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Posted by Mika on 11/18/07 15:24
"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
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> Mika wrote:
>> "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
>> news:c8599$473e469c$40cba7c2$7127@NAXS.COM...
>>> Mika wrote:
>>> idea relates to caching; who knows, maybe it'll make a difference.
>>>> That does work http://tinyurl.com/324enb so the theory is sound BUT the
>>>> problem is php does to work correctly with our Google Maps integration,
>>>> and also we use SSI such as <!--#include virtual="/_borders/top.htm"-->
>>>> which is why we need shtml.
>>> Ah but you can easily convert that to php like this:
>>>
>>> <?php include_once("/_borders/top.htm"); ?>
>>>
>>>
>>> and forego the SSI
>>
>> That would be great, but our map code is still thrown completely off by
>> using php. If you try to walk along the street, the map walks the wrong
>> way, the man does not appear, etc. It looks like we need a solution that
>> works with shtml. Perhaps changing the doctype?
> Oh that site...I remember a what was it a couple of year ago...
>
> Well if there was ever a concept not conducive to html, this is it! What
> you really want is Flash, (Yes Travis, if he really want to do this thing
> Flash would be far better) sand progressively load sections...
Just as a point of interest, we chose HTML and j/s as the ability to add
affiliates' HTML and j/s 'eposters' to shop windows, draw imagemaps around
shop doors, and regularly update links etc. was much more straightforward if
using the same language the actual links use.
Also, loading the whole street first using Flash would have been necessary,
thus taking longer. If you notice at Oxford Street for example, it loads
each street 1 chunk ahead of where you are walking, and only once you walk
towards it. This appears seamless, but it is constantly loading and
unloading image blocks from memory - so it only ever loads what it needs to.
It's quite efficient and we're quite proud of the j/s code we developed
which interacts with the Google Maps interface. Getting Google Maps and all
affiliate links and banners to interact with Flash would *not*, we feel,
have been 'far better' :) Hope you can agree now we've clarified.
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