How do i change the order in which things load?

[WeirdClayJisKOOL]

I do not know if this is possible, but is there a way to change the order in which things load on my web page. i have a marquee with over 300 images in it at the top of the page, and because it loads first, it make the rest of the page take about a year to load. i would like to have it load the rest of the page first, then go back and load the marquee images. is this possible? thanks!

[daygon]

i dont really think so but you can do some research

[karinne]

If there was a way, it would probably be with the aid of some JS ... and even then ... I'm not sure it's possible. I remember people asking about this in other forums before and I'm pretty sure the answer was that you can't.

[Ryan Fait]

You can move the marquee to the bottom of the source and use CSS to put it where you want visually... At any rate, if it's that noticeable, you should come up with a solution that doesn't involve such long loading times.

[WeirdClayJisKOOL]

ok right now it's in a div. so if i were to put the actual marquee part at the bottom of my code, but have the div location still at the top of the page visually, would it load last?

i also was considering making a marquee in flash but i couldn't figure out how

EDIT: I changed the order of the div tags and i think it changed the order in which things load. hopefully this will help, because i can't tell on my computer because of all me cookies and suck

[Ryan Fait]

Really, if you're worried about this, you should rethink the entire site. This is bad web design at its most basic level.

[WeirdClayJisKOOL]

yes i know but i am unfortunately going for aesthetics over function, so i really do not want to get rid of it. but that you guys so much for your help i cannot believe i didn't think of that myself.

thanks again

[Ryan Fait]

Why not have both? Use JS to load the images in the marquee in a loop. So perhaps every 10 seconds, it loads a few more images that are coming up in the marquee.

[WeirdClayJisKOOL]

i would, but it's for my myspace *pathetic i know* and i can't use js.

[Ryan Fait]

It's MySpace... Why do you care if it sucks more than 1% of other accounts?

[WeirdClayJisKOOL]

i don't it just takes so long to load that a lot of people wont talk to me on it. but i dont want to get rid of the marquee because it is something that is a big part of my life, and myspace is intended to show people about you and allow people to keep in contact. i guess i'm just stubborn lol.

[spinal007]

Switch to Facebook...

[moojoo]

You can preload images simply by making a class or id in your css for them, set the div to display none, and insert into your HTML, so when people visit that section etc the images will have been loaded already without them ever knowing.

[daygon]

I hate myspace. :angry:

[spinal007]

The most important point of all is:
You're doing what is called lazy programming.
You're loading a lot of stuff a long way before you need it and what's worse, you might not need to load it at all.
Like most people have suggested, load some images, then some more, then some more....

and if myspace doesn't allow you to do that, then switch to facebook and make yourself a nice little album... lol