I'm sorry but this has to be one of the all time slowest loading websites I have seen in a long time. The same result of Gavick's The News template too! Too bad as both are nice designs visually.

IT WAS COOL......I LOVE IT.........!

From my Firefox Webdeveloper plugin and www.websiteoptimization.com. It's notable I got various actual size-loads, but this is definitely a heavy page to load. I guess if you're slinging Sony Vaio's and iPhones as the demo page is, you'd expect your consumer to be monied enough to have a fast PC, browser, and connection.

* TOTAL_HTML - Congratulations, the total number of HTML files on this page (including the main HTML file) is 1 which most browsers can multithread. Minimizing HTTP requests is key for web site optimization.
* TOTAL_OBJECTS - Warning! The total number of objects on this page is 101 - consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refine, and optimize your external objects. Replace graphic rollovers with CSS rollovers to speed display and minimize HTTP requests.
* TOTAL_IMAGES - Warning! The total number of images on this page is 92 , consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refine, and optimize your graphics. Replace graphic rollovers with CSS rollovers to speed display and minimize HTTP requests.
* TOTAL_CSS - Caution. The total number of external CSS files on this page is 3 , consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refine, and optimize your external CSS files. Ideally you should have one (or even embed CSS for high-traffic pages) on your pages.
* TOTAL_SIZE - Warning! The total size of this page is 783008 bytes, which will load in 176.25 seconds on a 56Kbps modem. Consider reducing total page size to less than 30K to achieve sub eight second response times on 56K connections. Pages over 100K exceed most attention thresholds at 56Kbps, even with feedback.
* TOTAL_SCRIPT - Caution. The total number of external script files on this page is 5 , consider reducing this to one or two. Combine, refine, and optimize your external script files. Ideally you should have one (or even embed scripts for high-traffic pages) on your pages.
* HTML_SIZE - Congratulations, the total size of this HTML file is 6087 bytes, which less than 20K. Assuming that you specify the HEIGHT and WIDTH of your images, this size allows your page to display content in well under 8 seconds, the average time users are willing to wait for a page to display without feedback.
* IMAGES_SIZE - Warning! The total size of your images is 721467 bytes, which is over 30K. Consider optimizing your images for size, combining them, and replacing graphic rollovers with CSS.
* SCRIPT_SIZE - Warning! The total size of external your scripts is 17559 bytes, which is over 8K. Consider optimizing your scripts for size, combining them, and using compression where appropriate for any scripts placed in the HEAD of your documents.
* CSS_SIZE - Warning! The total size of your external CSS is 37895 bytes, which is over 8K. Consider optimizing your CSS for size by eliminating whitespace, using shorthand notation, and combining multiple CSS files where appropriate.
* MULTIM_SIZE - Congratulations, the total size of all your external multimedia files is 0 bytes, which is less than 4K.

I have all the above: fast pc and connection. This is still a really slow Template.

Yeah, I also noticed you can glitch out the text associated with the items in the photo display module at the top of the page, which is a center-piece.

It simply couldn't keep up with me mousing around to look at things, and then went out of sync.

The layout is nice.

Aldreth wrote:
The layout is nice.


That it is.

That's what happens when you try to pimp your templates out with all the bells and whistles.