| From: | Kevin Twyman |
| Date: | 14 Sep 2000 at 20:24:08 |
| Subject: | Re: I want to create a web page |
Hello Don,
On 14-Sep-00, you wrote:
>> My site, until recently, fitted onto a HD floppy disk! Your ISP
> 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).
Ah, well, if you want to download *all* the pages, be my guest... :)
> 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.
Sounds pretty reasonable. I think my index page is bigger than that,
but then it has my mugshot on it ;-)
> 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.
Lots of pics on my site, I'm not sure if I've over done it or not, but
it is mainly a graphics based site.
Regards,
Kevin - Est. 1949 http://www.theboyz.freeserve.co.uk
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