Posted by dorayme on 12/20/07 06:51

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mkarja <mkarja@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 19 joulu, 18:45, "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4...@centralva.net>
> wrote:
> > mkarja wrote:
> > > The image files are on my computer and when I open them in some
> > > image viewer app they are fine, so I don't "upload" them anywhere,
> > > I've just copied them to the directory. Oh, and it's windows machine.
> >
> > > A friend of mine suggested that the images are too big, that the
> > > server
> > > timesout when it tries to load them.
> > > The images are quite big, around 3 megs, but they should still load.
> > > It really doesn't take that much time to load up the page, when I open
> > > the site in browser from my own computer.
> > > You are right though about that it sounds like they just stop loading.
> >
> > Yep, a timeout error. Hmm 3Mb kind'a big for the web
> >
> > --
> > Take care,
> >
> > Jonathan
> > -------------------
> > LITTLE WORKS STUDIOhttp://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
>
> I resized one image file to 50% of it's original size and still won't
> load
> completely.

Resize it how? There are a number of things you can do to get the
thing to be suitable for the web. One of them is not to go bigger
than anyone can see on their screens. Mostly, to be generous,
that means not bigger than 1000px wide and not more than about
800 high. Better to hold such a size in reserve though only for
those wanting so big (you have a link and tell people what is
going on). Biggest *surprise* to folks should be about 800 wide,
600 high. That is one thing, a big determinate of file size but
only one.

There is then the question of how to prepare or compress. The end
result should, unless the user is requesting more, be not more
than about 120K (to be generous) and better altogether to be
under 60K for requested enlargements for which you do not provide
details to the user.

It is not wise to be loading anything like 1.5MB onto a web page.
What possible benefits could there be. One would need a screen
the size of a wall to see it.

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dorayme

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