Comments on: Design Tips: Website Speed Optimization for Dummies http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/ blogging / programming / technology / lifehacks Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:32:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Wordpress CSS Tip: Design for Sandbox Theme in a sandbox « //engtech - internet duct tape http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-68077 Wordpress CSS Tip: Design for Sandbox Theme in a sandbox « //engtech - internet duct tape Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:53:01 +0000 http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-68077 [...] GIF, JPG, PNG? What image format should I use? [...] [...] GIF, JPG, PNG? What image format should I use? [...]

]]> By: engtech http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-36755 engtech Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:57:14 +0000 http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-36755 @Vincent: external hosts are usually faster at delivering images then your web host, but the real time savings is because it reduces the amount of data your web server has to send... so if you are getting a lot of requests your web server isn't slowed down because it's serving images -- a dedicate image server can handle it. @Vincent: external hosts are usually faster at delivering images then your web host, but the real time savings is because it reduces the amount of data your web server has to send… so if you are getting a lot of requests your web server isn’t slowed down because it’s serving images — a dedicate image server can handle it.

]]> By: Vincent Chow http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-33569 Vincent Chow Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:25:40 +0000 http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-33569 Why would using external image host increase the loading speed of a website? Why would using external image host increase the loading speed of a website?

]]> By: Reader Tips: 08 April 2007 http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-33407 Reader Tips: 08 April 2007 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:38:51 +0000 http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-33407 [...] Design Tips: website speed optimization for dummies. I had this post from Engtech on the queue but somehow I forgot to include it on the previous weeks. [...] [...] Design Tips: website speed optimization for dummies. I had this post from Engtech on the queue but somehow I forgot to include it on the previous weeks. [...]

]]> By: Can I Be More Optimize? http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-28320 Can I Be More Optimize? Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:50:45 +0000 http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-28320 [...] Design Tips: Website Speed Optimization for Dummies from Engtech Blog. [...] [...] Design Tips: Website Speed Optimization for Dummies from Engtech Blog. [...]

]]> By: Hans http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-24577 Hans Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:45:35 +0000 http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-24577 I wouldn't recommend imageshack.us since I recently got some issues with it because it seems when you host a lot of your post's photo there, it reaches a max bandwidth allowed and so make all your images broken when that's exceeded. That's why I just turned to Flickr to avoid any such things.... I wouldn’t recommend imageshack.us since I recently got some issues with it because it seems when you host a lot of your post’s photo there, it reaches a max bandwidth allowed and so make all your images broken when that’s exceeded. That’s why I just turned to Flickr to avoid any such things….

]]> By: Optimizing your website at Madhur Kapoor’s Blog http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-24384 Optimizing your website at Madhur Kapoor’s Blog Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:44:36 +0000 http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-24384 [...] first post being on Optimizing the images on the site and engtech has also written a good post on Optimizing the site . After reading these posts i was also concerned about the loading time of my site and what can i [...] [...] first post being on Optimizing the images on the site and engtech has also written a good post on Optimizing the site . After reading these posts i was also concerned about the loading time of my site and what can i [...]

]]> By: jhay http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-23919 jhay Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:48:12 +0000 http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-23919 Thanks for sharing so many tools about speed optimization, I've read a lot of this kind of posts before but most of them are just rhetoric. Thanks for sharing so many tools about speed optimization, I’ve read a lot of this kind of posts before but most of them are just rhetoric.

]]> By: engtech http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-23881 engtech Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:36:34 +0000 http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-23881 @madhur: You'd have to hack your theme so that the content comes first, and then play with the CSS so that it looks the way it did before. It's not trivial if you aren't familiar with CSS/PHP. Switching to another theme that "does things right" will usually be simpler. Themes with sidebars on the right (not left) usually have the sidebar come after the content, where as ones with the sidebar on the left or in the middle may be poorly coded. @madhur: You’d have to hack your theme so that the content comes first, and then play with the CSS so that it looks the way it did before. It’s not trivial if you aren’t familiar with CSS/PHP.

Switching to another theme that “does things right” will usually be simpler.

Themes with sidebars on the right (not left) usually have the sidebar come after the content, where as ones with the sidebar on the left or in the middle may be poorly coded.

]]> By: Madhur Kapoor http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-23857 Madhur Kapoor Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:31:28 +0000 http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-23857 Nice post man , i especially liked the point "Make sure your blog content comes before your sidebars in your theme" , any idea how to do it if it is not happening . Nice post man , i especially liked the point “Make sure your blog content comes before your sidebars in your theme” , any idea how to do it if it is not happening .

]]> By: David Airey http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-23787 David Airey Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:43:13 +0000 http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/design_tips_website_speed_optimization/#comment-23787 Superb overview. I've got the feedburner feeds down but am keeping my images on my own server. I'll check out Amazon S3 after your prompt. Superb overview.

I’ve got the feedburner feeds down but am keeping my images on my own server. I’ll check out Amazon S3 after your prompt.

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