Hello all i recently recieved a few minor complaints about my sites speed i am currently using a shared hosting account all seems fine for me on my cable line but i decided to take a site speed test and here is what i came up with maybe anyone kind enough can give me suggestions as to what i should do:::



TOTAL_HTML - Congratulations, the total number of HTML files on this page (including the main HTML file) is 1 which most browsers can multithread. Minimizing HTTP requests is key for web site optimization

TOTAL_OBJECTS - Warning! The total number of objects on this page is 15 - consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refine, and optimize your external objects. Replace graphic rollovers with CSS rollovers to speed display and minimize HTTP requests.

TOTAL_IMAGES - Warning! The total number of images on this page is 14 , consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refine, and optimize your graphics. Replace graphic rollovers with CSS rollovers to speed display and minimize HTTP requests.

TOTAL_SIZE - Warning! The total size of this page is 276073 bytes, which will load in 55.02 seconds on a 56Kbps modem. Consider reducing total page size to less than 30K to achieve sub eight second response times on 56K connections. Pages over 100K exceed most attention thresholds at 56Kbps, even with feedback. Consider contacting us about our optimization services.

HTML_SIZE - Congratulations, the total size of this HTML file is 20285 bytes, which less than 20K. Assuming that you specify the HEIGHT and WIDTH of your images, this size allows your page to display content in well under 8 seconds, the average time users are willing to wait for a page to display without feedback.

IMAGES_SIZE - Warning! The total size of your images is 255788 bytes, which is over 30K. Consider optimizing your images for size, combining them, and replacing graphic rollovers with CSS.

MULTIM_SIZE - Congratulations, the total size of all your external multimedia files is 0 bytes, which is less than 4K.

HTML_SIZE - Congratulations, the total size of this HTML file is 20285 bytes, which less than 20K. Assuming that you specify the HEIGHT and WIDTH of your images, this size allows your page to display content in well under 8 seconds, the average time users are willing to wait for a page to display without feedback.I don't agree with this statement. I think 20285 bytes (which is nearly 20 kb.) is HUGE for a Web page, unless you're displaying a lot of tabular data. Typically, a properly coded Web page will house maybe 2-7 kb. of information in it, depending on the amount of content in them.

TOTAL_SIZE - Warning! The total size of this page is 276073 bytes, which will load in 55.02 seconds on a 56Kbps modem. Consider reducing total page size to less than 30K to achieve sub eight second response times on 56K connections. Pages over 100K exceed most attention thresholds at 56Kbps, even with feedback. Consider contacting us about our optimization services.I like how they put in that little advertisement at the end :emlaugh:

But, they are right. That's a lot of visual information for a browser to have to download. There are many solid techniques for reducing file sizes, but the precise ones that should be used depend greatly on how individual images have been constructed. Care to share a link to a page? Note: normally, linking to a page in question on a commerical site is not allowed, but for the sake of this thread and your question, go ahead.

Thanks for the help the link is psp-stuff.com feel free to remove it when you check it out

It looks to me like your biggest issue is straight-up image optimization. In most graphic design applications, when you export images for use on the Web, you can choose the format in which you would like to export and either the quality/compression level or number of colors to use. These types of choices determine how quickly your images will load and also affect the quality of those images.

I took three of the images on that one page and optimized them on my own, two images within your content and your header image. The original combined file size for the three images was 220 kb. I reduced it with little or no noticable loss in quality to 50 kb. The Divineo pic is the only one that's a little rough in the background, but you have to pay attention to see it or compare it to the original, I think. If it was just online, no one would be the worse for wear.

The header image was the big drop. Your original is 140 kb. I reduced it to ~22 kb. Apply the black border to it using CSS, and I don't think you'll be able to see the difference.

This won't take you into the <30 kb. range, but it is definitely a step in the right direction, and it might just be that <30 kb. is beyond your reach, because you use pictures within your content to such a degree. That's ok - 30 is just a number. Try to get as small as you can without losing too much quality, and you'll be much better off.

See if the attached pics work any better for you :)

Big thanks the_pm i will try replacing them right away i notice the header loaded slowly the news on the frontpage is ran through my ipb forum i'm not sure if that affects anything, i also had a small question does this affect my forums as well ??? my forums header is just a simple text banner but we have the news ssi, arcade, and a few other stuff

I have no idea how your site is structured, but anywhere that an image is called, the optimized version will appear. If you have separate images for your forum, they will need to be optimized/ replaced as well.

Ok thank you very much i have replaced them and the speed meter now says it loads in 21 seconds instead of 55 i have also noticed the change myself I'm pretty sure the load times for the forums are probably normal Thanks for the help :)

No problem :) Make sure you keep image size/optimization in mind whenever you're posting a new image to your site!

Yes i will do just that for now on i am new to all of this and wasn't aware although i should of got the hint when the banner used to load as though i had dial up connection lol Thanks.

You could try a few things to reduce the size of your html file

1. Strip out as many tables as you can and replace with <div>'s - use CSS to format/style them

2. Put your css in an external file rather than have it in the html page - doing this will slightly decrease loading times for other page

3. Take out all font tags and use a CSS style for the parent element (ie <span> <td> or <div>

4. Style all table borders/widths/colours in the external CSS file

You should be able to get your index.html file down to about 10k with a bit of practice I reckon. If you get to grips with CSS it will benefit you in the long run and it's worth learning.