page transition not smooth..

[rstevenson]

It's at the top of stylesheet_tm.css. Change the background color line from...
background:#0F0705;
... to ...
background:white;
... just as a test. At least you won't see the black during the transition.

Rob

[ljbird]

With the spirit of I'll try anything. I changed the background to white. Doing so changed the look of the page considerably and the flash did not go away it turned white.
I am considering a new install, is there any way to do so with out losing all the style changes I have made to this one? I am also considering trashing the whole thing and doing something I can finish because this has gone on way too long for a website and I am becoming discouraged.

[jackie.taferner]

ljbird, I think it looks OK now, i don't think there's a need to scrap it.

The transition is simply the load time it takes the server to send the page information to your browser. The average user won't even notice, and if they do it's still a pretty standard thing. If you go to any website, it takes load time to get the content on the page, thus showing the background color in the transition.

[ljbird]

Thanks I know it is no big deal but to me it is. So I am now having the hosting company restore everything to the way it was before the move and I will start over. Smarter this time I hope and wise enough not to make the same mistake.

[Website Rob]

It was mentioned earlier that with JS disabled one does not see the transition problem.
I can verify it is true.

I would guess the problem JS code is here:

<div class="head"><!--bof-branding display-->

<center><script src="includes/templates/theme064/js/effect1.js"></script></center>
</div>
<!--eof-branding display-->

Remove it and see what happens. You could also have your page better coded, to prevent this type of JS problem and to correct other HTML errors -- which may be adding to your current problem.

[ljbird]

Where do I look to remove that bit of code?

[Website Rob]

includes/templates/theme064/common/tpl_header.php - should be the file to edit.

[ljbird]

well that got rid of the flash in more ways than one. Can you tell me how I should put the flash element in the header. Or if not flash something else that rotates photos.

Thanks for everyone's help. I still don't understand why moving the site would have caused a problem where there wasn't one before but I am past that now and moving on.