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Ashley Keeling
11,476 Pointsbackground image load time issue
when i click preview everything shows up quickly apart from the background image in the header, it takes a few seconds to load, and i dont know how to speed it up or is it to do with how treehouse website preview works. thanks
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,264 PointsIs it a very large file, with high resolution?
Some image formats support an "interlaced" mode, which most browsers will take advantage to display the image quickly with reduced resolution, and then sharpen it up as it has time to load the rest of the data.
Ashley Keeling
11,476 PointsAshley Keeling
11,476 Pointsits not a big file, but I've used browser stack and everything loads quickly, so i think it was to do with it connecting to the tree house sever. thanks