My site load time is very slow - Any ideas ?
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- cahir o doherty
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Hi,
(This is my first time on here so hope this area to post is OK)
I am a novice at web design but obviously enjoy the benefits that Joomla affords me in executing my ideas. Now I've set up a web site girlurls.com using the Colormatic template.
Basically all modules on the site are drawing in either a feed or a Google advert. Now the problem is the page seems to takes ages to load up and I am not too sure why. I have tried checking the website thru a webpage optimisation site and it has thrown up some worrying facts that don't look good - See Below
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TOTAL_HTML - Congratulations, the total number of HTML files on this page (including the main HTML file) is 1 which most browsers can multithread. Minimizing HTTP requests is key for web site optimization.
TOTAL_OBJECTS - Warning! The total number of objects on this page is 71 - consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refine, and optimize your external objects. Replace graphic rollovers with CSS rollovers to speed display and minimize HTTP requests.
TOTAL_IMAGES - Warning! The total number of images on this page is 59 , consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refine, and optimize your graphics. Replace graphic rollovers with CSS rollovers to speed display and minimize HTTP requests.
TOTAL_CSS - Caution. The total number of external CSS files on this page is 5 , consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refine, and optimize your external CSS files. Ideally you should have one (or even embed CSS for high-traffic pages) on your pages.
TOTAL_SIZE - Warning! The total size of this page is 160813 bytes, which will load in 46.25 seconds on a 56Kbps modem. Consider reducing total page size to less than 30K to achieve sub eight second response times on 56K connections. Pages over 100K exceed most attention thresholds at 56Kbps, even with feedback. Consider contacting us about our optimization services.
TOTAL_SCRIPT - Caution. The total number of external script files on this page is 6 , consider reducing this to one or two. Combine, refine, and optimize your external script files. Ideally you should have one (or even embed scripts for high-traffic pages) on your pages.
HTML_SIZE - Caution. The total size of this HTML file is 35091 bytes, which is above 20K but below 100K. With a 10K ad and a logo this means that your page will load in over 8.6 seconds. Consider optimizing your HTML and eliminating unnecessary features. To give your users feedback, consider layering your page or using positioning to display useful content within the first two seconds.
IMAGES_SIZE - Warning! The total size of your images is 56608 bytes, which is over 30K. Consider optimizing your images for size, combining them, and replacing graphic rollovers with CSS.
SCRIPT_SIZE - Warning! The total size of external your scripts is 46863 bytes, which is over 8K. Consider optimizing your scripts for size, combining them, and using compression where appropriate for any scripts placed in the HEAD of your documents.
CSS_SIZE - Warning! The total size of your external CSS is 22251 bytes, which is over 8K. Consider optimizing your CSS for size by eliminating whitespace, using shorthand notation, and combining multiple CSS files where appropriate.
MULTIM_SIZE - Congratulations, the total size of all your external multimedia files is 0 bytes, which is less than 4K.
Is this a template issue or is this simply a problem with having too many feeds etc on one page? The idea of the site is basically a rip-off of a website which I regularly use popurls.com but the load time of their site is fantastic.
Any suggestions welcome.
NB - Has anyone else ever encountered a problem with the Flickr module using Firefox? It seems to display the images in a vertical view when the preferred option 'horizontal' only shows in Explorer
Thnx
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- GollumX
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I suggest getting rid of all the js.
Remove mootools, remove the slider tab at the top, remove slimbox.
You can probably cut your css in half by removing all the unneeded styles in the css files (module positions etc).
Turn on gzip encoding in the joomla config page. (hopefully your server supports gzip).
My first check at pingdom.com showed that the site took 17seconds to load. However, a refresh moments later showed only a 5 second load time. This would indicate that it is more an issue of the database having trouble processing all those queries. I would suggest checking out the ircmaxell pagecache component over at extensions.joomla.org. It will store and serve a static version of your site pages to visitors. You should be able to set it to update the cached page every 10mins or so.
Hopefully this helps. - Say no to Internet Explorer 6.
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- cahir o doherty
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GollumX wrote:
I suggest getting rid of all the js.
Remove mootools, remove the slider tab at the top, remove slimbox.
You can probably cut your css in half by removing all the unneeded styles in the css files (module positions etc).
Turn on gzip encoding in the joomla config page. (hopefully your server supports gzip).
My first check at pingdom.com showed that the site took 17seconds to load. However, a refresh moments later showed only a 5 second load time. This would indicate that it is more an issue of the database having trouble processing all those queries. I would suggest checking out the ircmaxell pagecache component over at extensions.joomla.org. It will store and serve a static version of your site pages to visitors. You should be able to set it to update the cached page every 10mins or so.
Hopefully this helps.
GollumX - Thanks very much for your comments. Yeah, I realise that the issue is the load time from the server processing all of the JS.
But is there a straight forward way to sieve out whats worth keeping and whats ok to dump if one isn't proficient in the area.?
Thanks again thou, your comments will definately provide a guide map for making necessary changes
Cahir
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- GollumX
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You don't need the sliding tab at the top... it is unnecessary IMO. You don't need slimbox, as all it does is give images a fancy effect when you click on them. Your site has nothing to do with images... and does not need them. There is nothing else on your site, or the one you are trying to emulate, that needs mootools or any other js. I strongly suggest you make removing it the first step in getting your site to load faster.
Go to the colormatic forum and search, there should be guides there about how to remove the tab. To remove the js, just /uncomment or delete the calls to js in the template index.php file. Info on how to do this is available right here on the forums in numerous places (check in the colormatic forum first.)
Doing that should have a considerable affect on reducing load times.
The gzip is a simple matter... log into site backend. Click "global config." icon. Go through all the tabs looking for an option to "turn on gzip compression". Save. Done!
Sorry, I can't help more than that. Cheers. - Say no to Internet Explorer 6.
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- cahir o doherty
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GollumX
Thanks, already got the control panel off and will do the same with motools/slimbox and JS this morning
Thanks again
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