priority on the main image

[Panos]

Hello,

I am working in a new website and i have a problem how to make the main
image to load first and then everything else. Now when you preview the site
the image is displayed after the other items...is there any way to set
priority which item to be loaded first???

I am using Pub 2003 and the page is http://www.athensflights.gr

 

[DavidF]

Hi Panos,

There is no built-in method of changing the loading priorities. The page
tends to render left to right, top to bottom. Text loads most quickly,
larger images may take longer to load even if they are first on the page
before smaller images. I think about the most you can do is to make sure
your images are compressed so that they load as quickly as possible:

Reference: Compress graphics file sizes to create smaller Publisher Web
pages (2003):
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA011266301033.aspx

Reference: Compress Pictures dialog box (2007):
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100363901033.aspx?pid=CL100605171033

By the way, you background images are messing up the way your page is
rendering. It is not centered. You might want to do away with the cloud
images: http://www.athensflights.gr/index_image7271.png and
http://www.athensflights.gr/index_image7411.png Or, did you mean to have
these in the background?

DavidF

 

[Goose]

Hello,

I am working in a new website and i have a problem how to make the main
image to load first and then everything else. Now when you preview the site
the image is displayed after the other items...is there any way to set
priority which item to be loaded first???

I am using Pub 2003 and the page ishttp://www.athensflights.gr

Great job on the layout - very attractive, streamlined and easy to see
what available from each city of departure. I like the country's flag
added to the tail section. I would suggest losing the clouds as well
or at least finding a more refined clould background - there's plenty
out there for free. The one being used looks like its from the
Simpson's intro.

I would also look at the orange text on 1) grey departure/arrival
boxes and 2) darker blue center gradient area on the supporting
pages. I find it difficult to read the orange text.

I understand the stie is in development, but fyi just in case, on the
home page after main navigation bar links at the top, most airplane
image links are not active as well as bottom text links.

Very nice.
Goose

 

[Panos]

Hi David,

The main image is only 30.1 KB so it should load faster, but please tell me
what do you mean that the page is not centered? I see the page normally
centered...


Thanks
Panos

 

[Panos]

Hi David,

The main image is only 30.1 KB so it should load faster, but please tell me
what do you mean that the page is not centered? I see the page normally
centered...


Thanks
Panos

 

[Panos]

Hi David,

The main image is only 30.1 KB so it should load faster, but please tell me
what do you mean that the page is not centered? I see the page normally
centered...


Thanks
Panos

 

[DavidF]

Hi again,

The main content on the page is centered I guess, but the cloud images on
the sides of the content results in a page that leaves room to scroll to the
right. Interesting. I guess it is ok.

As per the original question the loading time might also be tied in with
your 'googleleads' or doubleclick stuff going on in the back ground. It
seems to slow the loading of some of the content on the page using my
dial-up connection.

I ran across a post in the FrontPage newsgroup the other day that is related
to your original question about controlling what loads first. While I don't
think there is much you can easily do to change the rendering order, read
the following post for more information:

"In theory, that is how images do load. In practice that is how they
*start*
to load - the finishing order depends on the network, image size, and,
perhaps, the weather.
Objects in a page start to load in the order they are found in the page in
code view. The browser will open several connections to the server, and
start the downloads, so possibly four images will start to download within a
few milliseconds of each other. When they finish downloading, and thus
render in the browser, depends on how long each takes to download - some
will download faster than others. Some will be bigger than others and take
longer. Finishing order can appear to be random and will change from day to
day.

You could use Javascript to write the image into the page, delaying the next
image until the first has finished downloading - but that will considerably
delay the rendering of the page.

The best option (without resorting to Javascript) is to place the smallest
(smallest file size) images before the larger ones - but there are no
guarantees of finishing order.
--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression Web)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

I know I did this years ago.. I have like ten books on Frontpage and its
in
ONE of them... but I've looked and looked...

I want to know HOW TO:

Reorder the photographs on a page so that they load top to bottom in order
(so new photos at the bottom don't load first before older placed photos
at
the top).

I KNOW there is a way to do this and I've spent HOURS trying to figure out
how!

HELP! THanks in advance! "

DavidF

 

[Panos]

Hello Goose,

Thank you for your comments, i think you are correct in what you mentioned,
i will fix it. Regarding the background and the clouds, where i can find
these plenty backgrounds you mentioned? i have very difficulties managing
background and set it up like i want..in Pub2003 as i know there is not any
option to just load any ready background or is something that i missing?

Yes the whole website is just under contruction, i want first to solve all
the problems with the final layout and then to continue add new pages.

Best Regards
Panos