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- Krishna Tanari
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i am using sportious v2 template. i really love this template , Is there any way by which i can increase the speed of the template ( Loading time) . i have used www.websiteoptimization.com and it is showing 22.03 seconds , i have used page chache and did not find much difference , could you guys please help.
Thanks - Krishna Tanari.
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- Bob Ateah
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Post a link and I'll tell 'ya how fast it loads here.
Best bet - optimize images and reduce scripts. - The member formerly known as Roland Deschain
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The site is not live yet. I'm having some issues with myblog that is being ironed out right now. I'm going to compress the css and images. I'm also looking into shrinking the mootools library ...
c3ohio.com/index.php/rick-winkler/39-ric...on-in-joomla-15.html
I've posted about that in the following forum;
www.rockettheme.com/option,com_smf/Itemi...new/topicseen,1/#new
I'm not quite sure how this will end up but I do believe that I need to become much more knowledgeable about optimization in order to deal with speed issues on shared servers. I'm also looking forward to improved caching in future joomla releases.
BTW, can anyone help me install xcache or eaccelerator on dreamhost? I'm getting mixed signals on the php accelerator issue. I would like to give it a whirl but the installation seems a bit advanced for me.
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- Bob Ateah
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9.795 seconds on my wireless EVDO 3.1 gig connection that is actually running at about 1.0 - 1.5 gps.
Not bad in my opinion, of course it depends if on what portion of your users rely on dialup.
I entered your home page here - www.websiteoptimization.com - and here are the load time results:
Download Times*
Connection Rate Download Time
14.4K 22.04 seconds
28.8K 11.52 seconds
33.6K 10.02 seconds
56K 6.41 seconds
ISDN 128K 2.66 seconds
T1 1.44Mbps 1.14 seconds - Last Edit: 16 years 8 months ago by Bob Ateah.
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- Terp
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Roland Deschain wrote:
Best bet - optimize images and reduce scripts.
In the past, "optimize images" meant to me that I should take large images and resize them, rather than change the size in the html...so if using a 60x60, don't shrink down a 400x400 in the settings.
Now, however, I am seeing there's much more to it...
Any old threads that give some tips on this?
I never used Fireworks in the past, but I just noticed (which is why this thread piqued my interest) that I saved an image in Photoshop and it was 12K...opened it up with fireworks and resaved it...7K...not sure what is at play here.
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- Andy Miller
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- Fireworks just does a better job optimizing images. It's what it was originally known for.
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- Terp
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Andy Miller wrote:
Fireworks just does a better job optimizing images. It's what it was originally known for.
Thanks, Andy.
I wasn't sure if this is a function of compression and whether or not I could change some 'what-have-yous' in Photoshop to match the final product (reads: reduced file size) that Fireworks produced. Given that I finally can operate Photoshop with some bravado and still intimidated by Fireworks (open the source files for RT templates and I am like wow...so much going on here behind the scenes), I would like to stick with Photoshop.
But if not, I will take a step back and play with Fireworks and use that to optimize my photos. I've reduced about 150K site-wide by simply opening images I tweaked in Photoshop and simply resaving with Fireworks.
Thanks for the tips, guys!
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- Andy Miller
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There are many advantages to using fireworks over photoshop real quick hitlist of why you should use fireworks over photoshop:
1) enables you to use the slices in rockettheme source pngs
2) enables you to use the layers in rockettheme source pngs
3) does not have 'gamma' issues of photoshop
4) exports smaller files for png, jpg, etc
5) your going to retain live object effects for rockettheme source pngs
6) it's just easier!
There's many more reasons why you might want to use Fireworks over Photoshop for web design. In short, Photoshop is a "photo" editing powerhouse, there's no denying it. Fireworks was designed for rapid prototyping of web graphics, it's what it was designed for, and it just does a better job at it than photoshop. Photoshop is the industry started photo editor, but I think it's not the best tool for the job when it comes to web design. Adobe must think the same as they include it in the web developers bundle of CS3.
This argument always reminds me of the round hole, square peg story. Sure you can do this kind of stuff in Photoshop, but it's harder, it takes longer, and the results are less modifiable.
Ok take another example. If you wanted to do a layout of a magazine, sure you could use word. Word is the standard when it comes to documents right?, almost everyone has a copy. Why are you using this inDesign or Quark program? I don't have it! That's because these apps were designed for the job at hand. Word is a document powerhouse, and can solve multiple problems, but it doesn't solve 'desktop publishing' as well as a more specialized application.
That's why we use fireworks, and I'm a strong believer, if you do web design, you should use it also
Cheers!
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- Terp
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Andy Miller wrote:
That's why we use fireworks, and I'm a strong believer, if you do web design, you should use it also
Sold. The InDesign anology is spot-on; doing my reports in InDesign as I read this, so it hit close to home (more so than the 'live object effects' and gamma layer slice stuff, none of which I understand).
When I have some free time, I'll check out the myraid of resources out there and see if I can't add a few more Firework tricks and tips to my arsenal of one (opening images and resaving).
Thanks, Andy!
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