RE: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-06 Thread Jens Bladt
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 2. april 2006 15:00 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: OT: Website Help Needed Sorry. Should have mentioned that this is NOT dial-up friendly beyond the opening page. On Apr 2, 2006, at 8:53 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm hoping to take advantage of those

Re: Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-05 Thread John Coyle
Praxis Data Solutions (www.epraxisdata.com) Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/02 Sun PM 10:11:03 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, mike wilson wrote: The PUG works

Re: Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, John Coyle wrote: Kostas, you can correct that by going into IE6 and selecting the Tools/Internet Options menu item, then click on the Advanced tab. There is an option Re-use windows for launching shortcuts, and if you check this on then IE6 will re-use an open window

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-04 Thread Stan Halpin
OS 10.3.9, 550 MHz Powerbook, Safari, Airport (not Extreme) link to RoadRunner. Everything looks good, seems to function well with the except of no sound on the typing on the opening page. But the speed of the characters typing is good - slow enough to be seen but fast enough that it is done

Re: Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-03 Thread mike wilson
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/02 Sun PM 10:11:03 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, mike wilson wrote: The PUG works excellently because it oonly opens the one new window, which continuously loops

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks to Dave and to all the numerous others who responded to my request for help. If I had know there would be this many, I would have suggested responding offline. But I'm very appreciative. My daughter has already made some changes in response to points raised here. Probably more to come.

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-03 Thread Bob Shell
On Apr 2, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: No problem. Thanks for the kudos on the photos, but they're not mine. This is my advertising website, not photography. (In real life, I'm an advertising hack.) The site is aimed at a very narrow audience of headhunters and creative

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yep. On Apr 3, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Bob Shell wrote: On Apr 2, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: No problem. Thanks for the kudos on the photos, but they're not mine. This is my advertising website, not photography. (In real life, I'm an advertising hack.) The site is aimed at a very

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
BTW, two of the photos -- the Jeep and the PT Cruiser -- are the work of Clint Clemens. Paul On Apr 3, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Bob Shell wrote: On Apr 2, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: No problem. Thanks for the kudos on the photos, but they're not mine. This is my advertising website,

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-03 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed Thanks to Dave and to all the numerous others who responded to my request for help. If I had know there would be this many, I would have suggested responding offline. But I'm very appreciative. My daughter has already made some changes in response to points raised

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-03 Thread pnstenquist
-- Original message -- From: Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] For what it's worth, Paul, I only get a blank page of a piece of torn paper. (No links). H (I've got some features disabled as default, though: sounds, animations and video.) In that

OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more about html and web design than do I. (Which means just about everone:-). My daughter made a website for my advertising portfolio. I'm hoping to show it to some headhunters next week, but I'm not sure if it works on PC

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Sorry. Should have mentioned that this is NOT dial-up friendly beyond the opening page. On Apr 2, 2006, at 8:53 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more about html and web design than do I. (Which means just about everone:-). My daughter

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread David Savage
On 4/2/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more about html and web design than do I. (Which means just about everone:-). My daughter made a website for my advertising portfolio. I'm hoping to show it to some headhunters

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread David J Brooks
Hi Paul. Opening page loaded fine. No typing sound. I'm using the ibook OSX right now though i'll check it on windows a bit later. However, and maybe i didi not wait long enough, but the contact, portfolio and resume pages did not load. A sub window popped up then nothing. As a say after

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, No sound with opening page here on microsoft internet explorer. Most of the stuff played fine on my DSL line, only a few had pauses. You really are a car guy! Regards, Bob S. On 4/2/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks for the input. I don't know why the opening sound is so flaky. Can any of you web gurus guess why a sound effect would play on some browsers/systems and not on others? Car guy? Yes, I'm afraid so. Although it was a good thing at one time, it can be a negative, particularly when the car

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
Looks good on Firefox 1.5. Everything opened as it should - sound on the opening page OK, all the Quicktimes that I played worked well. I echo Dave's feelings on the navigation. I don't like to have a lot of windows open and would prefer navigating the site with forward/back buttons and

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: http://www.stenquist.com/Paul/Paul.htm I get a nice (large) opening image, but no sign of links to anything else (and nothing happens if I click on the main image).

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread mike wilson
Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more about html and web design than do I. (Which means just about everone:-). My daughter made a website for my advertising portfolio. I'm hoping to show it to some headhunters next week, but I'm not sure if

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed But, after the third new page opened in as many clcks, I stopped looking. I hate that. YMMV. I did that with the PUG, on the theory it encourages browsing the entire gallery using the image page

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Charles Robinson
On Apr 2, 2006, at 7:53, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more about html and web design than do I. (Which means just about everone:-). My daughter made a website for my advertising portfolio. I'm hoping to show it to some headhunters

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Bob Shell
Maybe I'm just an old fogey, Paul, but I find web sites with sound effects just annoying. I'm usually listening to music when I'm browsing. I'd prefer a button to turn the sound off. I don't like the main page at all, since I can't tell what it's supposed to be. The photos in your

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed But, after the third new page opened in as many clcks, I stopped looking. I hate that. YMMV. I did that with the PUG, on the theory it encourages browsing the entire gallery using

RE: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Savage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 3:40 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed On 4/2/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more about html and web design than do I. (Which

RE: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Paul forgot to say that I have no sound as well here with Avant Browser (based on IE 6) under Windows XP. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: David J Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 4:13 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Website Help

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm with Bob on this. I never want sound from a web page unless I request it specifically. The animation graphics here are cute once but tiresome. Imagine a prospective client going to the site several times in the course of discussing you with colleagues and having to sit through the

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Paul, When I launched it on XP and Firefox 1.5 - the sound didn't come on like you described. It turns out that I didn't have a quicktime plugin - that is probably the cause of the sound issue. I thought it loaded a bit slow even over DSL and was kind of surprised how big the page was

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
I agree. But I don't know if my daughter knows how to fix that:-). You know what they say about free help :-)) Paul On Apr 2, 2006, at 11:50 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed But, after the third new page opened

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Charles! That's the kind of help we need. On Apr 2, 2006, at 11:53 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Apr 2, 2006, at 7:53, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm hoping to take advantage of those on the list who know much more about html and web design than do I. (Which means just about everone:-).

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: OT: Website Help Needed I agree. But I don't know if my daughter knows how to fix that:-). You know what they say about free help :-)) Take the target =_blank tag out of subsequent page links will do it. I think Charles

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Bob, No problem. Thanks for the kudos on the photos, but they're not mine. This is my advertising website, not photography. (In real life, I'm an advertising hack.) The site is aimed at a very narrow audience of headhunters and creative directors. They will know exactly what it is. They

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
Paul, I know, when asked for comments, I tend to provide more criticism than accolades. So, sorry for this in advance, and I hope it will be helpful to you. 1. When I first opened the web-site, - I only saw the background image and I was able to scroll down to where the background image was

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks for the comments. I don't want accolades. i didn't build the site :-). Your comments are very helpful. I'll pass them along to my web designer/daughter/supplier of free labor. Generally, this site will be used only by potential employers and clients who have the url through other

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Paul, probably I repeat something as I haven't read all the replies, my bed is calling for me, nevertheless just a few thoughts. Nothing weird on Mozilla 1.7.12, but I have sound never on, so I don't know if it works. Unnecessary anyway, IMHO. I hate windows subsequently popping up. If it

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, mike wilson wrote: The PUG works excellently because it oonly opens the one new window, which continuously loops the images. Not on IE6 over XP SP2. I get as many windows as clicks. Kostas

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread David Mann
On Apr 3, 2006, at 3:08 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Thanks for the input. I don't know why the opening sound is so flaky. Can any of you web gurus guess why a sound effect would play on some browsers/systems and not on others? Nature's way of telling you not to put sound into web pages.

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread David Mann
On Apr 3, 2006, at 12:53 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: http://www.stenquist.com/Paul/Paul.htm It looks nice but takes far too long to load. The background pic crawled in. Being a 260kb animated gif, I'd say that the file is too big. The other page backgrounds were similarly large. For