Nominations : Web Site of the Month : May 2007

[Di]

Nominations now being taken for Web Site of the Month for May 2007.

Please remember to follow the Wom Nomination guidelines. :)

[GingerMaestro]

www.westmerciapoliceband.biz.ly (http://www.westmerciapoliceband.biz.ly)

Please give us your vote we came 3rd in the March poll please help us towards the winning post

[davidquinlan]

www.westmerciapoliceband.biz.ly (http://www.westmerciapoliceband.biz.ly)

Please give us your vote we came 3rd in the March poll please help us towards the winning post

They need to reduce the file size of the image on their home page !!

[GingerMaestro]

Why would that be it loads alright for everyone I know who has been on the site.

As I am the person who created the site and I don't have a particulary fast PC if it loads ok for me then it should load no problem for anyone else unless you know something I don't. Either way I would apreciate your sugestions

[Di]

Why would that be it loads alright for everyone I know who has been on the site.

As I am the person who created the site and I don't have a particulary fast PC if it loads ok for me then it should load no problem for anyone else unless you know something I don't. Either way I would apreciate your sugestions

The size of the image itself has been made smaller, ie 550 x 369 px, but is a huge 2600.54kb. This took 54 seconds to load on my pc and it's a pretty quick one too.

Your other photo's on the next page for instance though are 640 x 480 px but only 42.01kb.

[Jan H]

Why would that be it loads alright for everyone I know who has been on the site.

As I am the person who created the site and I don't have a particulary fast PC if it loads ok for me then it should load no problem for anyone else unless you know something I don't. Either way I would apreciate your sugestions

It's 2,5 MB!!! way too big... Even at work (very fast broadband internet) it takes almost 20 seconds just to load this single image...
Here you can find a very good and free software program to resize images: http://www.irfanview.net/

[davidquinlan]

Why would that be it loads alright for everyone I know who has been on the site.

As I am the person who created the site and I don't have a particulary fast PC if it loads ok for me then it should load no problem for anyone else unless you know something I don't. Either way I would apreciate your sugestions

Once loaded, it will probably remain cached somewhere on your machine until you clear your temporary internet files.

As Jan has said, it's 2,5 MB in size.. it should be less than 500Kb really.

Graphic packages such as PhotoShop come with "Save for Web" functionality, which show typical download times for images based on modem speed.

The rest of the site looks ok, fairly typical band website.

[GingerMaestro]

I take your comments on board and will look into ammending them

Cheers Guys:tup

[spufferoo]

I'd like to nominate the Lofthouse 2000 band website. It has had a bit of a facelift, still a few bits to go but I think you will get the gist.

http://www.lofthouseband.org

[Caz Clay]

I'd like to nominate the Lofthouse 2000 band website. It has had a bit of a facelift, still a few bits to go but I think you will get the gist.

http://www.lofthouseband.org
seconded!! a great (and drunk!!) yorkshire brass band with an informative and easy to follow site!!

[davidquinlan]

I'd like to nominate the Lofthouse 2000 band website. It has had a bit of a facelift, still a few bits to go but I think you will get the gist.

http://www.lofthouseband.org

Probably Yorkshires drunkest band????
Interesting tag line....

Nice site though!

[blueorange]

I'd like to nominate The Oldham Band (Lees) website. There are still a few players profiles to add but it's getting there!

www.theoldhamband-lees.co.uk

[jonesbp]

I nominate the Aveley & Newham website:
www.aveley-and-newham.co.uk (http://www.aveley-and-newham.co.uk)

Also, please join the mailing list online if you would like to recieve updates on the band (available from 24/04/07 pm)

[Liz Courts]

I nominate the Aveley & Newham website:
www.aveley-and-newham.co.uk (http://www.aveley-and-newham.co.uk)

I'll second this one - very professional :)

[mjwarman]

I nominate the Chalgrove Band website:

www.chalgroveband.co.uk (http://www.chalgroveband.co.uk)

Webmaster has changed recently and he has been doing a sterling Job!!

[winterman]

I'd like to nominate The Oldham Band (Lees) website. There are still a few players profiles to add but it's getting there!

www.theoldhamband-lees.co.uk

I'll second that.. nice looking, good quality website.

[beccawheeze2]

I'd like to nominate Cubbington Silver Band's web site. A couple of bits need updating, but it is informative and light hearted.

http://www.cubbingtonsilverband.com

[GingerMaestro]

I'd like to nominate Cubbington Silver Band's web site. A couple of bits need updating, but it is informative and light hearted.

http://www.cubbingtonsilverband.com

I'll Second that Becky.

Take a look at ours and maybe we can get both West Mercia (Click Here) (http://www.westmerciapoliceband.biz.ly) and Cubbington in the vote off

[Di]

The size of the image itself has been made smaller, ie 550 x 369 px, but is a huge 2600.54kb. This took 54 seconds to load on my pc and it's a pretty quick one too.

Your other photo's on the next page for instance though are 640 x 480 px but only 42.01kb.

I take your comments on board and will look into ammending them

Cheers Guys:tup

Something's changed Martin, but the picture has become more unclear and has managed to increase rather than decrease in size. It is now 3420.11 kB (3502190 bytes)! Before opening this page, I cleared my cache. It took 3 minutes 24 seconds to load the picture on the home page.

[dyl]

It took 3 minutes 24 seconds to load the picture on the home page.
And you waited that long? :confused:

I'm sorry Martin, but any site that has an image that takes that much time to load has lost me as a visitor - there's no way I'd hang around.

[GingerMaestro]

Dyl and Di

I have ammended the image and I think I have got the file size down. I have clear my Tepm internet file etc and it now loads on mine imediately can you guys try it and let me know if it is better and then maybe second the site:tup

[Di]

Yup, that's much faster Martin. Cleared the cache and hit enter and it loaded in seconds. :tup

[GingerMaestro]

Cheers for the advice Di

[ncmike]

I take your comments on board and will look into ammending them

Cheers Guys:tup

I don't know if you've changed things, but this site loaded almost immediately for me with no problems, and I live over here in the colonies.:)

[SuperMosh]

Dyl and Di

I have ammended the image and I think I have got the file size down. I have clear my Tepm internet file etc and it now loads on mine imediately can you guys try it and let me know if it is better and then maybe second the site:tup

I will second this site based on the journey you have had in this thread!!!!

Pete :)

[GingerMaestro]

I will second this site based on the journey you have had in this thread!!!!

Pete :)


Cheers for that pete:tup