Site Appeal

[chris ashdown]

Rob

I think you are wrong with Giffs being Vector look here for a full list of formats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_file_format

[jont]

and here for a listing of extensions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...rkup_languages

[leehack]

I would echo alot of the comments already mentioned. It may be hard to take criticism when alot of effort has been put in, however you have to ask yourself do i want to be patted on the back or do i want a successful and thriving website.

Sometimes im in the mood to type and i did start a review. After a few minutes i realised that there is so much that i would change, that it was not sensible to start a post detailing these points.

I would recommend employing a professional to sort the site out for you, whatever this costs you will become insignificant once your website takes off and you will not look back. If you do not have the money to do this, then take a look at previous site reviews in this forum, a large percentage of the points raised in these posts will also apply to your site.

Take a look at some thriving Actinic websites and see what they are doing and what you are not. There is never a nice way of saying that things are awful, so pointless trying to be sensitive. What i can guarantee is if you work hard or employ the correct person, your website will take off.

Good luck.

[Hendrik]

I am sure GIF is not a vector based image.

There is a neat little package called SmartSaver Pro from Ulead that I have used for many years (I think it costs around £30) which has a number of features, but the one I use it exclusively for is image optimisation - you get your original on the left, the compressed image on the right, and you can then adjust the file size in a number of clever ways, always seeing the exact result you will get. Handles JPEG, GIF and also PNG I believe. It means you can squeeze the image down to the absolute minimum file size, at a quality that you are still happy with.

Every image I post to the web goes via this neat little utility.

Hendrik

[RuralWeb]

Before vector-based graphics can be used on the web, they must be converted to a bitmapped file such as JPEG or GIF

[jont]

converted to a bitmapped file such as JPEG or GIF

Indeed - which is a one-way and permanent process - you are not able to import a GIF back into a vector program and adjust the co-ordinates as these have been lost in the conversion.

There are some vector formats availble for websites but these often require either / and compatible browsers and often a 3rd party plug-in .. not great for the majority of sites but handy if you are in a specialist field. 3d site camera walkthoughs are a typical example.

[RobSollars]

I'm wrong very often, and this is one of those occasions.