Advice needed for web design

[sGu]

Hi Gang,

I'm thinking about building a photography site for myself.

What I have in mind is a simple looking style, fast loading for 56k users. I will have my portfolio, bio, contact info on it, with possible option to add client accounts in the future for them to access and order online.

Which language would be most suitable for this job? I'm also looking for a particular script which will load images at the background one by one, to save time on downloading for viewers.

Thanks for your time!

[tommykjensen]

My personal preference is PHP because of the many modules that can be used to extend the language.

As for loading images in the background. Hmm i don't think I like that idea, I see what You want to acheive but on a 56 k dialup I would prefer to decide which photos to use my bandwidth on. Lets say You have 10 photos in a gallery with thumbs, the user click on the first and view that while the other photos are downloaded, lets say number 2 and 3 are downloaded while watching the first photo then the user decide to go back the index and click on photo 10 which then has to load. Now photo 2 and 3 have been loaded for no use. Hmm that was a long explanation, I hope You see what I mean.

Personally I rarely look though a gallary one photo after one in the order which the gallary display them. I usually view the thumbs and view the photos that attract my attention first so a script that loads all photos in one go would be a waste for me.

[Scottes]

I agree with Tommy.

[sGu]

Thanks Tommy.

I totally understand your point, and i can see the problem there. However, I won't be putting too many photos up, max of 10 for each category, and viewers will be able to see loading progress on the thumbnails, hopefully by the time they click onto the 3rd one, all of them will be loaded ready for viewing.

Is that possible with PHP?

I saw this on www.amivitale.com also on member "gmen"'s site: http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/a241004/index.html

[vfilby]

Hey sGu,

I agree with those above. PHP is the only way to go. I am working on my website. Unfortunately all that is working right now is the client area. Because I use that to give them proofs and such. The client area is all database driven. The rest won't be a problem, I just gotta get time!

Cheers,

[sGu]

Hey sGu,

I agree with those above. PHP is the only way to go. I am working on my website. Unfortunately all that is working right now is the client area. Because I use that to give them proofs and such. The client area is all database driven. The rest won't be a problem, I just gotta get time!

Cheers,

vfilby, that's the second part of my site, for client proofs and placing orders.

First thing first though, need to sort out portfolio part first.

[vfilby]

sGu,

If you want to trade ideas, ask questions my email is vfilby@gmail.com. I would be more than happy to show you what I have thus far. Really it has been a child of necessity, so the client aspect had to be first.

Cheers,

[sGu]

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