I have a little problem with a site I built. The site is too slow, or rather loads too much stuff all at once.
I built a site for a musician, and the site has an mp3 player that plays his songs.
Now some background on the project first; I was passed on this project by a friend who I guess didnt know how to build it and the site was waaay past deadline or something. Also he had agreed on a low price which meant it was supposed to be a simple site.
My friend told me he had designed a flash movie that rotates some images and all I need was to add an mp3 player that plays the songs and build 1-2 pages that load in such a way that the flash player keeps playing continuosly.
When I contacted the actual client he told me he also wanted a online shop, a contact form and a guest book. I said ok, (and didnt want any extra money
The site was built using jquery that allows users to view content from the pages without reloading the page. as a result i ended up with a flash contact form and a flash based guestbook (I normally stay away from flash) + the flash mp3 player and the original flash that rotates the images of the artist. I used flash because it was a easy way to make it all work with the jquery system in place.
The resulting site is too slow. or rather, it takes TOO LONG FOR THE MP3's TO KICK IN AND START PLAYING.
can anyone suggest me a technique to use so that I could maintain the effect that once the mp3 songs start playing the songs wont cut out when user decides to navigate from about me to contact form etc..
here is a link to the project: http://www.samda.org/doron/index.html
I just only decided the current system is unacceptable, and will be looking for a new solution over the weekend. I would really appreciate advice, tips or comments.
thanks in advance,
Sami