ramtripper
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- Jul 31, 2010
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Alright so I'm using Google's page speed tester and I'm trying to fix the major problems it identifies with my site...
I got an overall Page Speed Score of 73 (out of 100).
High priority. These suggestions represent the largest potential performance wins for the least development effort. You should address these items first:
Optimize images, Leverage browser caching
I'm having much trouble doing either... Spent many hours of research and trial and error and nothing...
Optimize images
Regarding optimizing my images. Most big ones are my JPEG banners. I have 4 major ones. They range from 60-90kb each. The problem is they are important informational banners - visit my homepage from clicking my username to see them. It's the main banner at the top and it switches every few seconds.
I tried lowering quality a tad bit.. enough to retain quality to the naked eye but lower the size by 5-7 kb. I read about the lossless compression but can't find an actual program that'll do this right. Maybe you guys have some tips?
Leverage browser caching
I'm using godaddy as hosting.. yes i know it's crap, yes i am soon switching to hostgator. but for now, im on godaddy. and all the info i found, i tried and nothing.. either there was no actual change done, or my site stopped working until i deleted the new coding from my .htaccess file. i tried the following:
Having much trouble trying to implement these changes for the last few days. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
EDIT: I Spent 7 Hours Staying Up All Night Finding Programs To Compress These images. Now My Google Page Speed Score is An 85! Same as Yahoo's! Haha! Now I need to figure out a way to leverage the browser caching...
Links For Lossless JPG and PNG Image Optimizers Here:
It might take google speed tester a few hours to see that you uploaded lighter pictures, but when it notices, o will you be happy!
Code:
http://pagespeed.googlelabs.com/pagespeed/I got an overall Page Speed Score of 73 (out of 100).
High priority. These suggestions represent the largest potential performance wins for the least development effort. You should address these items first:
Optimize images, Leverage browser caching
I'm having much trouble doing either... Spent many hours of research and trial and error and nothing...
Optimize images
Regarding optimizing my images. Most big ones are my JPEG banners. I have 4 major ones. They range from 60-90kb each. The problem is they are important informational banners - visit my homepage from clicking my username to see them. It's the main banner at the top and it switches every few seconds.
I tried lowering quality a tad bit.. enough to retain quality to the naked eye but lower the size by 5-7 kb. I read about the lossless compression but can't find an actual program that'll do this right. Maybe you guys have some tips?
Leverage browser caching
I'm using godaddy as hosting.. yes i know it's crap, yes i am soon switching to hostgator. but for now, im on godaddy. and all the info i found, i tried and nothing.. either there was no actual change done, or my site stopped working until i deleted the new coding from my .htaccess file. i tried the following:
Code:
## EXPIRES CACHING ##
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/pdf "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 month"
ExpiresDefault "access 2 days"
</IfModule>
## EXPIRES CACHING ##
Code:
<FilesMatch "\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|css)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=3600, public"
</FilesMatch>Having much trouble trying to implement these changes for the last few days. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
EDIT: I Spent 7 Hours Staying Up All Night Finding Programs To Compress These images. Now My Google Page Speed Score is An 85! Same as Yahoo's! Haha! Now I need to figure out a way to leverage the browser caching...
Links For Lossless JPG and PNG Image Optimizers Here:
Code:
http://pnggauntlet.com/
Code:
http://home.arcor.de/shld/thejpegreducer/It might take google speed tester a few hours to see that you uploaded lighter pictures, but when it notices, o will you be happy!
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