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LuSiD · 01-30-2003, 03:18 PM

Regarding Speed:
Ok, everyone... here's the deal... the site is completely automated with PHP and MySQL... the images haven't been caching properly, so everyone that has been viewing the site has been downloading EVERY IMAGE EVERY TIME. This has been fixed, and should be loading faster once a page is loaded in full for the first time. We are still dealing with bandwidth issues, but as of right now, the pages are optimized at full compression.

Regarding Image Quality:
Currently, we only have PHP 4.1.2 with GD 1.6.2 library installed on the server. The site has a VERY complex admin area that resizes the images, crops them, and stores the information of where those files are located in the database. The fact that these images are being resized and cropped by GD 1.6.2 as opposed to 2.x.x is why the images are blurry right now. GD 1.6.2 only has support for 256 color images. Now, I don't have to explain to everyone on GUI why TrueColor looks better than 256 colors. When the new library has been installed on the server, then all of the images will be recreated and there won't be any blurriness.

We are working on correcting these issues. Just stick around because the site is BLOWING UP with traffic right now.

01-30-2003, 03:18 PM
LuSiD Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: South Florida Posts: 434	Regarding Speed: Ok, everyone... here's the deal... the site is completely automated with PHP and MySQL... the images haven't been caching properly, so everyone that has been viewing the site has been downloading EVERY IMAGE EVERY TIME. This has been fixed, and should be loading faster once a page is loaded in full for the first time. We are still dealing with bandwidth issues, but as of right now, the pages are optimized at full compression. Regarding Image Quality: Currently, we only have PHP 4.1.2 with GD 1.6.2 library installed on the server. The site has a VERY complex admin area that resizes the images, crops them, and stores the information of where those files are located in the database. The fact that these images are being resized and cropped by GD 1.6.2 as opposed to 2.x.x is why the images are blurry right now. GD 1.6.2 only has support for 256 color images. Now, I don't have to explain to everyone on GUI why TrueColor looks better than 256 colors. When the new library has been installed on the server, then all of the images will be recreated and there won't be any blurriness. We are working on correcting these issues. Just stick around because the site is BLOWING UP with traffic right now. __________________ I bought a dog the other day... I named him Stay. It's fun to call him... "Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!" He went insane. Now he just ignores me and keeps typing.