Quote Originally Posted by BLAZN View Post
The trick to fast loading photos and having them on the same server is to use thumbnails! On top of that, keep photos in the 640x480 range. Take the photos in the highest possible resolution, then reduce them to 640x480ish neighborhood and save as "photo_large.jpg" (as an example). Then, reduce them again to something around 100x75 (same aspect as 640x480, but a little smaller than 1/6 the size) and save them as "photo_thumb.jpg." The photos that load into the browser will be the thumbnails... the larger versions will be linked to, and will only load if the viewer wishes.


Website help aside, I like the look of the KiltThis kilts. My #1 issue is the turnaround time... I understand it takes time to produce a good product, but I'm too impatient to pay for something and then wait 2 to 4 months to get it. Maybe if my pen turning business gets into a higher gear, I'll place myself a KT order.
Fixed!! I think Thumbnails did the trick I think.
Yes, the wait time has a lot to do with the way this just sort of snowballed and we have been playing catchup since the beginning. I slipped a disk in my back a couple of months ago and then our whole house came down with a bad flu/bronchitis so, that held up production for a couple of weeks. We thought it would be a nice extra income type of hobbie, but the hobbie has gone full blown business, so we have made arrangements to hire some help, which fortunately (unfortunately), we have a lot of friends that are out of work that need some help and that works out for everyone. So, the wait time is going to be cut in half very shortly once we get everyone trained and our system in place. We are in the process now. In about 2 weeks our new employees start working with us part time and Cris and I will just be doing sewing for the most part. Trust me, I get anxious to work on a kilt just for me too, which is on the back burners until I have time to work on it. We have a ton of design ideas too but, we don't have time to make prototypes right now, so, this summer will be quite a whirlwind of designing and making some stock kilts for festivals and people that need orders asap and they are pretty generic like all black or all kaki, etc. So, keep an eye peeled, KT will be wrangling down the wait time. It doesn't actually take us 4 months, but we have learned that if you say 2 they want it in 1 and if you say 1 they want it tomorrow. 4 months is a definetly wait so, people tend to be patient and that helps us not spend too much time on the computer when we should be sewing.