Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-27 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Hi Tom, Thanks. Its set up to allow user control. If the user doesn't align things it will continue from where they slide to. To center after misalign, select the same category. It will go to the beginning of the slide, but you can then use the arrows to navigate that whole slide. Kind of a

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-27 Thread Tom Livingston
I still have issue with this... http://www.tomliv.com/img/drumm.png If I use the arrows, the images stay in this placement, as opposed to centering in the screen. Along with the load time as mentioned. On Sunday, March 27, 2016, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > So your main

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-27 Thread John Andrews
You might clear your cache and then run the site. That way everything has to load fresh. I read them all, rarely comment. Learning. --- John Andrews --- John Andrews On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Thanks for your opinion Philip. What is

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-27 Thread Philip Taylor
Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > So your main issue is the load time? Yes (I thought that was clear from my original message. [1]); I would in addition suggest that once something such as "Social media" is allowed to partially overlay "Design Drum" the latter be faded out completely (seeing a part of

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-27 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
So your main issue is the load time? Best, Karl Sent from losPhone > On Mar 27, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Philip Taylor wrote: > > > > Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > >> Thanks for your opinion Philip. What is this radical overhaul and >> simplification you see necessary? After

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-27 Thread Philip Taylor
Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Thanks for your opinion Philip. What is this radical overhaul and > simplification you see necessary? After all, it's just a portfolio website. Anything that would dramatically reduce the load time, Karl. ** Phil.

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-27 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Thanks for your opinion Philip. What is this radical overhaul and simplification you see necessary? After all, it's just a portfolio website. Best, Karl Sent from losPhone > On Mar 27, 2016, at 10:23 AM, Philip Taylor wrote: > > > > Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > >> Yes,

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-27 Thread Philip Taylor
Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Yes, I sent another message with that in it. > Must not have posted. Here you go. > Thanks for asking. :) > > http://designdrumm.com Sorry, Karl, I would never /ever/ have the patience to wait for such a site to load. "Minifying" (etc.,) may help, but a radical

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-12 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
On Mar 12, 2016, at 5:43 AM, Geoff Lane wrote: > On Saturday, March 12, 2016, 11:09:31 AM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > >> Hi Geoff, >> If you had looked anywhere around 1:15am central time, I know why. >> I was moving my script folder and had forgotten to put it back. >> If

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-12 Thread Geoff Lane
On Saturday, March 12, 2016, 11:09:31 AM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Hi Geoff, > If you had looked anywhere around 1:15am central time, I know why. > I was moving my script folder and had forgotten to put it back. > If so, could I get you to look again? Much thanks! It's now rendering. However,

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-12 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
On Mar 12, 2016, at 2:38 AM, Geoff Lane wrote: > On Friday, March 11, 2016, 12:16:32 AM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > >> Hello again Everyone, >> I made edits to my site that I "believe" will fix most if not all >> of the issues people had with viewing my new website. > >

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-12 Thread Geoff Lane
On Friday, March 11, 2016, 12:16:32 AM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Hello again Everyone, > I made edits to my site that I "believe" will fix most if not all > of the issues people had with viewing my new website. Sorry about this, but the site failed to render on my machine (Windows 7 x64 SP1

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-11 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Would love to build a website that way, but I haven't been able to wrap my head around how css animations work in the environments I create. Maybe one day. Do all browsers support them now? Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Mar 12, 2016, at 12:35 AM, Karl

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-11 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
On Mar 11, 2016, at 10:19 AM, Mi B wrote: > >> mars 11 2016 01:16 Karl DeSaulniers : >> >> http://designdrumm.com > > Much better, but the animation can be toned down even more. It should tempt > the visitor, not turn

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-11 Thread Mi B
> mars 11 2016 01:16 Karl DeSaulniers : > > http://designdrumm.com Much better, but the animation can be toned down even more. It should tempt the visitor, not turn them away. Because of other animations in other sites, tolerances for

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-10 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Hello again Everyone, I made edits to my site that I "believe" will fix most if not all of the issues people had with viewing my new website. If I could ask you to take another look and let me know if that is the case, I would greatly appreciate it. I think I have ironed out about 95-98% of the

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-02 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Hi All, Thank you for taking the time to look and comment. Opinions are what I am seeking. :) Truthfully this is an experimental website. Something I wanted to see if I could pull off. Definitely not your standard website or navigation for that matter. I agree the images need to snap as well.

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-02 Thread Mi B
> feb. 29 2016 23:32 Karl DeSaulniers : > > Got another website. This time it's my own portfolio website. It is an > infinite loop horizontal scrolling responsive website. How’s these flickering images responsive? Instant page closer and bye bye. You should count on

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-01 Thread Greg Gamble
Of Karl DeSaulniers Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 4:22 PM To: CSS-D Subject: Re: [css-d] New website Yes, I sent another message with that in it. Must not have posted. Here you go. Thanks for asking. :) http://designdrumm.com Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Feb 29

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-03-01 Thread Tom Livingston
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 5:32 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Hello all, > Got another website. This time it's my own portfolio website. It is an > infinite loop horizontal scrolling responsive website. > > If you all don't mind taking a look at it and let me know if it breaks

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-02-29 Thread John Andrews
Problems with my HTC Android phone. Will give details later. Busy now. On Feb 29, 2016 4:22 PM, "Karl DeSaulniers" wrote: > Yes, I sent another message with that in it. > Must not have posted. Here you go. > Thanks for asking. :) > > http://designdrumm.com > > Best, > >

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-02-29 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Yes, I sent another message with that in it. Must not have posted. Here you go. Thanks for asking. :) http://designdrumm.com Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Feb 29, 2016, at 5:37 PM, Chris Williams wrote: > Link? > > > > > On 2/29/16,

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-02-29 Thread Chris Williams
Link? On 2/29/16, 2:32 PM, "css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org on behalf of Karl DeSaulniers" wrote: >Hello all, >Got another website. This time it's my own portfolio website. It is an >infinite loop horizontal

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-02-04 Thread Philip Taylor
I don't have any "small" devices but it behaves perfectly at all window sizes and all zoom levels [1] on a conventional browser platform. Philip Taylor [1] Except that the upward-pointing chevron indicating "Go to top of page" is a non-analytic graphic that therefore does not zoom without

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-02-04 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Perfect! Except the chevron. Thanks Philip.. Best, Karl Sent from losPhone > On Feb 4, 2016, at 3:06 AM, Philip Taylor wrote: > > I don't have any "small" devices but it behaves perfectly at all window > sizes and all zoom levels [1] on a conventional browser platform.

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-02-03 Thread Mi B
> 30 jan. 2016 kl. 18:42 skrev D'Arcy J.M. Cain : > > On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:33:56 +0100 > MiB wrote: >> 30 jan 2016 kl. 11:42 skrev D'Arcy J.M. Cain : >> >>> Have you considered checking your database access? WP sites

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-02-03 Thread Anthony Gavath
Unsubscribe > On 4 Feb 2016, at 9:10 AM, Mi B wrote: > > >> 30 jan. 2016 kl. 18:42 skrev D'Arcy J.M. Cain : >> >> On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:33:56 +0100 >> MiB wrote: 30 jan 2016 kl. 11:42 skrev D'Arcy J.M. Cain

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-30 Thread Tom Livingston
I believe you can at least use their website. They have Mac apps. Not sure about other OSes. On Saturday, January 30, 2016, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Thanks Tom, > Did not know about JPEGmini. Is it Mac platform? > > Best, > > Karl DeSaulniers > Design Drumm >

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-30 Thread MiB
30 jan 2016 kl. 11:42 skrev D'Arcy J.M. Cain : > Have you considered checking your database access? WP sites basically > get all their content from a MySQL database.If the database is slow > that will slow down your site. Well, this shouldn’t be true for server cached

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-30 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:33:56 +0100 MiB wrote: > 30 jan 2016 kl. 11:42 skrev D'Arcy J.M. Cain : > > > Have you considered checking your database access? WP sites > > basically get all their content from a MySQL database.If the > > database is

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-30 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Ok good to know. Thanks! Best, Karl Sent from losPhone > On Jan 30, 2016, at 11:44 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: > > I believe you can at least use their website. They have Mac apps. Not sure > about other OSes. > >> On Saturday, January 30, 2016, Karl DeSaulniers

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-30 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Thanks Tom, Did not know about JPEGmini. Is it Mac platform? Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Jan 30, 2016, at 9:04 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: > I use both imageoptim and JPEGmini. Combined they do a good job. > > Tom Livingston | Senior Front

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-30 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
https://developer.wordpress.org Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Jan 30, 2016, at 11:33 AM, MiB wrote: > Where do you ask WP questions and get a response? Maybe there are good email > discussion groups for WP?

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-30 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 22:00:35 -0600 Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > I have ImageOptim and did crunch them. I will do again. > As far as the Gzip, I agree, however I was told to split > the css files up so there was less code to load and less load time. > Mind you when the Gzip is

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-30 Thread Tom Livingston
I use both imageoptim and JPEGmini. Combined they do a good job. On Friday, January 29, 2016, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Interesting. Thanks for the feedback. > I am going to see what Gzipping the files and images is going to take. > Right now I just replace the theme

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-29 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Thanks Philippe, I have ImageOptim and did crunch them. I will do again. As far as the Gzip, I agree, however I was told to split the css files up so there was less code to load and less load time. Mind you when the Gzip is in place it make more of a difference. Was I told wrong?? Thank you for

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-29 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Sorry Philippe, The css you get to see was done by someone else. Most of my css "from scratch" is in the admin area. I did modifications to that css. You might be able to see the difference in style of writing. I cuddle my braces. So your saying put all the css for all users in on css file

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-29 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Looks like its a varying degree. My test was a little quicker. http://www.webpagetest.org/result/160130_ED_5MQ/ I guess I can look into gzipping the transfer. That's something I don't think I've done. Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Jan 29, 2016, at 9:08 PM,

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-29 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
> On Jan 30, 2016, at 13:00, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > > however I was told to split > the css files up so there was less code to load and less load time. Oh, no, I don’t think so, particularly as you load all stylesheets for everybody. You could eventually split them

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-29 Thread Mike O'Toole
Karl, I used a different speed test that gives a LOT of tips on each aspect of the time to completion. There is a wealth of insight in the tips, in a few cases they fizzle out (tips) but this list is awesome with feedback! In my 1st test page load speed was 5.1 seconds, a second one 4.9

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-29 Thread Chris Rockwell
Hi Karl, I loaded the site on a Nexus 5 and the breakpoints seem to work fine. What really stands out to me is the slow performance: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/160130_65_54P/. It loaded very slowly. I would focus on performance first, which does have an effect on seo. I use chrome Vox

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-29 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Interesting. Thanks for the feedback. I am going to see what Gzipping the files and images is going to take. Right now I just replace the theme images with a fresh crunch and things are loading much quicker. Now I have to download all the images in the uploads folder and do the same. Thanks for

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-29 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Ah, thanks Chris, I guess I should mention this is a purchased WordPress theme that has been updated and modified by me. So some of the loading and excess scrolling and imagery was pre-built. I tried crunching my PNGs and JPEGs, but I admit there are a lot. Not sure what to do more than that.

Re: [css-d] New website

2016-01-29 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
> On Jan 30, 2016, at 11:49, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > > I would really appreciate feedback from you guys on this WordPress website I > just finished. It "should" be responsive on most if not all screens and work > on old IEs as well. > Any tips for SEO would be great,

Re: [css-d] new website - critics welcome

2010-07-24 Thread tomo jacobson
thanks a lot for all the tips! it's very useful. love from Tomo www.tomojacobson.blogspot.com On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Duncan Hill dun...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:09:33 +0100, tomo jacobson tomojacob...@gmail.com wrote: 2. i used TABLE and ALIGN attribute

Re: [css-d] new website - critics welcome

2010-07-22 Thread Chris Blake
mac, safari 5 - it's all good. I think it's really cool and unique! On 22/07/2010, at 9:09 PM, tomo jacobson wrote: hi, i'm an amateur. i haven't done any website since early high-school... anyway this is what i achieved (can't post the link, sorry...): tomojacobson.art.pl/strona/

Re: [css-d] new website - critics welcome

2010-07-22 Thread David Laakso
tomo jacobson wrote: tomojacobson.art.pl/strona/ i'd be more than greatful for any kind of ctiticism. regards, As already mentioned earlier this morning, below is a suggestion rather than a criticism [ I never tire of repeating myself although I am aware others find it rather

Re: [css-d] new website - critics welcome

2010-07-22 Thread Climis, Tim
i'd be more than greatful for any kind of ctiticism. It'd be nice if there was some kind of clue that there are links on the first page. I don't know that most people will discover that a few random letters produce hover effects. ---Tim

Re: [css-d] new website - critics welcome

2010-07-22 Thread Chris Blake
On 22/07/2010, at 10:40 PM, Climis, Tim wrote: i'd be more than greatful for any kind of ctiticism. It'd be nice if there was some kind of clue that there are links on the first page. I don't know that most people will discover that a few random letters produce hover effects. I

Re: [css-d] new website - critics welcome

2010-07-22 Thread Bobby Jack
--- On Thu, 7/22/10, tomo jacobson tomojacob...@gmail.com wrote: hi, i'm an amateur. i haven't done any website since early high-school... anyway this is what i achieved (can't post the link, sorry...): tomojacobson.art.pl/strona/ I think there are three interweaving factors that

Re: [css-d] New website

2010-07-22 Thread David Laakso
Dipesh Parmar wrote: Hello everyone, if anyone is interested i've created phase 1 of the latest site i'm working on. Any thoughts and criticism's gratefully received, as a newbie to web design feedback is essential! http://rspca-brighton.co.uk Dipesh It seems to do well

Re: [css-d] New website

2010-07-22 Thread Lauren O'Donovan
Hello, I think you've done a good job overall to the site, which is for an excellent cause, and best of luck with future improvements. I noticed that you have text in several images, but this text is not provided in the alt attribute of the img tag. Having text in images is bad for a few reasons

Re: [css-d] new website - critics welcome

2010-07-22 Thread Duncan Hill
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:09:33 +0100, tomo jacobson tomojacob...@gmail.com wrote: 2. i used TABLE and ALIGN attribute and TARGET attribute... TABLE and ALIGN appears in the footer. the footer is pretty crazy codewise, but i couldn't get it any other way... TARGET is my choice, i really

Re: [css-d] New website

2010-07-22 Thread Duncan Hill
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:54:45 +0100, Dipesh Parmar dipesh.par...@ntlworld.com wrote: Hello everyone, if anyone is interested i've created phase 1 of the latest site i'm working on. Any thoughts and criticism's gratefully received, as a newbie to web design feedback is essential!