News : New site now live....

1. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

   #1 26th March 2012, 04:21

   Well some of you in this section know my work and what I do. Well after too many years of existing without a web presence its finally live.
   
   http://www.ryandinham.co.uk/index.php
   
   Think I may need to reduce the file sizes though as it may be slowing down the site/loading a touch. Im sure ill change my mind again about what i want on there next week
2. Paulp Super Moderator Joined: Aug 2007 Lancashire Posts: 14256 Astra VXR + 1989 Astra GTE

   #2 26th March 2012, 05:01

   Takes years to load!
   
   Photos look very good though
3. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

   #3 26th March 2012, 05:31

   What browser are you running on etc?
   
   My iPad and iPhone the loading takes longer than on mac.
   
   Loading are around 6/7 seconds for the gallery on the pad and about half that on my main system. All info is useful at this stage.
4. user_46658 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2010 Little Mill, South Wales Posts: 7547 Mondeo ST TDCI Saxo VTS

   #4 26th March 2012, 08:24

   Tbh mate using my iPhone and I have up with it taking so long to load
5. Paulp Super Moderator Joined: Aug 2007 Lancashire Posts: 14256 Astra VXR + 1989 Astra GTE

   #5 26th March 2012, 08:48

   Internet explorer / oldish laptop. takes over 30 seconds to load first page.
   
   Most websites load up straight away for me.
6. Baz Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2005 Coventry Posts: 17782 Fiesta ST150

   #6 26th March 2012, 11:33

   loaded up within 2 seconds for me
7. AshC Established Member Joined: Jul 2008 Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 1578 MG ZR...

   #7 26th March 2012, 11:42

   Took about 25 seconds for me on a Mac, could be shitty uni internet though.
8. rey Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2006 Kent Posts: 8205 :(s)rac

   #8 26th March 2012, 11:47

   Loaded up ~10seconds on my iPhone through wifi, will try on my mac later.
9. Jack Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 937 NA

   #9 26th March 2012, 11:50

   The 'about me' section should be titled 'About Ryan', seeing as you are talking in 3rd person about Ryan. It didn't take too long to load for me, a bit longer than a normal website.

   1 user thanked this post: knight-22
10. knight-22 Established Member Joined: Jul 2011 Hampshiiiire Posts: 1710 mk2 vts, e36

    #10 26th March 2012, 12:08

    Well it all loaded up straight away for me, using firefox. Very smart looking site aswell mate! And im sure you dont need to be told, but seriously awesome photos!
11. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

    #11 26th March 2012, 15:04

    Have run some tests using net speed calculators, page loading times varied between 2 and 8 seconds depending on world location.
    
    Will have a tweak though see if I can drop them without dropping the iq of the photos. I did suspect that there may be an issue after I put the files on today.
12. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

    #12 26th March 2012, 16:07

    Home page should load faster now as ive cut the file sizes in half. Other galleries still using 800kb-1mb files. Drop in IQ on home images hopefully isnt too noticable.
13. user_46658 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2010 Little Mill, South Wales Posts: 7547 Mondeo ST TDCI Saxo VTS

    #13 26th March 2012, 16:56

    Just had a look, still takes a short while to load (at work that is on a 2mb connection) but alot better, website itself looks great though
14. Jamie Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9363 Focus ST & 206 GTI180

    #14 27th March 2012, 01:19

    I have to say Ryan it looks bang on.
    
    Took a while to load but my internet is from the stone age, it was worth the wait.
    
    Did you design and code or use an independent company?
15. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

    #15 27th March 2012, 04:11

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Jamie I have to say Ryan it looks bang on. Took a while to load but my internet is from the stone age, it was worth the wait. Did you design and code or use an independent company?

    Cheers dude. I've lightened the images on the home page but still need to drop them down size wise in order to get it to pick up. The other galleries are still mega slow as I'll sort them when I've sorted the home so I know what works for speed.
    
    Site was built by an old school friend, the 'mrtomstone creation' I'm fucking clueless when it comes to computers. He's built the whole back end so all I need to do is login to FTP and add photos to each photo group folder so that's a nice and easy for me.
    
    Thanks for the feedback people, obviously want to do a big roll out on mine and some of my clients social feeds with it so trying to get the little bugs etc ironed out now.
16. GolfJay Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2010 Lincoln Posts: 5642 1985 E28 BMW 525E 2.7

    #16 27th March 2012, 09:06

    Takes about 5 seconds to load a page which isn't bad to be honest.
    
    Just went through your club photos and after the initial 5 second page load everything worked perfectly.
17. JoshB Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2008 Pontefract Posts: 4007 2010 E92 320i MSport

    #17 27th March 2012, 15:14

    Timed at 17.3 seconds to fully load the homepage on iPhone 3GS running iOS5.1 on 3 bars of 3G signal. Not bad at all really.
    
    Page looks smart, the only slight critique I'd give it is some of those crowd shots on the home page slideshow don't look particularly "professional", might put off more high end clients.
18. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

    #18 27th March 2012, 15:56

    How do you mean not exactly professional? They are images from my high end clients. Are you referring to the shot itself or the grain in the file?
19. m3wood Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2012 dereham Posts: 429 mitsubishi carisma saxo vtr

    #19 27th March 2012, 16:10

    looks awsome
20. JoshB Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2008 Pontefract Posts: 4007 2010 E92 320i MSport

    #20 27th March 2012, 17:56

    It's totally dependant on the type of clientele you're I trying to attract, I just don't think a close up of a drunken teenager is the best image to advertise on the homepage. It's just my opinion of course!
    
    The layout and graphics of the site work well and it really looks the part.
21. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

    #21 27th March 2012, 19:22

    no probs, wondered what you were on about as you said some of the crowd shots when the main crowd shots are not close ups, theres only the one with faces with the guys on shoulders.