how can site be even faster after optimizing

[lucianman]

hello peeps can you tell me how can i optimize my site to run faster as for some reason it is very slow and also i am getting a run time error since i installed the whats new scrolling module.

thanks

[wasana]

there is something in FAQ's about speeding things up but my opinions:

'what's new scroller' - I know the "specials" scrolling sidebox loads all the specials images that would be displaying on the specials page. I think the 'new product' scroller does something similar - this means that in addition to everything else on your index page it is loading what amounts to another page worth of images too. worth posting on that thread to find out. I counted 18 or so using firefox but see only 9 plus the scroller...

I hate to say there is something wrong with your images, but..... ########... what were we talking about... your page size comes out at about 250KB - using firefox wed dev tool kit speed report - that is way too big... big...

While your images have probably already been optimized they are still in the 10-11KB range - look up image handler 2 contribution - it will optimize and make the images even better (hover popup affect)...

... you might even be pulling up a phantom image from the banners images file (this happens on some sites) - go into images/banners and look for an image that is 11741 k - if there is one then I suggest deleting it if you are not using it - I may be off base on this but for me it worked.

Also turn off sideboxes you don't need.

turn on gzip compresssion admin/config/gzip '1 - on'

there is also something about who's online being a speed stealer - but I don't think you're using that.

You could use Firefox and the web dev tool kit and speed report test - turn off the scolling box and see how much size is reduced.

you've also gone down the common, but mistaken path of using the v1.3. "classic" template - this uses two 'similar/competing' - CSS stylesheets and adds about 10KB unncessarily to your page size (that is worth one of thos images that are well, shall we say, special...

I think the images deserve some closer inspection however before I make final answer...

[misty]

From a previous post by Ajeh, which I copied and saved

SPEED

Here are some suggestions, assuming you're running the latest-released version of Zen Cart:

1. Turn off Category Counts:
a. Admin->Config->My Store->Show Category Counts=false
b. Admin->Config->My Store->Show Category Counts-Admin = false
(this is for admin-area only when editing catalog)

2. Enable GZip compression
Admin->Config->GZip Compression->Enable GZip Compression = 1

3. Disable the Manufacturers sidebox
Admin->Tools->Layout Boxes Controller
- find the sideboxes/manufacturers.php entry, and turn it "OFF"

4. Ensure your images are optimized for your site...
specifically, use small images for thumbnails, slightly larger for product pages
("_MED" images), and large detailed images for "click to enlarge" ("_LRG") images.

[superprg]

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http://www.websiteoptimization.com/