help with loading seq. of elements on webpage

[tj]

I have never been happy with how my initial page loads - it is all over the place.

I am sure that there are many things in the site I can do better but it is page one that really bothers me
http://www.tonicvision.tv/

I am wondering if there is a way to have the page load in the background - or foreground before the GIF animation and timeline animations begin? This was my very first web page I ever did it is hard for me to try to re-work it. I am sure that maybe it could be better in flash but I don't know flash yet.

I am hoping that maybe there are some "secrets to the universe " that will give me an epiphany regarding, refresh, preloads, and the control of layer visibility.

the order I had intended was first the two purple side panels come up with the bubbling logo. then the name travels in from the right side (I have it under a purple panel layer) , then the little blurb reveals line by line on the right panel. I could just use the title stationary .... they do not have to pan onto the screen...

any help would be great.
thanks

[tj]

I started to re-do this page in flash - it may take awhile as I have neer cracked the book unitl last night.

I am still interested in learning how to control the way elements on a web page load and what it means to : and when you set behaviors what the differences are and how to best utilize - pre-load, refresh, load on start... anyone have a good link to some info that really explains the differences?
thanks