Photo compression for iweb

A question that i can't find the answer to...
I subscribe to a training library called lynda.com which has fantastic training on iweb.
The one area they don't cover is this.
If i want to create a photo page from within iphoto and just put it on iweb, i have photos that I have not manually compressed size-wise for web compatibility. If I then just either make a slide show for iweb, or just use the media browser in iweb and drag them into placeholders will the end user find the speed of the site slow as i haven't compressed photos for web use, or does either iphoto or iweb do that for me?
In other words, do i need to take photos into Photoshop, crop and save for web first, and then put them in iphoto, or is that just not necessary?
David Tobin

60 pics is way too many for one page. 15 or less should be your goal.
This site will tell you how long your page will take to load in the different internet connections. If it says over 15 seconds in 56k you have overloaded your page and should break it up.
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/
Kurt

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