Preloader for jpgs

[stay_asleep]

Just a quick question.

I have been working on the photography gallery section of my site
[url]http://www.unxposed.net/photography.htm[/url] which has a fair few images and
rollover images. Is there some codeing I can do to create a simple preloader so
all the images for the photgraphy index and the large versions of each
photograph are downloaded before the viewer is allowed to see the index, giving
it a smooth and professional feel after the initial wait, instead of seeing all
the images scroll down as they are loading. If so, can you point me in the
direction of a tutorial. Thanks for your time guys.

Colin.

[Murray *TMM*]

A 200K page will behave like a 200K page no matter what you do. There is
just no free lunch.

One slick trick you can do, however, is to not download the larger images at
all until they are requested. To do this, you would need to use javascript,
however. DW gives you two ways to do this:

1. Use some custom javascript to 'dynamically' swap the source statement of
a placeholding image - this is how the PVII ShowPic extension works -
[url]http://www.projectseven.com/[/url]
2. Use DW's Set Text of Layer behavior to write a new image tag into a
'placeholder' layer on the page. This is how I do the small thumbnails on
this page -

[url]http://www.fairfaxboulevard.com/f_node-photos.shtml[/url]

In the former case, the ShowPic extension prevents the page from being
encumbered with the weight of each larger image until the thumb is clicked.
In the latter case, the STOL behavior prevents the page from being
encumbered with the weight of the 20 or so 'thumb' images. I also use the
JustSo Picture Window extension to enlarge the thumbnail images onclick in a
separate window so that the page is not encumbered with the weight of those
images, either.

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> Just a quick question.
>
> I have been working on the photography gallery section of my site
> [url]http://www.unxposed.net/photography.htm[/url] which has a fair few images and
> rollover images. Is there some codeing I can do to create a simple
> preloader so
> all the images for the photgraphy index and the large versions of each
> photograph are downloaded before the viewer is allowed to see the index,
> giving
> it a smooth and professional feel after the initial wait, instead of
> seeing all
> the images scroll down as they are loading. If so, can you point me in the
> direction of a tutorial. Thanks for your time guys.
>
> Colin.
>