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Category Archives: Improving Page Load Time
From PHP to HTML
PHP is great, but there is one thing about it. It has to be loaded with a call to the database to grab the data to display. Each of those “calls”, a database query takes little bit of time to execute. Continue reading
Enable Gzip Compression
One of the things that Page Speed recommended was to Enable Gzip Compression. I’m not going to go into all the ways I tried to implement this (and blew up the site in the process. I’m going to cut to the chase and show you the steps it took to get this in place and working. Continue reading
The Firefox Page Speed Add-on
Once you add the Page Speed Add-on you will think you have slipped down the rabbit hole with Alice. You will wonder if you are on a Speed trip yourself (not that I can tell you what that is like) Continue reading
Google Webmaster Tools Site Performance
I think Google changes the layout of Webmaster tools more than Costco changes where they are hiding stuff. Even more often than teen age girls change the theme on their Myspace or Facebook page. More often than a U-boat commander … Continue reading
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Page Load Time Testing
Resources for testing page load are pretty easy to come by. How accurate or useful is another issue. But a standard when compared against itself should still provide some information we can use. Continue reading