cool effect...but why?

sixf00t4 · January 8th, 2003, 01:02 AM

www.pitt.edu/~jdh64/all.htm open that page, and for some reason it like cant load the whole page. the file is 114k. is that why it is doing it? it is a lost of 237 movies. any suggestions or solutions to stop that?

daveleau · January 8th, 2003, 01:06 AM

It loads fine on mine, but it seemed to be reloading over and over for the first 30 second or so. In those 30 seconds, it reloaded about 10-15 times. It stopped and the last movie I see on the page is Zoolander, which I assume is their last review since the page I get is 115k.

I am not sure why this page does this though...

cunokyle · January 8th, 2003, 01:07 AM

I noticed it slowed down my cpu. The whole page loaded no probs though.

sixf00t4 · January 8th, 2003, 01:08 AM

it keeps like reloading for me, never fully loading the full page. the scroll bar goes nuts though

Wizzard~Of~Ozz · January 8th, 2003, 01:26 AM

It loaded for me but messed up the DVD I was playing for a bit.

rpertusio · January 8th, 2003, 01:57 AM

Well, you should really onlyhave ONE set of <style> tags in your code.

Open the HTML document in a text editor, and delete ALL but the _first_ instance of the following:

- - - - - - - - - -
<style>
BODY {SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #000099; SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: #000099; SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: #999999; SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: #FFFFFF; SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: orange; SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #CCCCCC; SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: #666666; }
</style>
- - - - - - - - - -

You only need it once at the top. remove all the rest, and that will drastically reduce the file size, and should stop the reloading.

There are _many_ other things you can do to improve the HTML code, but to solve the performance issue, removing those unnecessary style tags should work.

(I assume you used some sorta program to create that page?)

I'd be happy to elaborate more, if you want to contact me personally, as this isnt the most efficient way to explain.
-rp

good luck

sixf00t4 · January 8th, 2003, 02:00 AM

ahhh, good eye. yes with the movie database prog i have it will export the movies for me. i simply put the style tags in the wrong window. gracias.

rpertusio · January 8th, 2003, 02:04 AM

to further clean it up (if you have the time/patience..)

<html>
<head>
<title>Movies!!!</title>
<style>
BODY {SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #000099; SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: #000099; SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: #999999; SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: #FFFFFF; SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: orange; SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #CCCCCC; SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: #666666; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
[list your movie links here, no 'body' or 'style' tags]

sixf00t4 · January 8th, 2003, 02:04 AM

i think that fixed the problem. everybody verify that?

rpertusio · January 8th, 2003, 02:05 AM

(disregard my last post. you fixed it by the time i posted)

It looks/performs great over here!