If your html code no longer mentions the old graphics, they aren't being loaded and consequently won't cause slowness. I suggest two options: 1) If you're on an IBM-PC compatible computer, you can download NetMedic at www.vitalsigns.com - if you install this freebie from this site, it gives you some idea why things are slow (your computer, the net, or the server you're connecting to) 2) You can run your site through an html validator. There are many sorts of those. The ones that I tend to use are on these web sites: www.websitegarage.com www.netmechanic.com http://validator.w3.org/ http://watson.addy.com/ Some of them will tell them when your pictures are too big (well, according to their standards...) Good luck! Gloria ---------- At 09:35 AM 11/29/2000 -0500, you wrote: >What is the best way to handle old graphics that you no longer used on >your web page? I have uploaded new web pages and changed the >backgrounds on several of them. The old backgrounds are still in my >folders and was wondering if that is why my web page is becoming slow >about loading. >I live on the east coast and between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. they are very >slow, but in the morning before 7:30 a.m. they load extremely fast. >Would that have something to do with the traffic on rootsweb? >Doris >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahchs/ > > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com