Hi All
I have a dating site and there are 30 profile pics per page which are loading quite slowly. When I save the images I cut them down to the right size and use the save for web option but the images still download slowly.
Any suggestions?
Is splicing a option? I have heard of it but not quite sure what it does.
Thanks in advance
What are their sizes?
Are you using Jpeg format (best for photos) When you save for Web what Quality value did you use?
Hello Matey - Here’s the answers
All the profile pics are between 100 & 200KB saved for web as optimised PNG files.
The I have my background image which 375KB saved for web as optimised PNG file.
And my homepage pic which is 538KB saved for web as optimised PNG file.
The file sizes for the background images are far too big. Like was mentioned for photographic images on the web JPG is more suitable (size). Obviously PNG-24 is superior but unless these people; on the dating site are desirable ‘super models’ that are likely to be printed then it is overkill. Having 30 at that size will kill anything but really fast broadband.
Store them as PNG by all means as backup master files but don’t use the PNG version on the web for these pictures of people; the files will be about four times the size they need be.
I’ve changed them all to:
Profile pics are between 8 & 27KB jpgs.
The I have my background image which 34.7KB jpg
And my homepage pic which is 36KB jpg.
So that’s much better! ain’t it? 
Oh yea, those little babies are flying onto the screen now : )