My wife and i recently got our web site on relationship seminar
published. An attendee tried to register on line but couldn't. The
home page wouldn't download completely; some pages would load for a
second and white out. Our computer guy said viewer didn't have
Flashplayer installed but i asked other viewer with Flashplayer and
some pages also didn't display properly. We need to understand what is
going on and came up with some questions.
1 - Download - fast - normal - slow
2 - Are you using Apple or Windows
3 - Flashplayer installed
4 - Does the graphic ("Y man") overlap content in some pages? Which ones?
5 - On some PCs (Apple and Windows) the top left quarter of of every
web page is blocked out by a big white square. What's the cause of
that? How can it be fixed? Our computer guy says viewer didn't have
Flashplayer but i asked viewer with Flashplayer but in some pages
graphic overlaps.
6 - The page loads slow and the curved graphic around it usually loads
in pieces. What causes that? How can it be fixed? (Complex border
graphic? Customized background? Customized 'clouds' below image of
person on left? Other?
7 - The pages are often slow to print. We often need to click on
another link in the site before the request for printing is activated.
What causes this? How can it be fixed?
8 - Registration. Are there easier Pay Pal interfaces we could use?
Which ones? What do they cost?
9 - Are there other, better option for taking credit card payments
that would also enable us to take credit card payments over the phone?
Web site: www.fogelita.com 
We appreciate your help

I've had a lot of experience with web-design and I can honestly say
your site will be so much, much better without the flash animation.
I'm on a 1Mb internet connection and a brand new iBook laptop and it
locked up whilst loading your page. Scrolling is painfully slow and my
computer is running slower whilst having your website in the
background. Replacing the animation with a still image (you can use
image maps to make the links work) wouldn't detatch from the overall
appearance of the website so I think it's definately worth a try.

I don't know of any payment solutions that can let you take credit
card details over the phone, and personally I don't feel that
comfortable giving them to a stranger as opposed to using a secure
online system such as PayPal.

Hi

I agree with the last post, you Web site is on the heavy side.

You can get complete audit of your web sites done answering all the
questions above. Also, it gives you something to go back to your
original web designers with.

Try http://www.domain33.com or http://www.domain33.com/Consul.html

Hope it helps and good luck!

www.domain33.com/Consul.html or www.domain33.com

Hi there--Here are my comments based on your questions.  I hope they are helpful:

1. My download is Broadband and it downloaded in about 5 seconds
2 - I am using Windows
3 - I do have Macromedia Flash player installed and the Flash looks very cool.
4 - It doesn't look like the Y man is overlapping, but there seems to
be a definite "break" in your pages where the graphic doesn't line up.
5 - No big white square here. But if I click on the Flash I do get a
big white square.
6 -  If it loads slow there are really only two possible reasons--too
big of a Flash file or graphics are too big.  Are your graphics in
"pieces" to begin with to make a whole picture?  Or is it just one big
picture?

7 -  Not sure why it is printing slow--again the Flash may be
affecting this.  How big is your home page including graphics and
Flash?

8 - Registration.  There are several registration options out on the
Internet that can do all the legwork for you at a reasonable cost.
Check out:  www.rsvpbook.com  You can also do online payments with
them.  The only other way is to have a programmer develop an online
registration form and process it that way through https.

Hope that helps!
B--
www.bcdesignsit.com

I would like to thanky you all for your reviews. It has been immensely
helpful.I am new to this so i don't know how to send email to each of
you to thank so i post it here.

Thanks again. 
Nelson

I would like to say that it loaded fine for me on a shared connection
with about 120 other pc's so don't panic.

I hope to answer your questions and offer a further insight about your
html meta tags.

[Winxppro,ie6,flash=yes, loaded fine but I generally get almost 3Megs
down on ADSL on speed tests. The site may be a little sticky on
dial-up).

The graphic in corner might load in pieces because it is a "sliced
image."  If so, that is a good technique to make a large image load
more quickly by making it many smaller images.  The web code
reassembles the image using a table layout.

The pages may be slow to print because of the overall size of the
images and the "Flash."  Flash is fun, but doesn't always play nice.

Paypal is the best way to go initially because you can set up links on
your site to accept payement.  They take credit cards, checks, etc. 
And the money is transfered to your account with little payout to
them.  It is rather expensive to set up a merchant account to take
credit cards, and you have to have a thwate or verisign security
certificate.


But, I wonder about the html code -- especially the Meta Tags.  They
could present an issue for you...

Here's your code:
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<meta name="description" content=" Sex, Love, Spirit, Fogelita, sex,
love, spirit, fogelita, Relationship seminars, Romance, Sexuality,
Spirituality, Sacred Sex, Evolutionary Sexuality, Couples, Singles,
Integral, Transformative, Practice, Being, multi-orgasmic, The power
of pleasure, Creation, Manifestation, Better, sex, Romantic, Renewal,
Sensory Awakening Adventure  Full-body orgasm  Human Potential
Self-awareness  Mystical Union, Meditation, Relationships, Personal,
development, Sex, aging, Lifelong, Loving, Joy Steltzner, Nelson
Olivera, Dating, Sexual, Healing, Integrated, tantra, Integrated,
Tao">

<meta name="document" content=" Sex, Love, Spirit, Fogelita, sex,
love, spirit, fogelita, Relationship seminars, Romance, Sexuality,
Spirituality, Sacred Sex, Evolutionary Sexuality, Couples, Singles,
Integral, Transformative, Practice, Being, multi-orgasmic, The power
of pleasure, Creation, Manifestation, Better, sex, Romantic, Renewal,
Sensory Awakening Adventure  Full-body orgasm  Human Potential
Self-awareness  Mystical Union, Meditation, Relationships, Personal,
development, Sex, aging, Lifelong, Loving, Joy Steltzner, Nelson
Olivera, Dating, Sexual, Healing, Integrated, tantra, Integrated,
Tao">

<meta name="keywords" content=" Sex, Love, Spirit, Fogelita, sex,
love, spirit, fogelita, Relationship seminars, Romance, Sexuality,
Spirituality, Sacred Sex, Evolutionary Sexuality, Couples, Singles,
Integral, Transformative, Practice, Being, multi-orgasmic, The power
of pleasure, Creation, Manifestation, Better, sex, Romantic, Renewal,
Sensory Awakening Adventure  Full-body orgasm  Human Potential
Self-awareness  Mystical Union, Meditation, Relationships, Personal,
development, Sex, aging, Lifelong, Loving, Joy Steltzner, Nelson
Olivera, Dating, Sexual, Healing, Integrated, tantra, Integrated,
Tao">

<meta name="keyword" content=" Sex, Love, Spirit, Fogelita, sex, love,
spirit, fogelita, Relationship seminars, Romance, Sexuality,
Spirituality, Sacred Sex, Evolutionary Sexuality, Couples, Singles,
Integral, Transformative, Practice, Being, multi-orgasmic, The power
of pleasure, Creation, Manifestation, Better, sex, Romantic, Renewal,
Sensory Awakening Adventure  Full-body orgasm  Human Potential
Self-awareness  Mystical Union, Meditation, Relationships, Personal,
development, Sex, aging, Lifelong, Loving, Joy Steltzner, Nelson
Olivera, Dating, Sexual, Healing, Integrated, tantra, Integrated,
Tao">

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The only tag above that should contain a list of keywords is the
keyword meta tag.  Otherwise, search engines may feel you are
"slamming" or "cramming" keywords which will actually lower your
chances of being seen in a search engine.  This is an old technique
that has not been widely accepted in at least 2.5 yrs.



1) Use the description tag for a desription of your site of 150 to 250 words.  

2} Eliminate a lot of the keywords you have and then use "targeted"
keywords for each page that are more relevant to the pages actual
content.  The REASON?  Because Keywords are actually weighted less,
especially if there is not enought written text content on the page to
support them (or streghten their purpose).

3)Eliminate the duplicate keyword metatage entry and the " <meta
name="document" content=" > " entry - not needed.

4)And Lastly, the page is missing one of the most highly weighted tags
by all search engines:
<title> Your Site's Title here - use one or two keywords </title>


I hope this helps.  As much as it is important to know how well your
site will load - and it is very important other wise a viewer will not
stay... What you don't see is most important.

Cheers, MaineWebworks - Shelfimage-ga -

The only problem i found with this site is that it did load properly.
Hope that helps