Brian Chandler <chandler@yomogi.or.jp> wrote/replied to: > >My page doesn't load a background, but I want to make sure that the >graphic bits get ordered ahead of the photos down the left, even though >the photos come earlier in the html source. So I put the bit of >javascript before that, just mentioning the filenames, so the browser >(in general) sends off a request for those files first. > ><script type="text/javascript"><!-- >// Load bg ahead >var anything = new Image(); >anything.src = "... you did insert the background here? ...."; >//--> ></script> > >Is that what you did? And it had no effect? Hmm. Well there you go. It's >just possible that there are tricks one could play on the server side, >fiddling the priority of responding to particular requests. Dunno >though. > > >Brian Chandler Thanks for the try Brian. I haven't given up and will scout out some Javascript info that might help me.