Yakezie.com - Topic: I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 SavingMentor on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15884 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15884 No problem! If you spend some time clicking on all the charts and going through all the tabs, there is a wealth of information there. Paying close attention to the colours on the bar charts can also really tell you exactly what is going on.

You can even make a comparison video between your site and others sites showing exactly when objects start rendering on the page and when each of them finishes loading to see how you stack up against others.

Try running it against my site and see how you compare.

Unfortunately, I find my site speed to be fairly erratic lately and I'm thinking of contact my webhost about it. It's usually pretty fast, but sometimes it slows right down to a crawl.

]]> Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:25:52 +0000 The College Investor on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15796 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15796 Thanks for the link!  It was very helpful.  I wish I had ran it before I started tinkering!

]]> Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:50:22 +0000 SavingMentor on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15778 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15778 Love the look of your site. I wasn't a regular visitor before so I'm not sure how much faster it really is. It's definitely fast enough now, but I'm sure it could also be faster.

If you haven't yet, take a look at http://www.webpagetest.org

Don't take the big number too much to heart though, because that is until your page (including all external items) are completely loaded. The "start render" number is usually more important.

]]> Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:30:55 +0000 Sunil from The Extra Money Blog on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15613 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15613 i just tried it and it's quite fast. but then again i have the FIOS. have you run it through those tools online that gauge your speed? i know alexa has some sort of speed meter, but don't know the mechanics of how it works

]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:37:37 +0000 The College Investor on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15573 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15573 @Suba - No, its not a picture, just a color.  One thing I have heard will really improve my speed is using CSS sprites to improve the loading time.  I just don't know how to do that yet.

]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:39:04 +0000 Buck Inspire on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15572 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15572 Much faster!  Laugh  Before I did wait a few seconds to get past the brown background.  Good job.  Might need to check out the plugins myself.  Smile

]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:32:51 +0000 Suba @ Wealth Informatics on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15569 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15569 It is much faster for me. It loads almost instantaneously when I come back, so great job! The background still takes a few seconds to load though... is it a pic? it looks like just background color to me?

]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:59:33 +0000 The College Investor on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15567 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15567 Thanks guys for checking it out!

]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:19:51 +0000 Khaleef @ KNS Financial on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15561 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15561 The initial load time was a little bit faster, but I really noticed the difference when navagating to other parts of the site. I need to add WP-Minify to my site (alraedy using Super Cache and it's still really slow).

]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:49:21 +0000 moneycone on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15514 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15514 Definitely faster than before!

]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:55:14 +0000 Sandy @ yesiamcheap on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15494 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15494 Load time is great.  I'll have to install these as well.

]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:02:01 +0000 Budgeting in the Fun Stuff on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15478 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15478 It is loading much faster!  I used to have to look at the brown background for 3-5 seconds and now it just flashes through that part.  Nice!

]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:39:54 +0000 The College Investor on I've Been Focusing on Speed & Sidebar https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15473 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/ive-been-focusing-on-speed-sidebar/#p15473 Hey everyone!  I've been really focusing on improving the load speed of my site, and was hoping for feedback from regular readers! 

 

http://thecollegeinvestor.com/

 

I have WP-SuperCache and WP-Minify to cache and minify the CSS.  Any other suggestions to improve speed (short of using Amazon, I can't afford that currently)?

 

How does it feel?  Does it seem faster to anyone? 

 

Also, I've been tinkering with the sidebar, to get it to load faster and have more relevent stuff.  Any feedback?

 

Your help is always appreciated!

 

Robert

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