> I looked at it for a sec from home last night and it > took right at 30 > seconds to pull up the page on DSL (1.5mbps) then an > additional 17 > seconds for the flash to load.
I still need to do a lot of image optimisation to do on the site to speed things up a bit and this will be most noticable on teh Flash widget when I don't have JPEGs at 100k each to load, but even so it loads faster on my 512K DSL at home and the 1Mb at work so maybe you had a lag that day - the tweaks are continuing... > One thing that's not clear on the home page is what > exactly The Maclagan Men do. Good call. The title image at the very top was only a knock together when I was Photoshoping the layout but the boss liked it so it stayed. Although I intended to have links direct to what we do on the front page I do agree and see now that it's going to have even more "punch" if we said straight away what we did - the boss is a little hung up in the fact that people would only visit out site if directed (it's not an advertisement in its own right - it's a resource and promotion when you've already contacted us) but I keep saying that's close-minded bullsh*t so I will re-jig some bits to cater for Google-ers and the like. > On letting my eyes drift where they will, I > do get the natural > resting point of "video�cd-rom�web�dvd" I'd love to say that was intentional, but as it was a throw-together for design concepts I can't do that! But as it has this welcome effect I think I shall play it up a little more... > Oh! But your source is so very nice and clean :) Hand-coded XHTML Strict baby! Custom-written PHP CMS too (nice and basic for what I need - nothing fancy) and I don't mind sounding proud because this is my first venture into PHP. > The Portfolio page.... I'm not crazy about the stock > photography. Again it's carried over from the mock-ups I did. Although I do like a nice little image thumbnail to give a visual link tot he portfolio category (too much plain text otherwise) we shall be shooting our own pictures instead of using stock footage. If you think the pictures can or should be dropped altogether I'll do a bit of tweaking and see how it pans out. > The about us pages are interesting. Indicative of > nepatism, but > interesting none the less :P Nepatism, family business or cheap-skate are the same things at The Maclagan Men - should I really say that?!?! We are very good at what we do though... > This quote (from the MOU himself) should > be featured more prominently: > > �CD-ROM, Web development, programming, motion video > graphics and design. > All of these skills go hand in hand with what The > Maclagan Men is all > about � communication� Good idea - as I said I'll tinker and add it to the front page somewhere... > I think you've done a great job, Ross! Kudos! Thanks man! Keep it coming people - means a lot and helps improve my professional eye. MOU Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
