want them in the table and the photos to be opened in a new window. Thanks here is what I have so far. www.JanceCustoms.com go to the dial up section.