27th September... already!

Hmm... i've given up on the preloader. I'll try sending it to Robert from another email account since the zip file is too big to send from work .

I've been working on the contact form this week (well today at least lol). I created one that works fine but still trying to make it happen in the website. Seems to be the way it goes ... everything works well in its own little Flash file but when it comes to adding to my site it falls over. Sux to be me

Maybe you have enough to mark anyway. I mean.. u didnt ask for a preloader... or a contact form lol...

Anyway, I'll just have to come into TAFE again soon I guess and try to get all the bits n pieces sorted.

5 minutes later:
Wait... I just deleted the original song out of the library and bingo! site is now 1.72 mb instead of 7.5 or whatever it was... duhhh... so now my preloader is visible from about 45% instead of 85%... still not ideal but better.

When will it endddd...

Ok..
so I have a Flash interface that pretty much works now but still needs some (a lot of) tweaking.

Some things I want to know:

• What do I do about the size of the site? I compressed the music file from 5mb down to 1.14mb and now the Properties box is telling me its larger than it was before I compressed the song ie 7.3mb. The template I purchased is only like 1.96mb??


• The colors look really crappy on some monitors and the size of buttons etc change - the purchased template is consistent on all monitors - how come mine isn't?


• The site takes soooo long to download then the preloader flashes for a few seconds only. At 7.3mb file size I would think you should see the preloader while its taking that longggg time to download - why is this?

As well as the above challenges for this week (month?), I will be continuing to add content and working towards php for the contact form.

Wow... I've blogged with hours to spare before you call lol

Yayyyy... The Sofia Initiative is back on line!!
Maybe this will help with optimization and publishing.

Image: "Hypnotised Chicken"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61456874@N00/131617677

Pre Loader Problems

I literally dont know what day it is this week - I was totally surprised late yesterday afternoon when I realised it was Wednesday and not Tuesday - there went my extra day to finish stuff for you so I'm sorry I havent uploaded anything to be marked - was hoping to have the preloader working first - looking forward to your call to discuss where I'm going wrong (just to give you something to do lol .. i know ya luv me for it heheh)

That aside - I've got some content pages happening using the Flash feature Robert forwarded.
Thanks to my visit to the campus last week I'm understanding links better and have now added some using both text and button symbol (that looks like text) methods. I even worked out how to add an email link and it works - yayyy.

If we cant get the preloader working when we chat I'll upload what I have tonight anyway - am worried about the size of the music though.

Once thats out of the way I think all I have to do is add some more content and (for bonus points lol) get the contact form happening with some Flashy php :P then I'm done with this. Oh, but I probably have to do a mirror site too yeah? damn... I'm far from done.

Ah well, talk to you in a few minutes I guess, unless you forget me about me lol.