User Guide

You can insert other image types, but FrontPage will convert those with 256

colors or less to GIFs and those with more than 256 colors to JPEGs.

GIFs also support transparent backgrounds (i.e., you can select a color in

the GIF picture that will not be displayed by a browser). This makes it so

the inserted GIF doesn’t obscure any page background settings.

Estimating

Page

Download

Time

Adding pictures to a page will increase the time it takes the page to download.

On average, you want to keep the download time under 10 seconds; otherwise,

visitors may lose patience and look elsewhere. To help you with this, in the

lower right-hand corner of the FrontPage application window, there is the Esti-

mated Time To Download feature,

As the name implies, it estimates how long the page open in Page view will

take to transfer a ﬁle between your server and the visitor’s browser based on a

speciﬁed Internet connection speed; a 28.8 KB modem is the default

connection. As you add content to the page, such as pictures, this time will

increase.

You can modify the Estimated Time To Download feature’s connection speed

by clicking on the estimated time and selecting a different speed from the

pop-up list.

LESSON 4

Lesson 4: Adding Visual Appeal to a Web

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