Simple Preloading Question

[vkbarefoot]

I am designing an artists site so there are a whole lot of images. I want the images to be preloaded when the visitor gets to any page on the site.

http://www.vikibarefoot.com/Chris/The_Wall.htm

There are three categories of images. I would like to put three iframes out of site on this page. Each iframe would hold all the images in that category.

Here's my question. Will the images continue to load even after the visitor has moved off of that page?

Thank you .... viki

[BLiZZaRD]

If you are using the page to load the images and just not having them visible and the visitor navigates away from the page, then the loading stops. But what is already there is still there in the cache, so if they go back to the page it is less load time.

Be warned though that even though the visitor can't see these Iframes the loading still effects the rest of the page that is visible. Slow load times on any page without a visual reason will make people leave quickly.

[vkbarefoot]

What do you think would be the best way to preload images for an artists site. I never know where they are going to go. Would a css preload page be the ticket?

[BLiZZaRD]

CSS preload would help, slightly more reliable than JS methods. If you look here (http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol6/css_no18.htm) you will find a little tutorial on how to do it, as well as some programs and apps to help find where the visitor goes