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[johnmartin Friend johnmartinJoin date: November 2007Posts: 8Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 5]

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my site http://www.leichtsanfrancisco.com was working good. Then I took it off development mode, and enabled cache and compression in the template manager. When I ran weboptimizer to check effect I found the downloaded objects went from 25 to over 200. Then I turned back on the development mode and disable cache, but still the high number of images are downloading. So, what’s the best way to optimize and not download unused images and compress/cache the rest?

[Blaine Friend BlaineJoin date: August 2007Posts: 1443Downloads:0Uploads:25 Thanks: 98 Thanked: 177 times in 154 posts]

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Hi johnmartin!
if you search the terms:
<blockquote>what’s the best way to optimize and not download unused images and compress/cache</blockquote>
I think you will find many results appear. This is really a combination of items that can effect page load, so it is rather difficult to tell exactly what should be optimized on your site.
You may also find some really good suggestions by searching the word optimization on this forum.
Thanks!

[johnmartin Friend johnmartinJoin date: November 2007Posts: 8Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 5]

#425147

To be more to the point – why when I took it off development mode and enable cache (in the template), did it start downloading an extra 200 images? BTW – I’ve searched and not found an answer.

[Blaine Friend BlaineJoin date: August 2007Posts: 1443Downloads:0Uploads:25 Thanks: 98 Thanked: 177 times in 154 posts]

#425171

Hi johnmartin!
I assure you I just did a Google search and came up with pages of results. Please try, I used the key words “Joomla web site optimization” Here is just one good one I found!
Maybe this thread will help as well!
Thanks!

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[johnmartin Friend johnmartinJoin date: November 2007Posts: 8Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 5]

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Thanks for pointing that out Blaine. Basically it is the same frustrations and the developers haven’t addressed the issue in design. I played around and found the same issue on other templates. A lot of the images were coming from the typo module. After killing that and a few unused modules it is a little better. I also switched over to the ores template. Nevertheless, I’ll have to go manually into the css to clean them up. As talented as the developers are, you think they would have a simple table listing of images needed and recommended, and allow admins to select which ones to be published/loaded. On publishing, the system would simply write the corresponding css.

[Blaine Friend BlaineJoin date: August 2007Posts: 1443Downloads:0Uploads:25 Thanks: 98 Thanked: 177 times in 154 posts]

#426659

Hi johnmartin!
Have you seen this page on slow load time? http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html
Please look at it.
You may also wish to consider a CDN for the site to minimize times as well. If you need recommendations, let me know. possible Amazon S3 as well.
Run the site through Yslow :
Make fewer HTTP requests
Try combining them with CSS sprites.
Decreasing the number of components on a page reduces the number of HTTP requests required to render the page, resulting in faster page loads. Some ways to reduce the number of components include: combine files, combine multiple scripts into one script, combine multiple CSS files into one style sheet, and use CSS Sprites and image maps.
Do remove ALL unused components, modules from the site, they just draw the load time down.
Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN)
You can specify CDN hostnames in your preferences. See YSlow FAQ for details.
Deploying content across multiple geographically dispersed servers helps users perceive that pages are loading faster.
Hope this helps!
Thanks!

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