Comments on: Site Update: Time to Trim Away the Fat http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/site-update-time-to-trim-away-the-fat/ Backpacking tips to help backpackers travel cheaply Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:30:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ubertramp http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/site-update-time-to-trim-away-the-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-2808 Ubertramp Tue, 27 May 2008 09:11:36 +0000 http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/site-update-time-to-trim-away-the-fat/#comment-2808 Thanks for the advice, Boris. I'll have to look into that - I can see it taking me a while, I'm not the most gifted individual when it comes to all this stuff, but I'll look into that site for sure. Cheers, and good luck with yours! ps. if you need or want me to test any particular part of your site out from internet cafes(if you are on a good connection) just let me know Thanks for the advice, Boris. I’ll have to look into that – I can see it taking me a while, I’m not the most gifted individual when it comes to all this stuff, but I’ll look into that site for sure.
Cheers, and good luck with yours!

ps. if you need or want me to test any particular part of your site out from internet cafes(if you are on a good connection) just let me know

]]> By: Boris http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/site-update-time-to-trim-away-the-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-2716 Boris Mon, 26 May 2008 10:31:33 +0000 http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/site-update-time-to-trim-away-the-fat/#comment-2716 Nath, have a look at http://tools.pingdom.com/. It's a site that can tell you exactly how long which part of your website takes to load. Rather than starting with the obvious like getting rid of all the fancy stuff I would first try to reduce database queries. Anything dynamic, like including your feed links in the header and such, can be hardcoded. Take all your javascript files and combine them into one single file. Same for all the different CSS files from all the different programmes and plugins. It might get a bit harder to maintain, but I think it's worth a try first. That's what I'm busy with right now with travel-junkie.com. My biggest thing are images, which make up about 90% of the load, so I guess I'll be compressing em for the next few days... Nath, have a look at http://tools.pingdom.com/. It’s a site that can tell you exactly how long which part of your website takes to load. Rather than starting with the obvious like getting rid of all the fancy stuff I would first try to reduce database queries. Anything dynamic, like including your feed links in the header and such, can be hardcoded. Take all your javascript files and combine them into one single file. Same for all the different CSS files from all the different programmes and plugins. It might get a bit harder to maintain, but I think it’s worth a try first. That’s what I’m busy with right now with travel-junkie.com. My biggest thing are images, which make up about 90% of the load, so I guess I’ll be compressing em for the next few days…

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