Louis
It's
funny how I've known about a simple mistake you can make online for
years, but never tested it properly until this weekend.
Several people have advised me that with a sales page you should have two tables right on top of each other. The top one should be around two screens worth (this one loads first), and the one right below it should be the rest of the message.
What I've done to date is have two tables one on top of the other but *within* one larger table.
BIG MISTAKE.
Broadband has made me lazy, I'll say that. I always test my pages and they load fine to me, but that's really not helping my visitors on dial up...
So this weekend I tested my new look page with a dial up modem too.
It took over a minute to load!
A great way to lose sales. :(
I strongly suggest you avoid this mistake - take two tables which *are not* within any other tables and put them one on top of the other.
I've done that now, tested it on dial up, and it loads pretty well since the top table loads first and gives the visitor something to look at as the rest of the page loads. :)
Several people have advised me that with a sales page you should have two tables right on top of each other. The top one should be around two screens worth (this one loads first), and the one right below it should be the rest of the message.
What I've done to date is have two tables one on top of the other but *within* one larger table.
BIG MISTAKE.
Broadband has made me lazy, I'll say that. I always test my pages and they load fine to me, but that's really not helping my visitors on dial up...
So this weekend I tested my new look page with a dial up modem too.
It took over a minute to load!
A great way to lose sales. :(
I strongly suggest you avoid this mistake - take two tables which *are not* within any other tables and put them one on top of the other.
I've done that now, tested it on dial up, and it loads pretty well since the top table loads first and gives the visitor something to look at as the rest of the page loads. :)