header can’t be viewed with ie

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  saintromeo · Member · May 23, 2009 at 7:45 am

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  hi.. i’ve uploaded a custom header and it can’t be viewed with internet explorer. can anyone tell me how to resolve the issue?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  raincoaster · Member · May 23, 2009 at 7:56 am

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  We cannot help without a link to the blog, starting with http.

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  saintromeo · Member · May 23, 2009 at 8:05 am

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  sorry, i’m a new user and just figured my question wasn’t clear enough.
  My blog is http://lingzongtang.wordpress.com

  i was working with it with mozilla firefox yesterday and everything seems to be working fine.
  Today i managed to get a friend to comment on the outlook but the header doesn’t appear. it seems that the header doesn’t appear on Internet Explorer. Is there a way to resolve the issue? Thanks!

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  raincoaster · Member · May 23, 2009 at 8:08 am

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  It’s a very slow-loading header. I think the problem might be the connection, rather than the browser. Slower connections will not load that. You might want to try optimizing it for the web, although it doesn’t seem to be so bad. Can’t hurt.

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  saintromeo · Member · May 23, 2009 at 8:14 am

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  thanks rain for your prompt reply and advice! i will try it out first!

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 23, 2009 at 3:02 pm

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  Also, look at the actual file size of the image you created for your header. I’ve seen a few that were in the MB range. If at all possible, keep it under 150k. You might have to optimize it and then upload it again.

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  leetgamer · Member · May 23, 2009 at 7:08 pm

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  Yes it’s best if you reduce the size of that image. It causes frustration amongst readers that want to read a blog but it takes a long time to load.

  Use http://www.imageoptimizer.net/Pages/Home.aspx , I always use it. Don’t optimize the image so that it looks ugly, tho !

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  saintromeo · Member · May 23, 2009 at 8:35 pm

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  thank you all for your suggestions.. indeed i’ve tried using a .gif file that is 30kbs then the current jpeg i’m using that is about 500+kbs.. and it does appear on ie! but the resolution was affected.. so now i’m working on making it look better! thank you guys for the prompt replies!

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 23, 2009 at 9:38 pm

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  Text will always look better in a gif or png because they do not anti-alias text. Jpg’s typically will anti-alias text although some image editing programs allow you to either turn it off or set it to a lower value to keep text more sharp.