Ever web developer wants to make fast loading website as otherwise visitors may move to some other site. Very often people ask for tips to make website load fast. Here I'll mention few simple tricks that will definitely help you and your website will load like a thunderbolt. One thing you should keep in mind that your visitors will frequently have slower computer or internet connection then yours. So if your site loads faster on your system then it is not justification for site's efficiency. You should think of a fast-loading site that ensures loading in a short time for all connection types.
First of all check some parameters of your website with websiteoptimization tool. When this site will show result, go down to "Analysis and Recommendations" section. There you will find parts of your site needing improvement for fast loading. You should make changes in such a way that your pages should load in less then 10 seconds on a 54K dial up connection.
Modify your site keeping following parameters into consideration:
1. Use minimum JavaScripts codes from external sources.
2. Try to reduce the size of your website. Try to reduce size below 75kb.
3. Try to reduce the size and number of images in your site.
4. Use minimum servers, for example upload all your images on a single server and use only one server for your codes.
5. Reduce the CSS code size in your site.
This is surely a lot of work, but trust me this will considerably increase efficiency of your website. Use following tactics to load your pages faster:
Remove all widgets and other scripts which are not very important or you don't really need them.
Reduce the number and size of images. To reduce size reduce quality of images where ever possible. And upload all images at a single host.
Optimize CSS, JavaScripts and HTML codes to increase efficiency. You can use cssoptimiser tool to optimize CSS of your site.
Put less important widgets in right sidebar or in footer section.
If you are a blogger use minimum number of posts on main "home" page.
First of all check some parameters of your website with websiteoptimization tool. When this site will show result, go down to "Analysis and Recommendations" section. There you will find parts of your site needing improvement for fast loading. You should make changes in such a way that your pages should load in less then 10 seconds on a 54K dial up connection.
Modify your site keeping following parameters into consideration:
1. Use minimum JavaScripts codes from external sources.
2. Try to reduce the size of your website. Try to reduce size below 75kb.
3. Try to reduce the size and number of images in your site.
4. Use minimum servers, for example upload all your images on a single server and use only one server for your codes.
5. Reduce the CSS code size in your site.
This is surely a lot of work, but trust me this will considerably increase efficiency of your website. Use following tactics to load your pages faster:
Remove all widgets and other scripts which are not very important or you don't really need them.
Reduce the number and size of images. To reduce size reduce quality of images where ever possible. And upload all images at a single host.
Optimize CSS, JavaScripts and HTML codes to increase efficiency. You can use cssoptimiser tool to optimize CSS of your site.
Put less important widgets in right sidebar or in footer section.
If you are a blogger use minimum number of posts on main "home" page.
