Gary Gas Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 I am currently experiencing a slow load time on my PS.I have used Web Page Test and it is showing initial load times of 8sec, and to me this seems a little long.Is there anything that anyone can suggest to bring this number down?I have already changed the Smarty Tool settings and compression settings in my cPanel.Thanks for your help!Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 If you provide a link to your site, it is possible to do an analysis to determine what is causing the slowdown. Otherwise, I can only speculate as to what is causing the slowdown. Perhaps you have too many categories, too many modules installed or too many images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Gas Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Hi Rocky,Silly of me not to include it really... http://www.scootabikestore.co.uk/index.phpThe site is still work in progress and not 'live' to the public so to speak!Thanks!G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 A few things that might be slowing down your site: categories, carousel and new products.Try configuring the "Categories block" and changing the maximum depth to "1" to see whether it improves the load time.Those carousel images are 250KB each! I suggest that you reduce the size of those images. Try saving them as PNG-8 files or lowering the JPEG compression level.The new products block is known to slow down sites when there are many new products. I suggest that you try disabling the module to see whether that reduces the load time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Gas Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Thanks for that Rocky!I have done all you have suggested and it doesn't seem to have done anything?! Can you suggest any other tweeks or adjustments I can make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbola Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 How fast is your connection? versus your website size?I'm on 2mb/255kps and it appears in less than 1second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Gas Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 At work I am running on a 4MB connection and at home I have a 6MB connection and both take 8-10 seconds to load.Also Web Page Test is showing these sorts of times.I'm confused .com?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbola Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Web Page Test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Gas Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Yes, http://www.webpagetest.org/. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbola Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Just tried that it gave me 4.5s over both tests.It must be a server issue rather than the website itself, the images are all fine and the code won;t be taking up that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 It appears to be working for me. Your site loaded in about 8 seconds before, but it loads in 4.5 seconds for me now. I think that it runs at an acceptable speed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Gas Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Okay, maybe it's my machine? lolI knew there was a reason why I selected PS over any other commerce sites, and it's the follow up support from you guys!! THANKS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandCraft Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Hey Rocky, Can u plz check loading time of our site www.Handcraft.co.in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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