Interesting. Thanks for the feedback. I am going to see what Gzipping the files and images is going to take. Right now I just replace the theme images with a fresh crunch and things are loading much quicker. Now I have to download all the images in the uploads folder and do the same. Thanks for the tips and feedback everyone!
Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Jan 29, 2016, at 10:15 PM, Mike O'Toole <m...@risingwoods.org> wrote: > Karl, > > I used a different speed test that gives a LOT of tips on each aspect of the > time to completion. There is a wealth of insight in the tips, in a few cases > they fizzle out (tips) but this list is awesome with feedback! In my 1st test > page load speed was 5.1 seconds, a second one 4.9 seconds. > > https://gtmetrix.com/reports/tpsautoshippers.com/5MxjYmgX > > The biggest takeaway in that was the first file took 1.2 seconds to be > requested and delivered. One site I have on shared hosting (about 1,500 sites > total) loads the first file in 111 milliseconds, about 10 times faster. I > would try to get that below a 1/2 second, preferably 1/4 second (250 > milliseconds). > > I have target page load times of: non-profit (1.5 seconds or less); for > profit 1.2 seconds (usually have lots more trinkets, scripts and graphics). > > On that test site a B minus grade on both tests (PageSpeed & YSlow) is > readily achievable with MOST themes PROVIDED your host allows GZIP for all > files AND has a caching firewall between the server and the Internet. > > As to some of their 'advanced' score categories - few shared hosts allow > setting header expiration headers nor enitity tags. so don't swaet trying for > A minus or above, especially if you have multiple scripts and css files > loading. > > Mike > > On 01/29/2016 10:35 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: >> Looks like its a varying degree. My test was a little quicker. >> http://www.webpagetest.org/result/160130_ED_5MQ/ >> I guess I can look into gzipping the transfer. That's something I don't >> think I've done. >> >> Best, >> >> Karl DeSaulniers >> Design Drumm >> http://designdrumm.com >> >> >> >> On Jan 29, 2016, at 9:08 PM, Chris Rockwell <ch...@chrisrockwell.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Karl, >>> >>> I loaded the site on a Nexus 5 and the breakpoints seem to work fine. What >>> really stands out to me is the slow performance: >>> http://www.webpagetest.org/result/160130_65_54P/. It loaded very slowly. >>> >>> I would focus on performance first, which does have an effect on seo. >>> >>> I use chrome Vox to test with a screen reader. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> On Jan 29, 2016 9:49 PM, "Karl DeSaulniers" <k...@designdrumm.com> wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> I would really appreciate feedback from you guys on this WordPress website >>> I just finished. It "should" be responsive on most if not all screens and >>> work on old IEs as well. >>> Any tips for SEO would be great, but OT for this list, so send off-list if >>> you feel obliged. My SEO foo is rookie at best. Not sure how it works on >>> assisted devices, hoping it does. >>> >>> I am actually excited to share, so If you run into any snags, let me know >>> if you would be so kind, but over all, what do you think? :) >>> TIA >>> >>> http://tpsautoshippers.com >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Karl DeSaulniers >>> Design Drumm >>> http://designdrumm.com >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] >>> http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d >>> List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ >>> List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html >>> Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] >> http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d >> List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ >> List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html >> Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
