Re: [cobalt-users] Two beginner questions

[Balázs Nagy <bn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > 2) It slows down the site significantly by not centralizing the
> > images: if you
> > have the same image on two different pages, the user will have to
> > download it
> > twice.
>
> Huh? I have FrontPage sites. I have an images directory that I import all
> the images into. All the images are called from that directory. No
> duplication.

Then maybe you can enlighten a number of people on how you do it. Personally I
don't use FP, but all the people I've seen using it have this symptom. Not that
I want to generalize from that, but it looks like you could help.


> > 3)  You will encounter random problems and Cobalt might not
> > considerhelping
> > you with FP priority #1
>
> I haven't had any problems.

Well if you follow this list, you can see that others did have problems...


>
> >
> > Use FP:
> > If your clients insist, and do not understand why not to...
> >
> Or they may not be able to use anything else. Not all clients want to pay
> someone to update their site all the time and I'd much prefer to turn the
> keys over to the client and just get a lump sum for design and then get an
> occasional fee for fixing any problems or changes they can't handle down the
> road.

???? Are you saying that FP is the only way to "turn the
keys over to the client" ?