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Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by mcfc4eva, Mar 5, 2009.

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    Hey, I have a quite large (in dimension) sized background picture on my site. And I'm worried it slows down the loading time too much.

    I can't check it accurately because my internet is lagging today!

    The site is here. Can some body check the site and let me know how long (in seconds) it took to load?

    Thank you,
    Michael
     
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  2. effektz

    effektz Active Member

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    Site loads almost instantly for me. Less than 2 seconds
     
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    dpsubi1 Notable Member

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    it took approximately 10 seconds on my PC. I have 1 MB broadband
     
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    HeNsS Peon

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    125kb for a background-graphic is way too much!

    You should at least save it as jpeg. If you use photoshop
    then go to save for web and choose JPEG High.
    It is still looking good and only half as large in filesize!
     
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  5. mcfc4eva

    mcfc4eva Well-Known Member

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    HeNsS, a JPEG of the same quality would be around 190Kb's. In order to reduce the size using JPEG I would have to reduce the quality.
     
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    mcfc4eva Well-Known Member

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    Okay, I optimized the image a bit. It's still a PNG, but it's more than half the original 125kb and is now 47kb!

    Could somebody please re-check this?

    Thanks,
    Michael :)
     
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    If the background image file size is too large, you can optimize the images using ps or fireworks .
     
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  8. mcfc4eva

    mcfc4eva Well-Known Member

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    You obviously didn't read the my most recent post, just prior to leaving this. Thanks for the tip anyway :p

    Still need somebody to check for me, I'd be most grateful.

    Thank you
     
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    No problem here, its super fast.. didn't even have time to see any white while loading.. good luck with the graphics company ;)
     
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    mcfc4eva Well-Known Member

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    Thanks BrettOwnz. Much appreciated! :D
     
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