MacCreary Tartan Hose by Skye Highland Outfitters

**M_Beorn** · 8th March 09, 02:32 PM

Ok, well Josh is aware of the issue, and he's an Xmarks member as well, so I'm sure he will be working on it and will let us know when it's up and running properly

Originally Posted by Chas

Did not want to say anything, but oh yes! I can only access it on my laptop (3gig memory); If I try it on my wife's desktop (2gig memory), then it goes into terminal sieze up and I get no mouse or keyboard control. After half an hour of hard-working computer but no output, I switch off at the mains and re-boot. The site is still on my favourites list, but at the moment is not my favourite favourite.

Regards

Chas

**NorCalPiper** · 8th March 09, 03:25 PM

Hey guys-
I went to my mothers and tried on her new PC and the same thing happened-It goes to a page and acts like its frozen. Strangely enough, all my mac user friends have no problem. I have absolutely no idea about coding, so I'm at a loss. If anyone knows what to do to change this, I'd appreciate it. I worked for Apple for 12 years, so I'm not a computer dummy, but I DO NOT have html experience. i'll keep fiddling around with it.-Josh

**Rex_Tremende** · 8th March 09, 03:37 PM

Josh, I suspect the issue has to do with your graphics. I noticed that you have a number of overlaying images in (I think) png format. I would guess that this may be hard for some PCs to render. Try simplfying your layout using flat jpg images. PM me if you would like some help.

Regards,
Rex.

**NorCalPiper** · 8th March 09, 03:52 PM

Thanks Rex-
I'll PM you shortly. I deleted the web site and re-uploaded it. Can you guys try again and see if there is any difference. I made a small mistake when uploading it the first time which may have caused some funny-ness.

**fluter** · 8th March 09, 08:52 PM

Josh, I must agree with Rex. that is a very graphics-intensive presentation. If I'm not mistaken, even the text blocks are graphics, and there are something like 100 images involved. Your Web designer was just having a little too much fun, in my considered opinion.

Take Einstein's advice: Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

The Firefox browser on a modest modern notebook handles it OK (but it takes a minute or so to load). Internet Exploder on the same box seems to do fairly well, too.

**Deil the Yin** · 9th March 09, 05:42 AM

Originally Posted by M_Beorn

Has anyone had issues loading the Hose page from the Skye Highland Outfitters web site? It appears that something in the page causes my computer to load tons of memory and slugs it down. I've talked to Josh and he's aware of some issues and plans on getting things updated. I was just wondering if the problem I have is duplicated with anyone else.

Originally Posted by fluter

Josh, I must agree with Rex. that is a very graphics-intensive presentation. If I'm not mistaken, even the text blocks are graphics, and there are something like 100 images involved. Your Web designer was just having a little too much fun, in my considered opinion.

Take Einstein's advice: Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

The Firefox browser on a modest modern notebook handles it OK (but it takes a minute or so to load). Internet Exploder on the same box seems to do fairly well, too.

As a graphic artist can I recommend also getting rid of all the yellow copy with red outline, or at least minimising it to your headers? (ACK! MY EYES! MY EYES!) And PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE make your body copy proper upper and lower case! All caps is hard on the reader, not to mention Copperplate being a poor font for paragraph text- it really should only be used as a title font. Having your body copy as an image versus live text is also very bad for both download time as well as searchability- it hampers search engines from finding you!

Last but not least, and this is somewhat subjective, as a purveyor of typically high end merchandise, you might consider shifting away from a design that screams "used car salesman" (see "red and yellow text" above)... but that's just my twa hae'pennys.

The good news is, I've seen worse, and I'm not even gonna charge for a consultation fee!

(yeah, yeah I know... fewer bad jokes = more business).

**NorCalPiper** · 9th March 09, 10:26 AM

You guys-
Thanks for all the website feedback. Please understand that I am trying to do the web site myself to save money. It seems the norm is about 2500$ to have someone do it, and we just don't have it. Hopefully by the summer we'll have enough to get some help-but until then, I have to use my iweb template/web maker for dummies program. Any free help is greatly appreciated though. Thanks-Josh