Hi there,
I've just finished designing a new website - http://www.rjthompsonmusic.com
It looks quite good, but I'm a little concerned with the speed at which the homepage loads.
I've ran Google Page Speed and it suggests Deferring the Parsing of Javascript elements, but I have no idea what that means or how to do it.
How would you go about speeding the site up, especially when viewed on a mobile device?
Many thanks,
HT
Jump to PostHow would you go about speeding the site up, especially when viewed on a mobile device?
@hindu times
You need to cache the webpage and compression the files then the website will load things smoothly and quickly
Jump to PostMy web host suggests that I don't need to worry about caching or enabling compression on the server unless I'm getting a lot of traffic (which I'm not, yet).
@hindu times
It's really depend on you, rather you want caching or enabling compression code on your website.
Having …
How would you go about speeding the site up, especially when viewed on a mobile device?
@hindu times
You need to cache the webpage and compression the files then the website will load things smoothly and quickly
@hindu times
You can also optimize image.
Follow more details refer http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/02/how-to-speed-up-your-website-load-times/
Ok that's great, thanks.
My web host suggests that I don't need to worry about caching or enabling compression on the server unless I'm getting a lot of traffic (which I'm not, yet).
Would you agree with that?
My web host suggests that I don't need to worry about caching or enabling compression on the server unless I'm getting a lot of traffic (which I'm not, yet).
@hindu times
It's really depend on you, rather you want caching or enabling compression code on your website.
Having caching or enabling compression is an option if you want it.
Web page speed is a metric that make the worth of your site. Here is article which helps you to minimize the site loading speed. http://moz.com/blog/15-tips-to-speed-up-your-website
Hey i recommend you to use http://gtmetrix.com it also provides actionable recommendations to fix issues related to page speed.
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