Becky,
First, did you actually read the link and compress the images? It doesn't
look like it, and that might be your fastest fix. Reference: "Compress
graphics file sizes to create smaller Publisher Web pages":
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011266301033.aspx
The process of importing images is fairly simple in concept, but a bit
tedious to execute, so you might want to do this only with the images that
are most important. In brief you will need to create a subfolder called
"images" or something similar on your website where you will upload your
images, and then you will use the "insert html code fragment" tool in
Publisher to insert the following code:
<IMG SRC="
http://www.yourwebsite.com/images/yourimage.jpg" ALT="Whatever you
want the alt tag to say">
As you have already optimized and sized your images to the size you will use
in Publisher, you have accomplished one of the most time intensive parts of
this whole process. Use the insert html code fragment tool to insert a code
fragment box for each image in your Publisher document. Size the box the
same size as the image it is replacing before you delete the image. Change
the code snippet I gave you above for each image, add any Alt text you want
to include (optional), and that's it. Delete all the old files off your
website, and publish/upload your new files, and your new images to the
"images" folder.
I would suggest that you do some testing before you change over your whole
site, to make sure it is going to work. Save a copy of your original
Publisher file, and then on the copy try this process with just one image or
one page.
If it works, then you can rework the whole thing. Perhaps redo a page such
as:
http://www.henriksenimports.com/index_files/Page897.htm where all the images
are the same size. Time the loading speed, then test the load speed again
after you change the page to import the images. You might find that they do
not load any more quickly that if you just compressed the images from within
Publisher.
As Rob said, the size of your website has pushed the limits of what you
should be using Publisher to produce. It is intended for small, simple
websites...not ones as extensive as yours. At the same time you illustrate
what CAN be done. One thing you might want to consider if you continue to
use Publisher is using multiple Publisher files to produce your site to make
it more manageable. Read this reference, and perhaps if you decide to change
your whole site to import images, then rebuild it using multiple Publisher
docs at the same time: "Building a web site with multiple Publisher web
publication files":
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/16/81264.aspx
Good luck.
DavidF
Becky said:
Would you mind walking me thru the process of importing vs. embedding?
Thanks again!
