(SOLVED) I need some opinions on speed test.

[aa1joe]

The Candy Art Template I am working on is very slow to download to a computer screen.

This is the website. http://lacefrontwigs2wowu.com

In my office I have 4 computers from older to newer including laptop too.

It's slow to download on all 4.

I also had this template check on other peoples computers too.

I know or I don't think it's the prestahop template because the demo template is much faster.

Personally I think it's the hosting provider loading their server too much but they argued the fact.

I just want to know if anyone had issues with some prestashop templates, download speed?

If so what was done to fix the problem?

My client is not too happy about this situation.

Thanks, any input would be great.

Joe

[rocky]

I just did a speed test on your site and here was the result:

Documents: 4.41s
Stylesheets: 3.18s
Images: 4.42s
Scripts: 1.8s
XHR: 881ms
Total: 11.55s

It looks like the reasons your website are slow are because there is too much HTML, CSS and images. I suggest that you minify your CSS and reduce the size and number of images if possible. Another thing I noticed is that you've got a huge marijuana leaf in your code that is downloaded with every page:

<!-- | 
      D E S I G N   B Y   E . K R E A S I T E . F R
            -======UsE BuT Don'T AbuSe======-

                             |
                            |.|
                            |.|
                           |\./|
                           |\./|
          ^                |\./|                ^
           \^.\           |\\.//|           /.^/
            \--.|\        |\\.//|        /|.--/
              \--.| \     |\\.//|     / |.--/
                \--.|\     |\./|     /|.--/
                  \--.|\   |\./|   /|.--/
                     \ .\  .|.|.  /. /
             _-__^_-  \ \\ // /  -__^_-_
            - -/_/_/- ^ ^..|||||..^ ^ -\_\_\- -
                            |||
| -->

Removing it will save a little download.

[aa1joe]

That huge marijuana leaf came with the template. No kidding it was there. I thought it was a little strange but I thought it was part of the prestashop and not allowed to remove.

So it's ok if I remove it, I guess.

I dint do anything either to add more css or html. The template is all original.

All I did is add photos and the new logo. I guess I'll ask the client if she want to reduce image size.

I was comparing it with the demo template which is so much faster.
http://www.1.3.kreaweb.o2switch.net/

Thanks for doing the speed test.

If you have any other suggestion let me know.

Joe

[aa1joe]

This is the correct link to the demo I compared.
http://www.1.3.kreaweb.o2switch.net/index.php?theme_name=Candy-Art3

[rocky]

The speed test on that site is 9.26 seconds. I think they are just using a faster server, so it feels faster. I suggest that you follow my performance tips for minifying JS and CSS and reducing the size of the images.

[aa1joe]

yeah, you're right. I just removed that marijuana leaf and I see a difference already.

How do or what do I do to minifying JS and CSS. I don't have a clue as to what to do.


Joe

[rocky]

Just follow my instructions. They link to sites that do it for you. You can make a backup of your existing JS and CSS files, then replace the contents with the minified code. That way, you can still access the original code when you want to change something.

[aa1joe]

I'm not sure if I understand "minified code".

Ok so I make a backup.

Then do you mean to remove codes that are not needed to run the website?

So for example I would remove codes from the global css or homefeatured.css or...


Joe

[rocky]

That's right. You can run global.css through YUI Compressor (choose CSS in the dropdown), then backup global.css to global.full.css, for example, then replace global.css with the compressed code. That should save about 20% download. You can do the same with all your CSS and JS files.

PrestaShop v1.4 has a new Performance tab that will do this automatically for you, though it's for PrestaShop v1.4 themes only.

[aa1joe]

Thanks Rocky, I understand now. I never new about this compress tool.

I will give this a try and see what happens.

Your time and help is much appreciated.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

Thanks again.

Joe

[rocky]

I'm looking forward to v1.4 being released. I just tried out the new "Combine, Compress, Cache" feature and it works really well. It is better than what I've managed to do manually on my website. My performance tips won't be relevant anymore. I'll be able to just say "enable the first four compression options on the Preferences > Performance tab".

[aa1joe]

When is v1.4 coming out?

You know when I first started using Prestashop I was a little sceptical because of some reviews I read online about bugs and many unanswered post.

In my case I only had 3 post unanswered so it’s not too bad.
When I get a response 9 out of 10 so far has been from Rocky and I got to say that you are very helpful each time. I for one appreciate the help very much, Thank You.

With each response I learn more about Prestashop system and shopping cart and I am extremely satisfied with the system now, and I am sold on it.

I do have two more online stores to build after this one so I am definitely looking forward to new release.
It’s like anything else it gets better with age!

Thanks again Rocky for all the help.

Joe

[GotLiveChat.com]

I ran a traceroute to the site and there didn't appear to be any latency problems from my laptop to your webserver. Though I did notice the hosting provider uses Cogent bandwidth, which historically hasn't been of the highest quality (not to say it's bad; it's just not the highest quality compared to others).

[rocky]

I have no idea when v1.4 will be out, since PrestaShop doesn't provide release dates. I can see a couple of the features are incomplete, so I expect it will be a while yet. It's still in alpha stages.

[mir-aus]

I have same problem . I need your help

[noesac]

This thread is the funniest thing I've seen all week:)