Big list of banners loading badly - GoFuckYourself.com

Forkbeard · 07-01-2004, 09:24 AM

I'm looking for a tech explanation or suggestions for improvement. I'm very confused.

I'm dabbling with a new toplist: http://www.spankingyou.com/autorank.html

It's set to display 50 banners; right now it's got about 35 showing.

I know that's a slow load for many users. I don't really care. Banner sizes are defined, so the whole page loads instantly; I wouldn't mind if it took a week to fill in the banners.

But that's not what happens. Instead, on my cable-modem-connected computer, banners load for 2-6 seconds, and any not loaded at the end of that time display as a red x. I can reload the page and the same thing happens, with different banners. Typically about ten banners fail to load, though it varies.

Back in the day, a browser would cheerfully spend two hours trying to load the graphical elements for a page over dialup. Why in hell is my page not loading completely, whether it takes ten seconds on my cable modem or two minutes for a dialup user?

All suggestions and speculations and advice gratefully considered.

Forkbeard · 07-01-2004, 07:30 PM

OK, I know it's a lame tech question, but I didn't think it was *THAT* boring!

AvanteGuard · 07-01-2004, 08:41 PM

Are the banners remotely hosted or locally hosted?

Forkbeard · 07-01-2004, 08:51 PM

Some of each. A few of the red x banners are hosted remotely, more are on my own server. (I've salted the list with banners for some of my own sites.)

Serge Litehead · 07-01-2004, 10:01 PM

maybe because explorer can download 4 images at once, and rest times out?

07-01-2004, 09:24 AM	#1
Forkbeard Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: I Roam Around Posts: 2,236	Big list of banners loading badly I'm looking for a tech explanation or suggestions for improvement. I'm very confused. I'm dabbling with a new toplist: http://www.spankingyou.com/autorank.html It's set to display 50 banners; right now it's got about 35 showing. I know that's a slow load for many users. I don't really care. Banner sizes are defined, so the whole page loads instantly; I wouldn't mind if it took a week to fill in the banners. But that's not what happens. Instead, on my cable-modem-connected computer, banners load for 2-6 seconds, and any not loaded at the end of that time display as a red x. I can reload the page and the same thing happens, with different banners. Typically about ten banners fail to load, though it varies. Back in the day, a browser would cheerfully spend two hours trying to load the graphical elements for a page over dialup. Why in hell is my page not loading completely, whether it takes ten seconds on my cable modem or two minutes for a dialup user? All suggestions and speculations and advice gratefully considered. __________________ Offering sponsored blog posts and custom writing services.

07-01-2004, 07:30 PM	#2
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07-01-2004, 08:41 PM	#3
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07-01-2004, 08:51 PM	#4
Forkbeard Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: I Roam Around Posts: 2,236	Some of each. A few of the red x banners are hosted remotely, more are on my own server. (I've salted the list with banners for some of my own sites.) __________________ Offering sponsored blog posts and custom writing services.

07-01-2004, 10:01 PM	#5
Serge Litehead Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Behind the scenes Posts: 5,190	maybe because explorer can download 4 images at once, and rest times out?