My new Orbiter site

[johnny]

I have my very own Orbiter site at http://johnny.007sites.com/orbitersite/. I'll probably switch to a different web host in the future. Check it out.

 

[Artlav]

Um. One comment from the start - using BMP's for screenshots on a web site is a real disrespect for your viewers.
The rest looks fine in the context.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Um. One comment from the start - using BMP's for screenshots on a web site is a real disrespect for your viewers.
The rest looks fine in the context.

.png for the win.

 

[johnny]

Sorry, but BMPs are what I had. I'll probably:

#1. Convert the BMPs into PNGs.
#2. Make the screenshots page into a JavaScript-driven slideshow

All this will take time. Please be patient.

Edit: Personally, I don't know what's wrong with BMPs, they look fine on my local copy...

 

[Hielor]

Edit: Personally, I don't know what's wrong with BMPs, they look fine on my local copy...

They take forever to download compared to other formats.

 

[johnny]

Ah, yes, I forgot download time!

 

[Bj]

Personally, I don't know what's wrong with BMPs, they look fine on my local copy...

The only thing wrong with .bmp is that bitmaps are a very large file. It takes forever to download on relatively slow connections. Using .png or .jpg for images will help downloading pages tremendously.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

.PNG's and .BMP's take forever to download.

The best formats to use are .JPG's or .GIF's.

 

[Artlav]

Personally, I don't know what's wrong with BMPs, they look fine on my local copy...

Let's see.

Here is your screenshot, a 1.4 Mb file:
http://johnny.007sites.com/orbitersite/images/marsDG.bmp

Here is the same screenshot, in jpg, a mere 69Kb file:
http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/marsDG.jpg

Now, if you can't notice any difference, why should users wait (or often pay) 20 times more?

 

[francisdrake]

Just in case you are interested:
There is a site providing free website templates: Open Source Web Design.
It offers a lot of easy-to-use designs. You can download the designs, then just put your contents into it.

http://www.oswd.org/

 

[johnny]

I just updated my site. It is now located at http://johnny.007sites.com/.

Changes:

- The screenshots are now (about) 200-kb PNGs.
- The screenshots page is now a JavaScript slideshow page.

 

[garyw]

Error 404

The page you are looking for is not found.

As a suggestion - get a properly hosted site and domain.

 

[RangerPL]

I know from experience that free webhosts suck.
If you're serious about your site, you should get a paid one. There's starter packages for like $1.99 a month now, and those are all you should need.