| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 14 Sep 2000 at 12:57:25 |
| Subject: | Re: I want to create a web page |
On 13-Sep-00, Kevin Twyman wrote:
> My site, until recently, fitted onto a HD floppy disk! Your ISP will
> have details of where to upload, and a simple FTP program (usually
> already installed) will do the trick.
An average download speed might be 2k per second. So 1400k on a floppy
would give you a site taking a total of 700 seconds to download, which
is plenty. (If my mental arithmetic is right).
The experts recommend that your index page shouldn't take longer than 8
secs to download, including any pictures. So the total size of all files
on the index page should be around 16k or less. That implies that it
will be mainly links to more meaty pages.
If the index page takes too long to appear, most people will go
elsewhere, especially if they are only looking at your site out of mild
interest. Once they get deeper into the site, people will wait longer.
Regards
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