Why does the RT site load so fast?
-
-
- 8trackmedia
- Sr. Rocketeer
- Posts: 178
- Thanks: 0
-
and yet 7 7 7 a p p a r e l.com loads so slow with next to NO content?
I have tried to disable as much as I can....I am going to lose the bid for this if I can't make this load faster...can anyone help? I have read that joomla sites don't load the quickest.....yet RocketTheme loads quickly every time.
I will give superadmin rights to anyone that is interested...
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ADVANCE!
Also my arrows disappeared on the feature "spinner".....dying! - Last Edit: 14 years 5 months ago by 8trackmedia.
-
-
-
- 8trackmedia
- Sr. Rocketeer
- Posts: 178
- Thanks: 0
-
forget the feature spinner (or rotator) - I removed a tab.....trying to get the articles of the homepage off and ONLY in the rotator...argh.......nevermind, the Loading speed is my main issue......
thx
-
-
-
- Roeland_A!
- Preeminent Rocketeer
- Posts: 10193
- Thanks: 71
-
Check first the post by Andy Miller on cache explained.
Check all javascripts you are loading, and were applicable see if you can minify them.
Get yourself a tool like in firebug yslow, to help you check what slows down your site.
Get yourself a really good host. - *Karma comes in many forms, my personal favourite is the random saucepan from the sky* J.Spencer 17-02-2009
-
-
-
- 8trackmedia
- Sr. Rocketeer
- Posts: 178
- Thanks: 0
-
Ok - thank you - I have this installed and found the 3 main problems:
scored an F on "make fewer http requests"
and scored an F on "CDN"
and scored an F on "add Expires headers"
Any suggestion as to where the processes are explained (step by step) to fix these (that are in [as close to] layman's terms as possible) would be great!
thank you VERY much for the help!
D.
-
-
-
- 8trackmedia
- Sr. Rocketeer
- Posts: 178
- Thanks: 0
-
What I don't get is, if there is a way to combine the info to make fewer http requests...why does RT not build the templates this way in the first place....it is a bit of false advertising, no??
thx
-
-
-
- Roeland_A!
- Preeminent Rocketeer
- Posts: 10193
- Thanks: 71
-
No, this has been discussed widely in some other threads. There is this nice little button at the top called search, I'll see if I can lead you there.
There is always a tradeoff when using joomla and its templates.
A template is as it is, you get what you make out of it in the end. RT delivers you the materials, you need to build a site. Now let me do some digging. - *Karma comes in many forms, my personal favourite is the random saucepan from the sky* J.Spencer 17-02-2009
-
-
-
- JEM
- Preeminent Rocketeer
- Posts: 17917
- Thanks: 4
-
8trackmedia wrote:
What I don't get is, if there is a way to combine the info to make fewer http requests...why does RT not build the templates this way in the first place....it is a bit of false advertising, no??
thx
No it's not.
RT provides the template with all the files intact so they can be edited / displayed properly.
Once you turn on compression all these files are combined as one file.
Doing so, which is the final step in creating your site, overrides the files, the original files don't get loaded, only the compressed version with all the changes, speeding up the site, loading only one file instead of a dozen or so.
So if RT delivered a version with compression on, any edits you made would not take affect., because it would be loading one file instead of the originals.
(The same is true if you enable compression and have additional css changes to make.)
All in all, the templates are fast, but can be faster when you enable compression, but again, this should be the last step in your site development, other wise, when making additional changes, you will have to turn off compression, make the changes, then turn it on again. - Thanks,
jim
-
-
-
- 8trackmedia
- Sr. Rocketeer
- Posts: 178
- Thanks: 0
-
godaddy had not switched over my hosting to their grid hosting - BIG DIFFERENCE. I have a few domains that I am hosting - I guess they were sharing too little space.
thx for the advice, nonetheless.
-
-
-
- Robert D. Wagers
- Elite Rocketeer
- Posts: 1545
- Thanks: 0
- Full-Time Cancer Fighter!
-
I have tons of experience with GoDaddy.... I can tell you that they are kinda "cookie-cutter." Their support team uses pre-written question/answer scripts. If you really get into something that's not covered on their little quick-reference chart, they have to transfer you to 2nd-level support.
My experience is that their "Shared-Hosting" is terrible because it is WAY-TOO Oversold!
Their Hosting Servers (Linux and Windows) and their Mysql Servers are hundreds (maybe even thousands) of miles apart causing big-time lag on DB queries.
One of the cheapest fixes I could recommend for you would be to upgrade to a "Dedicated-IP." This will drastically speed-up your load times. I think the cost is nominal... $6 a month extra I think.
I hope this helps! If you need anymore tips I could probably look at your site and offer a few more suggestions. But, I think the Dedicate-IP will most likely get your site loading the way one would expect!
Wage - "Everyone has to get knocked-down every once-in-a-while, otherwise you'll never learn how to get-back-up!
"
A quote attributed to my Grandpa Wagers
-
Time to create page: 0.094 seconds