the speed of my slideshow on my homepage

[Quirkel]

Can anyone help me figure out how to speed up the slideshow on my homepage? It's just taking way too long to pop up and I;m afraid users will lose interest.
Thanks very much!!!

http://www.carolpowleyphotography.com

[LoulouPix]

Hi Carol,
I checked your site and I do think the slideshow took a "normal" amount of time to start so I guess your issue is between pictures.
This parameter is driven by the crossFadeSpeed.
You have this currently set up to 350 ms.
I suggest you decrease it.

Nice pics btw ;)

[jfriend]

First, I would suggest removing this from your Bio as it is just causing an error:

<script>
Rest of slideshow code.
</script>


Second, I would suggest implement a splash image that will come up quicker. You do that by adding this line to the start of your ssConfig structure:

splash: 'http://www.carolpowleyphotography.com/photos/12345678_abcdef-L.jpg',

where you fill in the direct link to a public image of yours of the desired size.

Third, if you want, you can make the slideshow actually run faster (once it has started) by adding this parameter to the start of your ssConfig structure:

showSpeed: 'fastest',

[Quirkel]

Thanks, LouLou! I appreciate it!
CArol

Hi Carol,
I checked your site and I do think the slideshow took a "normal" amount of time to start so I guess your issue is between pictures.
This parameter is driven by the crossFadeSpeed.
You have this currently set up to 350 ms.
I suggest you decrease it.

Nice pics btw ;)