Re: Web Pages Updated

Ouch! Cheryl caught me in one of the "Web Page Traps" when she wrote:

>Another trap to avoid: sending the visitor off-page to pick up a graphic
>from a different site. Takes FORever and 6 months.

I am very guilty of this on my homepage! However, at least the graphics
(and the Sousa) are relatively slow files. I haven't heard if others have
trouble with them. The reason for doing it this way was that the pages were
originally built on an ISP where I could not upload *anything* and later in
my naivete did not want to use space to store something that was already
elsewhere. I'll have to rethink that.

>I run my browser with the graphics off. MUCH faster. Not as cute, but
>MUCH faster.

This is good. Also, be kind to those without graphical browsers or those
who do as Cheryl does: use imagemaps sparingly. Sure they look good, but
unless it's a great map - and I've seen some wonderful ones that *really*
add to the page - think about not using it. If you do use it, give a text
option for those not seeing it.

(FWIW, I violate this on a non-Scouting page where I use both frames and an
imagemap! But I give alternatives to escape both.)

Any other traps?

YiS,
John Pannell, Assistant District Commissioner
Three Fires Council, IL
I used to be a buffalo (SR-92) but will always be an Eagle (1981)
mailto:pannellj@delphi.com
http://people.delphi.com/~pannellj/home.htm

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