Slow to load. Why?

[Stephen Horrillo]

My site at www.brokeragenttraing.com seems to load very slow considering FP
is telling me it should load in 0:07 at 28.8Kbs. Parts of it hang up while
loading. I also can't get the buttons to show up even though I chose the
Blue Calm style.

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Warmest regards,

Stephen Horrillo
To sell or buy a home: www.stephenhorrillo.point2homes.biz
For Broker & Agent Training: www.BrokerAgentTraining.com
A EXIT Realty earn over 100%: www.over100percent.com

 

[Ronx]

The sitemeter is slowing everything down. The rest of the page loads
quickly on DSL.

 

[Andrew Murray]

That's a lot of use - I get a 404 not found error!

 

[Stephen Horrillo]

The sitemeter is slowing everything down. The rest of the page loads
quickly on DSL.

I removed Site Meter from the addresses below. How is it loading now? Any
suggestings for counting visitors that won't plant cookies and take forever
to laod. I notice the paypal button is even planting a cookie..

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Warmest regards,

Stephen Horrillo
For Broker & Agent Training: www.BrokerAgentTraining.com
A EXIT Realty earn over 100%: www.over100percent.com

 

[Stephen Horrillo]

The agent page loads ok...but the pop-up slows things down too.

It's only supposed to pop up when you leave the site but I can seem to
figure out how get it to work properly.

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Warmest regards,

Stephen Horrillo
To sell or buy a home: http://stephenhorrillo.point2homes.biz
For Broker & Agent Training: www.BrokerAgentTraining.com
A EXIT Realty earn over 100%: www.over100percent.com

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Remove it
Users w/ Win XP SP 2 will never see it
- just don't use popups that users don't initiate w/o a click




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| > The agent page loads ok...but the pop-up slows things down too.
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| It's only supposed to pop up when you leave the site but I can seem to
| figure out how get it to work properly.
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| Warmest regards,
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| Stephen Horrillo
| To sell or buy a home: http://stephenhorrillo.point2homes.biz
| For Broker & Agent Training: www.BrokerAgentTraining.com
| A EXIT Realty earn over 100%: www.over100percent.com

 

[Ronx]

The pages (except the alias page) all load very quickly, but the home page
takes a second to render after downloading. Perhaps you should rethink the
Home page, use it to introduce the company and move the forms to other
pages.

I do not see any pop-ups. All my browsers are set to disallow automatic
(onload, onunload) event driven pop-ups, and this is the default in IE6 SP2,
and Mozilla FireFox.
In my opinion, if a user leaves your site they have a good reason for doing
so - an onexit pop-up will be a major annoyance. There is rarely (but they
do exist) a good reason for a pop-up on entry to a website, there is NEVER a
good reason for a pop-up when leaving.

 

[Stephen Horrillo]

In my opinion, if a user leaves your site they have a good reason for
doing
so - an onexit pop-up will be a major annoyance. There is rarely (but
they
do exist) a good reason for a pop-up on entry to a website, there is NEVER
a
good reason for a pop-up when leaving.

I do get people who register for my mailing list from the pop-up. More than
who register from the form, so it can't be totally useless. But like you
said, XP won't even show it. And although pop-ups are a little annoying IMO,
I have ordered due to pop-ups on leave before. At least the one's that
sweeten the deal as I'm leaving.

BTW, it does pop up on my XP machine. It's only with the default settings do
they do not pop-up. I want to see pop-ups. Depending on when the pop-up
shows itself and where, it lets me know it's time to run the spyware
scanners. Actually I was planning on getting rid of the pop up. I put the
form right on the page as a compromise approach to the pop up. But now I'm
told it's slowing down the page load. An other ideas?

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Warmest regards,

Stephen Horrillo
To sell or buy a home: http://stephenhorrillo.point2homes.biz
For Broker & Agent Training: www.BrokerAgentTraining.com
A EXIT Realty earn over 100%: www.over100percent.com

 

[Murray]

Maybe you want to see them, but many others do not. Are you willing to take
the chance?

 

[Stephen Horrillo]

Maybe you want to see them, but many others do not. Are you willing to
take
the chance?

You're right. It's not very professional. The pop-ups are history. Speaking
of professional, I can't seem to find any themes or templates that are
professional looking. Am I better off with Dreamweaver or something if I
want to get more serious? I just like the way with FP it's easy to change
things. What about these new Dynamic Web Templates. Any suggestions?

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Warmest regards,

Stephen Horrillo
To sell or buy a home: http://stephenhorrillo.point2homes.biz
For Broker & Agent Training: www.BrokerAgentTraining.com
A EXIT Realty earn over 100%: www.over100percent.com

 

[Murray]

I think it's the operator, not the tool. I think it's quite possible for a
clever and experienced web developer to build a site in FP, or DW, or
Notepad that looks professional and is completely 'authoring system'
agnostic, in the sense that you would not be able to tell which one was
used.

If you are not one of those rare and lucky individuals, then I think it's
unlikely that switching from FP to DW will improve the LOOK of your site.

If a switch is something you are inclined to do anyhow, then I'd say to
Google for "templates FrontPage" and then "templates Dreamweaver" and see
what you find. I do know that I have seen VERY nice templates available for
both, but do not have any specific recommendations. In fact, all you really
need is a nice PNG/PSD file of the layout, and you can create the site's
pages from that....

I just like the way with FP it's easy to change
things.

You would find the same with other programs.

What about these new Dynamic Web Templates.

They are just templates. There are some advantages and some disadvantages
to their use, however. The important issue is to find a layout scheme that
you like first....

 

[Stephen Horrillo]

I think it's the operator, not the tool. I think it's quite possible for
a
clever and experienced web developer to build a site in FP, or DW, or
Notepad that looks professional and is completely 'authoring system'
agnostic, in the sense that you would not be able to tell which one was
used.

Sad but true. I've kind of stayed stuck with the ease of Front Page. I
couldn't construct a site in Notepad to save my life. Where do you
suggest I start learning it the right way?

 

[Murray]

I'd just get a reasonable book on HTML/CSS - pick one that is targeted at
your preferred learning style, either a tutorial or resource approach. You
can find many good tutorials at http://www.w3.org, and
http://www.bignosebird.com, too.

 

[Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage]

I've had a number of CSS books, IMHO the best is HTML Utopia from
www.sitepoint.com it's leaning towards table-less design but the concepts
are fine for table based.

I particularly like the way the content is delivered where you dive in and
do stuff, then get filled in on why/how it works.

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Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
a fantastic convenience for site owners.
http://contentseed.com/
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I'd just get a reasonable book on HTML/CSS - pick one that is targeted at
your preferred learning style, either a tutorial or resource approach. You
can find many good tutorials at http://www.w3.org, and
http://www.bignosebird.com, too.