optimize loading time
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- ukit
What are some good techniques for making page downloads faster? I have compressed my Javascript files, anything else I should be doing?
- 7point340
optimizing images, using css image sprites for smaller icons and such, you can apparently compress an entire site using tools like http://www.gzip.org/, using css instead of images when you can, not bothering with cufon or other javascript based text replacement, utilizing html tags correctly instead of div after div after div (ie, using p tags instead of div class=paragraph)...
- compression can be performed automatically by apache********
- compression can be performed automatically by apache
- uan0
using just one domain, no subdomains...
- ismith0
There used to be a comprehensive guide on the (mt) forums when I was a beta tester... sorry I can't find it, but I'll search around a little more.
For now here are some basics:
http://webjackalope.com/fast-pag…If you can, serve all those JS files as one.
- ismith0
Okey here are two sources I remembered!
http://developer.yahoo.com/perfo…
http://code.google.com/speed/art…
- acescence0
serve assets from subdomains
set up expires headers
turn on gzip
use non-blocking js techniques
- ********0
We've never deployed this or even tested it, but I came across this article a while back that suggests putting CSS, JS, and other library items in separate subdomains could actually speed things up.
I'd be interested to see any real-world difference in performance, anyone tried this? Could be good for larger sites with heavy jquery, etc.
- acescence0
cache all of your assets years into the future and use versioning to update assets, eg..
styles.css?version=1
..then to overcome the cache on the next update..
styles.css?version=2
- ********0
Uan, if you try this out could you let us know? I'd love to see the difference in real-life and via pingdom stats, etc.
Thanks in advance!
- mydo0
splash page with full screen video in flash (no preloader)
- ********0
install yslow
- http://developer.yah…********
- +1 on ySlow, it'll tell you what you need to do in easy to follow steps.jamble
- http://developer.yah…
- trooperbill0
smashing magazine has a big article on this as well as my findings