Music file sizes..need some advice.

[Nightcat]

I've set up my first cyber haunted house (yay!) and I'm wondering if my main music file for most of the house is too big. I'm using a file of over 70k and some users have simply crashed. Do I need to use a smaller file size so things load faster? Will visitors wait for things to load or simply leave? I'm used to text and photos only so any sound file advice would help. :)

[GremlinzGuy]

ok i hate music..and i hate waiting..try to keep everything as small as possible..

>>>>www.angelfire.com/scary/oakland/index3.html <<<< a must see for any one that reads this!

[Nightcat]

Hmm. Well, I like music in haunted houses, and every visitor's loading time seems to differ. I usually hate music on webpages too, but it helps set the mood for haunted houses, I think. Erm, I've visited your site before, and the stupid fotter keeps appearing on the middle of the page, obliterating half the text. But it is nice from what I can see.

[Nightcat]

I think you are right tho about using smaller file sizes. I can dump my main file and pick up a handful of smaller ones. The tracks here are great for haunted houses, don't you think?

[Devil]

I know nothing about fonts and putting music on sites but I will visit the haunted house when your done, Just tell me when it's ready and I'm there.;)

"Jason, Mother is talking to you!"
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[Nightcat]

It is ready now since I changed the music file size. The addy is

http://www.angelfire.com/ks3/nightcat/page68.html

This is my first time to do an online haunted house, so I'm still learning. Love the cool Jason pic and your site, BTW. :)

[Devil]

Aw, I had no idea it was ready,I thought you meant you needed music altogether but you have some, You just want it upgraded. I'll check your site out in a bit, I'm just in a hurry at the moment. Btw, Thanks for visiting Reelhorror.com, I hope you join up there and thanks for the compliment on my pic.;)

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[Devil]

I't was ****ing awesome Nightcat, I enjoyed the music that you had, Especially the little girl humming some tunes, Pretty creepy. The problem for myself was that most of the pictures didn't come up on my computer, They were all cracked pictures. All in all I loved it, Great story line and I didn't realize that you gave us the options of where to go, Good idea and that's a great site you got there, Thumbs up. ;)

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[Nightcat]

Thanks! I'll show up at your site sometime, sure. Do you ever get visitors who sign up and you have no idea who they are? I have one now and he thinks I know him. I like giving options because to me it feels a lot worse to chicken out in a haunted house then to just go the whole way through. Can you tell I grew up on choose your own adventure books? :)

[GremlinzGuy]

ok i liked the site and all but screw angelfire..i use them but i have hacked their codes out..its rather simple and rather dangerous...but other then that i like i like.

>>>>www.angelfire.com/scary/oakland/index3.html <<<< a must see for any one that reads this!

[Nightcat]

I know, a lot about Angelfire is stupid. I hate all the pop ups, and I can't afford to pay for the site, so I'm stuck with them. But at least they gave me more room than my ISP, AOL.

[GremlinzGuy]

yeah i hacked all the frickin ads out of my page...until they added that darn footer ad...and of course the script i put in all my pages was for html but the footer ad is in java surprisingly...but oh well got that shyt covered also.

>>>>www.angelfire.com/scary/oakland/index3.html <<<< a must see for any one that reads this!

[Nightcat]

That sounds good. Just be careful they shut down a buudy of mine just for using copyrighted materials. Bleech. [V]

[GremlinzGuy]

yeah...i'm going to cry if they shut my page down...its like at least 100 pages interlinked...with out any evidence of it being like it is...its been time consuming...very very time consuming.

>>>>www.angelfire.com/scary/oakland/newindex.html <<<< a must see for any one that reads this!

[mr.sasquatch]

Looks like I have some sites to see. That should give me something to do at work tomorrow. Faster connection there also!

[Nightcat]

Sounds cool. I have only 80 some pages, but I'm working on more. I've just reached a point where I wonder what I'm doing it for, you know?

[mr.sasquatch]

I made it to the Phantom my first time playing without even choosing the wrong way. Is that the end when you get to the party? Kudos to me!

[Devil]

I just realized that you are registered at reelhorror.com Nightcat, Good stuff, Do you like it there? I have no idea about the guests registering and ****, You would have to ask reelhorror himself, He would know.


Btw, I remember those choose your own adventure books!, Those kicked ass, And since we didn't have computers in those days we were forced to read, Now those were scary days, lol j/k.:D

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[Nightcat]

Glad to hear somebody made it out alive. ;)

Yes, Devil, I like it there. The people seem laid back and it is nice to talk to horror fans who watch the films, if you know what I mean. :)

[Devil]

Yeah, They are very laid back there, It might be because alot of them know each outside the message board. It could also be that were all in the same age group too but that's not to much of an issue for myself.

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[Nightcat]

That helps. It also helps they are friendly and don't make issues. I can't tell you how many forums I go to where people will bully one poster to chase them off. Didn't we stop that garbage in grade school?

[mr.sasquatch]

I thought chat rooms were for starting arguements, not bulletin boards.

"You think that when you die you go to Heaven. YOU COME TO US!!"

[Nightcat]

So, are you trying to start one now?

[mr.sasquatch]

Of course not. Unless your a Jehovahs witness...then I'll start an arguement [}:)]

"You think that when you die you go to Heaven. YOU COME TO US!!"

[Nightcat]

I'm just kidding, LOL! I got you the first time, I just have a weird sense of humor. Example, I love wearing my 'I slept with a ghost in...' t-shirts in public. It freaks people out. Hehehehe. No wonder people say I need meds. :)

[GremlinzGuy]

cough cough psycho cough. lol just kidding.

>>>>www.angelfire.com/scary/oakland/newindex.html <<<< a must see for any one that reads this!

[Nightcat]

Hehehe. Speaking of which, since Chainsaw is getting a remake, I wonder if they will dust off POTO for a true gorefest. I want a demented Phantom that slashes and bombs his way thru the opera. Sigh. I'd like a version with an NC-17 rating at least, something like Argento's Opera, but more blatant.