New Website

[1fastmofo]

Guys,

I had a friend put a new website together for me. Check it out and let me know what you think about the site and the race reports (newsletters). You need Macromedia Flash to view the site and Adobe Acrobat reader to read the newsletters. Oh and there's no pop ups or annoying ads. It's work safe. Only one picture is questionable in the picture section, which I'll just explain as an old pic from a bachelor party. (Blow up doll partial nudity) The rest is race related.

www.rayjonesfanclub.com

Yesterday I checked out a few of your sites and really liked them. Especially JeF4y's.

Thanks,
Ray

[SliderPhoto]

Very cool!

[am_#65_john_deere]

i like it.

much more cool than mine,

then again i am computer illiterate.

you can build your own site with yahoo for as little as $12 a month.

you update it when and with whatever you want

it is very simple to do.

[dwilson]

I've never seen Bullwinkle so p*ssed before  ;D
Oh, it's a donkey, nevermind.  

Nice site, definitely put together by someone with some Flash experience...

[smoke]

The site is good but there are tweeks that need to be made.  Yes I know FLASH very well.
1.  Checck the alignment of figures, text and pics when items load.  this should be done / opnimized for all screen sizes.
2.  Bring the pictures up on the screen.  They are too low.  
3.  Lengthen out the time line on the effect of the pic loading.  It starts off slow but then pics up speed.
I saw some other items but that was a quick look. I look at it more once i get home

[1fastmofo]

Smoke,

Thanks for the advice. I'll pass along the info to my buddy who did the site. I don't like how he has the pictures scrolling like that either, and they are fuzzy. Keep the comments coming.  ;)

Thanks,
Ray

[smoke]

first I must say. the starwars rap was great...

ok..  kill the all black page that is the pre loader.  If u are going to  use a preloader it should grab u and hold u to the screen ( make u want more)

kill the sound effects on the bar/menu items going into place.  its over kill as u have the  song playing over top.

on the main screen dropy the donkey down to a lil above center line ( currently his left ear is cut off)

it might be my pc but u have dead links in the sponcer section

you are right the pics are grainy...  after spending a lil time looking at it i don't like how the pics come in at all or the effects that was used

our team site( all flash MX pro based) should be up in about two weeks. i'm working on it now.

[ecumike]

I just checked the original file.. it's huge. (I hacked the .SWF :) )
Make it less linear, use more movies and clips.

Also.. check and make sure you're using Motion, and not Shape tweening on the title and graphics.

Also... make the title thingy 1 symbol on 1 layer, instead of text, and the box on different layers and tweening them together.

And also.. resize the images BEFORE you import them into Flash. The blow up doll photo is sized in Flash.. that doesn't help the file size ;)

[Racingxtc7]

Who can name that movie?



Jeff

[r6_philly]

and when you publish the flash movie make sure you check off "protect from import" under publish settings.

so these hacks can't criticize what you did or didnt do  ;D

[smoke]

"Hacks" huh..

interesting comment considering he asked for a different view point.  Unlike someone else I did not "hack" the .SWF file.  

[1fastmofo]

WOW,  :o

You guys really know what you're talking about. I have to pass all this info onto my friend. I don't know the first thing about flash.

I'll have to cut and paste your comments into an e-mail for him. I can't take any credit for the Starwars Ganster Rap, that's something we came across online and thought it was awesome.  ;D

Anyone read the newsletters (race reports)? Any suggestions on my writting?