Delay Image Load

nanwich · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 6

I am building a web site for our club. Several members are using dial-up and older browsers (IE4), so I have to be careful with images especially.

I want to include an animated GIF on the home page, but because of dial-up users, I would like the page to display before the image is loaded. Is there any way to delay the load until after the rest of the page is displayed? Don't assume the user has any idea how to change their options (even if they can - WebTV).

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:43 am

You can use CSS to position the image absolutely (not recommended though) and then put the code to the image at the very end of the page.

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nanwich · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 6

No, I cannot put it at the end. Nor will absolute positioning work due to the wide variety of browsers I must support. There must be some way to delay the load, even if it has to be with a Java script. I have actually considered using a redirect and an almost exact duplicate of the page.

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 9:39 am

And that was why I did not recommend it. Wih the older browsers you would basically have to come up with a weird way. Even with JavaScript - you are going to be running an uphill battle because the older browsers not supporting it properly

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