# Flash file size

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-file-size/3307>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 9, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-file-size/3307 "2002-01-09T01:10:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-file-size/3307/1 "2002-01-09T01:10:12Z")

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Hi Forumers,

What is the ideal file size for a full flash website? Is it better to load the whole file or cut them into smaller files.

w0hsk@3rf

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-file-size/3307/2 "2002-01-09T06:47:49Z")

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Depends upon your viewers. We had this convo elsewhere and I think that in general we all agreed that no single file should be over 100k if you want to keep your audience.56k modems will take a while even with something that small.

In general my site is made up of one main movie which is 12k  
it loads into it 4 movies which are between 4 and 6k,  
and one of those loads various variables into itself which are about 2k per trip to the server.

It will probebly get a little more bulky than that as time goes on, but pretty much between clicks I’m trying to keep 56k users in mind.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-file-size/3307/3 "2002-01-09T06:48:55Z")

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oh yeah… I’ve got no sounds on my site yet, which is something to consider. I’m working on a sound holder movie clip now which will hopefuly download as the user moves along… making the bear a little easier on those slow pokes.