Need some help checking out this website

[theHandpuppet]

I wanted to explore the website of the Appalachian Media Institute at http://www.appalshop.org/ami/ but keep getting hung up when I try the various links, such as those to the video/photo collections. Can some folks here check this out? Is it just me? I hesitate to recommend a site that's so glitchy.

Thanks for any help.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. It works but VERY SLOWLY as it is image heavy.

How long are you giving it when you hit Media Gallery, Video? The Media Gallery, photo didn't load (or I didn't wait long enough)

[theHandpuppet]

3. My computer seemed to freeze up when I tried viewing the videos.

Same with the photo gallery. I think they definitely need some help with their website.

[NYC_SKP]

2. The site/links work, but photo and video are same page, only one audio file loads.

Still, I think it's a good source, maybe just include a warning about the slow loading.

The audio clip that works is worth a listen, and the pics are good, too!

[theHandpuppet]

4. Thanks for the help and your patience.

Some of these non-profit groups that rely on donations simply don't have the funds for better websites. Hopefully they'll find some volunteers who can help them.

[theHandpuppet]

6. Yes, it looks like a very interesting site

I guess I could add it to the thread for "Resources" with a disclaimer that it may be difficult to load and not all of the material is available.

[appalachiablue]

7. That works.

[A Little Weird]

8. It worked ok for me but it seems I had more trouble when navigating from the bar at the top

If I got to the videos from the main part of the page they seemed to play ok but sometimes it would freeze up if I tried to go to one of the categories on the navigation bar.

I've heard good things about Appalshop although I don't really know that much about them. AMI is just one part of Appalshop project - the main site is just www.appalshop.org and it seems to work a lot better.

[theHandpuppet]

9. Thanks!

I'll give it a try from the main site and see if that works any better for me.

[theHandpuppet]

10. You're right-- that works much better

[bvf]

11. Hoped I could add something useful but

my hardware is seriously out of date. Had better luck loading videos on my phone than on my XP, but even then the vids were buffering every few seconds.

I agree with the poster(s) who said the website could use some work though.

Next time at the library I definitely plan to check out some of those vids.