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From: "Dick Watts" <>
Subject: Re: [MEGEN-L] MEGenWeb Update 'Fessing'
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:24:06 -0500
In-Reply-To: <41B3DF12.5000701@tdstelme.net>


Hi, Listers:

I just had to jump in and comment about Nancy's statement about photos!

As a modem user with a 5-year old computer, I wholeheartly support the
"limited" use of photos on the first ("index.html") page, cemetery or
otherwise. Three or four full-sized photos aren't too bad, but the use of
"thumbnail" photos that people can "click on" if they want to view the
larger version is great (in my opinion).

Also, another technique I try to use on the first page is to list topics in
"tables" and if the URL you are going to access has "lots" of photos I will
usually put the word (photos) next to the "clickable" words.


Regards,
Dick Watts
Stoneham, MA
Part of Red Sox Nation

St. George, ME, USGenWeb Town Coordinator
http://www.geocities.com/rlwattss/USGenWeb/stgeohomepage.html

Stoneham Historical Society, VP and Webmaster
http://www.geocities.com/stonehamhistoricalsociety

Congratulations,
Stoneham High School Boys Soccer
2004 Massachusetts State Division 3 Champions




>From: Nancy Porter <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: Re: [MEGEN-L] MEGenWeb Update 'Fessing'
>Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 23:24:50 -0500
>
>Tina:
>Some folks are adding pictures of cemeteries, and that's fine,
>but I've held off doing that for a couple of reasons
>1) they upload much slower, and with DSL, it's not a problem
>but some folks still have modem connections, and older computers,
>so I've held off doing it. Slow pages are frustrating
>2) there are nearly 100 cemeteries on-line now with the ones George
>& Jan Thompson did, and the ones I've added. Just getting a picture
>of the "overview" of the cemetery would be a task, not to mention doing
>each and every stone.
>
>What I do is take individual pictures on request. To date, I haven't done
>many outside of Farmington, but I have done a few. I explain I'll have to
>wait for lighting and weather, but I haven't had many complaints about
>waiting. And I try to get out within a week (assuming it's not raining). I
>am considering adding some pictures of some historical sites around
>the area. I just got a new scanner, and it works pretty good. My site
>tends to be void of pictures. But setting it up is another issue. So I'm
>doing some thinking on this. Right now, all I have is data. (easier to
>build the page that way...)
>
>Having fun, no matter what.
>Nancy in Franklin County
>


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