I coded a a site (first time) but i have an issue, it loads up extremely slowly when i open it from my local file. Do you guys know why this may be? I worked off an old site, and i'm sure the code is not streamlined and inefficient. so that might be an issue, but if you guys have any suggestions for steps i can take to better it, would be helpful.
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Hmm. There could be many root causes. Could you give a rundown of what type of content is included on the site (i.e. embedded video, image formats, etc)? Also, are you using any scripting or is everything just straight HTML/CSS?
I used a lot of plugins. ashamed to say, but also a bit stolen code.... yes i'm using js as well. i think because i have a deadline for it, and only a little coding knowledge everything is kind patched together without real planning or thought. I definitely learned a lot by doing this, but like i said its a lot of patchwork. i haven't put it live yet, so i don't know if it makes a difference whether or not its local or live..
If it loads slow locally the chances are its going to load slow live as well.
im going to try changing the image sizes, i feel like a dummy but this is prob the reason for why the images are not loading fast enough.
Yep, chances are this is your slow point. I always resize as small as much as possible. If a page doesnt load on a strong 3g connection in less than 5 seconds then it needs work. Cause thats about the timeframe you have before a accepting user becomes an annoyed user.
If you can utilize some html5 features instead of possible bloated js code you may shave off a bit of load time as well. Unless of course you've got some AJAX stuff happening.
Are you maybe using fonts from an external source? (e.g. Adobe EdgeFonts)
I would agree with LAWJ. It's probably JS loading from external sources that takes so long. Try putting all your JS code referrnces to the bottom of the . This way, the pafe renders, while the JS is still loading. Also try to get local copys of jQuery and stuff. Helps with loading times & you can code on the go, without internet access. If you want to find out why the page exactyl loads slower, chrome developer tools(The inspect this site thing) has a loading time viewer.
@LAJW so you are saying that page load times will be exactly the same for a page using large uncompressed PNG files versus optimized JPEGs?