Comments | daniel_vala: multi-fandom banner/header post

sarah_jones in daniel_vala

multi-fandom banner/header post

Jun 26, 2011 08:53

banner/header (+ background images ( Read more... )

Comments 10

campylobacter June 26 2011, 07:17:04 UTC

This clobbered my cable broadband connection. And I have crazy throughput at the moment.

May I suggest preview thumbnails in the near future?

sarah_jones June 26 2011, 07:37:37 UTC

I'm sorry, that you were having trouble viewing my entry. I know that some others had problems in the past as well. I have no clue why, since my internet connection isn't the best + my pc is old, and I can still see everything without any trouble at all. Most others don't have problems either. But for those who do have trouble I did include a link to my homepage. If you have trouble with that as well, I am sorry, but I really don't know what to do about it. :-(

I'd love to post previews, but I sadly don't have time to make preview images for all my large graphics as well. There are just too many different fandoms and making a preview for each of them would take too long. Sorry. If you don't want me to post without them I guess I'll have to leave the community...

campylobacter June 26 2011, 08:11:59 UTC

You have no problem viewing the images on your system because your browser has cached the files after an initial download. First-time visitors to your LJ have to download ALL the images, which easily exceed 5MB on one page.

LiveJournal's free Scrapbook feature auto-generates preview sizes in 150, 320, & 640 pixel dimensions.

The most bandwidth-friendly solution would be to divide graphics-dumps across several LJ entries, making sure that the total file sizes don't exceed 1-2 megabytes per page. QED: the vampire fandoms in 1 entry, the sci fi fandoms in another, fantasy or mainstream in yet another. Your graphics are lovely, but so many on one page also maxes out the RAM on some systems.

sarah_jones June 26 2011, 08:41:42 UTC

Ah, ok. I'll try making smaller posts in the future.

I'll also check out that Scrapbook feature. Thanks for the link! :-)

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magnavox_23 June 26 2011, 08:56:30 UTC

I have the fastest net speed in Australia and a PC build for viewing/making graphics and it still took a good 2-3 minutes to load that page. Might I suggest for a multifandom post such as this, that you could just share your full size Daniel/Vala works here (beneath a cut of course) and link to the larger post on you LJ so that people who are purely D/V can enjoy your work here and those wishing to check out all of your works may go to your LJ post?

EDIT: Ah, there you go, Campy's solved the problem. This is why you shouldn't let yourself be distracted by Mythbusters on the telly while commenting, lol!

campylobacter June 26 2011, 09:08:54 UTC

LOL " Distracted."

magnavox_23 June 26 2011, 09:12:06 UTC

Told ya! It's a damn good excuse though, am I right? ;D