I am using javascript to make an image "appear" in front of my blog Web page (if interested, the script is Lightbox 2.0 and the URL is http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/).

The script is working perfectly on my Main page but when you go to my permalink page it seems to take forever (2-3 minutes perhaps) for the page to load. When it finally does finish loading the script works fine (until then it doesn't). However, that's way too long to load and I'd like to know how I can get it to work faster.

My main index page (scripting working fine): http://life.outtacontext.com (the link in question can be found in the story "The Perennial Good Boy" where it says "this note from my distant past").

The link to my permalink page: http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000346.shtml

It appears to me the problem is the "Listen to this Post" icon in your sidebar. It is being pulled from an external server (http://www.talkr.com/images/speaker_20.gif), and when I viewed your page, the browser hung for a long time waiting for that image to be sent. Javascript does not begin executing until a page has fully loaded, so one image taking a long time to load could certainly delay your script from working.

I'd suggest copying the icon to your server and link the local copy in your img tag.

GENUIS, Tweezerman! Thank you.

Now, I'd like to know how you figured that out.

Thanks, again.

Often if you watch the status bar in your browser when a page is loading, you can see where it is connecting to retrieve information to display.