[WoozuEJG]

Hi,

The load times of the images are too slow on my webpage which is selectgreen.co.uk, i want to slice my webpage in photoshop (which i have already done) in a way that will make the completed page using the least number of images possible.

Thanks hope i was clear

[Dusteh]

beginners web design

[steveb]

Specifically, after you get all your slicing done in Photoshop, open up all the slices again and resave them for the web. That process cuts the file size considerably. Save for web is available in the Files menu or you can press Shift/Ctrl/Alt/s (or the Mac equivalent!) and then resave the individual slices with a resolution of 72 dpi, and jpeg reso of about 50-60. Your slices will then load a whole lot faster.

Obviously, the fewer slices you need to load to complete your page, the faster the load will be.

Look into using something other than tables for your layout. Dusteh's link will point you in the right direction.

Your centred text blocks are slightly crappy. I suggest left justified. Providers needs a apostrophe (Providers') and get rid of the word then, replacing it with a comma, in the Want to advertise? section.

[Hunch]

Holy shit. Are you freakin' kidding me!?






The reason your images are loading so slowly is because the 4 images above are different bloody files! (travel_14.gif, property_14.gif, overseas_14.gif, motoring_14.gif)

And what's more, there are about another dozen examples. What on earth is going on with your design. Every page has a completely unique set of exactly the same images, so every time you click a link, it has to completely reload the entire identical menu from scratch. Even your logo and top banner are reproduced as different files on every page. The browser is caching NOTHING because it's not finding anything that it's seen before. Forget slicing and saving for web. Your problem is basic web design. You can re-use the same images on multiple pages dude.

I've never seen anything like before that in my life.

[Jaruddd]

Originally Posted by Hunch

Holy shit. Are you freakin' kidding me!?

The reason your images are loading so slowly is because the 4 images above are different bloody files! (travel_14.gif, property_14.gif, overseas_14.gif, motoring_14.gif)

And what's more, there are about another dozen examples. What on earth is going on with your design. Every page has a completely unique set of exactly the same images, so every time you click a link, it has to completely reload the entire identical menu from scratch. Even your logo and top banner are reproduced as different files on every page. The browser is caching NOTHING because it's not finding anything that it's seen before. Forget slicing and saving for web. Your problem is basic web design. You can re-use the same images on multiple pages dude.

I've never seen anything like before that in my life.

It's likely he designed each page and sliced them separately instead of reusing whatever he could.

Cutting down on that behavior is a start if you want your pages to load quicker.

[WoozuEJG]

thanks for the help, how do i go about resaving the images like this - (resave the individual slices with a resolution of 72 dpi, and jpeg reso of about 50-60)

Thanks

[illvibe]

Ahhhh. He's not building the site, he's just exporting it directly from photoshop...

In that case, I'd firstly recommend learning a bit about web design from the link above, but if you're pressed for time, you're going to need to open the html file in a text editor (like notepad) and rename each image that's being repeated. Just choose ONE of the filenames and make sure each page uses the same image filename for images that look the same.

[legolas1024]

I think you should do graphic design instead of web design.

[natenation]

haha I agree to the last poster. Slicing an image up is a hell of a thing to do to a webpage....


Nate Johnson
Comics - Web Design - Illustration

[Shiro]

We all have to start somewhere.

[pgo]

Originally Posted by haku

We all have to start somewhere.

Except he's starting in the worst possible place. And he's probably now got a completely flawed sense of how modern web pages are constructed. It'd be better if he started from complete ignorance with my thread, linked above.

[Shiro]

I agree with your thread. But legolas told him to just give up. If we all gave up after our first crappy websites because they weren't perfect, then there would be no sites out there. I mean how many people made a really great site their first time?