In our previous Quick and Dirty posts, we looked at speeding up and optimizing various aspects of webpage code, whether this is CSS, PHP or just shortening the amount of time it takes to generate XHTML code.
Now in this final installment, we’re going to look at a way to optimize page load times in general.
Speeding Up Page Load Time
There are many ways to improve the amount of time it takes for webpages to load. We’ve looked at using CSS shorthand to reduce the file size of stylesheets and how to write more efficient PHP code. Combining these tips will help, but there’s a lot more that can be done to speed up your page loads.
Yahoo’s Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site
Yahoo’s list of 34 best practices (broken into 7 categories) to make your website lightning fast:
- Minimizing HTTP requests
- Use a content delivery network
- Add cache control
- Gzip components
- Put stylesheets near the top of your code
- Put scripts at the bottom
- Avoid CSS expressions
- Make javascript and CSS external
- and more…
Optimzing Page Load Time
Contains an in-depth look at how to speed up not only the time your website takes to load, but also tips to speed up your browser so it can load pages you view quicker.
Speed Up Your Pages With YSlow
YSlow is a Firefox extention that works with Firebug to analyze your webpages and show why they are running slow.
Did I Miss Any?
Did I miss any great tips for speeding up your page loads? Tell us about it in our comments.
The Quick and Dirty Series
- CSS Shorthand Tips
- Lightning Fast Page Setup
- Optimizing PHP Code (For Fun and Profit)
- Speeding Up Page Load Time
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