Is my site slow because I'm using redone classic template?

[angelanger]

Ok then, I can make them super small size if there's a way to get rid of the "larger image" picture in the product description.

[DrByte]

If you truly want to not see that image on the product page, then you can edit the template to remove it:
/includes/templates/YOURTEMPLATE/templates/tpl_product_info_display.php
approx line 52 contains:

   require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_main_product_image.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_main_product_image.php'); ?>

Simply put two slashes in front of it, like this:

//  require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_main_product_image.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_main_product_image.php'); ?>

That will cause it to skip displaying the image.


If you would rather that the image was displayed elsewhere on the page, you could move the section of code elsewhere within the file:

<!--bof Main Product Image -->
<?php
  if (zen_not_null($products_image)) {
  ?>
<?php
/**
 * display the main product image
 */
   require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_main_product_image.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_main_product_image.php'); ?>
<?php
  }
?>
<!--eof Main Product Image-->

If you simply wanted the image to display smaller, you could change the size of the "medium" image in Admin->Configuration->Images

[angelanger]

ok, i've made all the images on the front page 2k or less except for the header which is 16k. Load time is still slow. Is there any other suggestions floating around that I can try out?

DrByte, I'm unsure what the parse times show, could you let me know if it shows something that I can do to help the site?

[DrByte]

I just tried it fresh:
Parse Time: 5.151 - Number of Queries: 211 - Query Time: 2.5286067775116

[angelanger]

Are those numbers good or bad?

[DrByte]

They're not great, but not overly bad either. The parse time is not ideal, and suggests a slow or poorly-tuned server (as far as running a database-intensive application for eCommerce, such as Zen Cart)

[Ajeh]

Based on the number of products on your site and the speeds, I'd say that your MySQL is not configured ideally ...

Either you are on an overloaded server or your hosting site has not configued MySQL to run properly with memory or cache ...

To test what is slowing down your site ... turn off the Google sidebox and navigate through your site ...

Does this change the load times?

Next, turn off the Google analytic ...

Does this change the load times?

If turning off Google does not significantly speed up your site ... then you need to speak to your hosting site about the load on the server you are on and whether or not they are optimally configured for MySQL ...

I have a 700,000 product test site that runs faster ...

[Blue!]

Edit: Nvm

[angelanger]

Ajeh, what hosting company are you with? I still have time to get a refund on dreamhost and change to a differant company

[Ajeh]

To avoid favortisim ... I will drop you a PM ...