Comments on: Have you optimised your site code? http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/ Tips, tutorials and resources for software and web tools/applications Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:16:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Analyzing my first Digg, Stumble Upon and Del.icio.us success http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-258 Analyzing my first Digg, Stumble Upon and Del.icio.us success Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:30:18 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-258 [...] The site did not go down at any point, and is a testimony to three things - the myth about Dreamhost, and the effectiveness of WP Super Cache plugin and my little optimization techniques. [...] [...] The site did not go down at any point, and is a testimony to three things – the myth about Dreamhost, and the effectiveness of WP Super Cache plugin and my little optimization techniques. [...]

]]> By: New Digg features http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-257 New Digg features Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:51:04 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-257 [...] This has resulted in the popularity of the “Digg effect”, which means that poorly optimized sites and those on poor hosts go down, unable to handle the flood of [...] [...] This has resulted in the popularity of the “Digg effect”, which means that poorly optimized sites and those on poor hosts go down, unable to handle the flood of [...]

]]> By: Digging made easier with Smart Digg button http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-254 Digging made easier with Smart Digg button Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:50:26 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-254 [...] I would like to draw your attention to the optimization side of things. The Smart Digg extension looks up the digg count every time you load a new page. [...] [...] I would like to draw your attention to the optimization side of things. The Smart Digg extension looks up the digg count every time you load a new page. [...]

]]> By: Easy Tip: Reduce CPU usage of Firefox http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-256 Easy Tip: Reduce CPU usage of Firefox Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:42:54 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-256 [...] things can be the difference between a crashing browser and a perfectly-working one. Also, in optimization, every bit counts. Don't want to miss a single post? Grab our full text RSS feed  (learn more [...] [...] things can be the difference between a crashing browser and a perfectly-working one. Also, in optimization, every bit counts. Don’t want to miss a single post? Grab our full text RSS feed  (learn more [...]

]]> By: How To Decrease Boot time of Windows XP | -| Life Rocks! 2.0 |- http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-252 How To Decrease Boot time of Windows XP | -| Life Rocks! 2.0 |- Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:52:23 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-252 [...] this fix does is, to disable the graphics during booting. That way, you can optimize your system and shave off 2-3 seconds off the boot time. You might laugh at the 2 seconds, but [...] [...] this fix does is, to disable the graphics during booting. That way, you can optimize your system and shave off 2-3 seconds off the boot time. You might laugh at the 2 seconds, but [...]

]]> By: How To: Bring back Technorati incoming links widget in WordPress Dashboard http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-253 How To: Bring back Technorati incoming links widget in WordPress Dashboard Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:07:35 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-253 [...] There is a plugin to bring back Technorati Incoming links widget (see end of this post). However, adding one more plugin for a trivial matter as this, is unwise, and may affect your blog optimization measures. [...] [...] There is a plugin to bring back Technorati Incoming links widget (see end of this post). However, adding one more plugin for a trivial matter as this, is unwise, and may affect your blog optimization measures. [...]

]]> By: How To: Solve duplicate content in WordPress without plugins http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-255 How To: Solve duplicate content in WordPress without plugins Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:43:32 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-255 [...] are a popular method to reduce duplicate content. However, plugins are not fully optimized, and consumes more server resources than the simple <?php the_excerpt() ?> tag. Moreover, [...] [...] are a popular method to reduce duplicate content. However, plugins are not fully optimized, and consumes more server resources than the simple <?php the_excerpt() ?> tag. Moreover, [...]

]]> By: TonNet http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-243 TonNet Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:54:16 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-243 Sumesh even when I wasn't paying attention to your advise still our blog loads at 4 secs (Paul Stamatiou suggestion). Not that bad! Anyways, I still think we have some Optimization to do. Sumesh even when I wasn’t paying attention to your advise still our blog loads at 4 secs (Paul Stamatiou suggestion). Not that bad! Anyways, I still think we have some Optimization to do.

]]> By: Sumesh http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-244 Sumesh Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:01:38 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-244 @Michael : TechCrunch is slow mostly because of graphics (sponsors on sidebar). Yours is slow because of the theme - it depends on background images too much. Don't do too much optimization - your theme might get bland (as mine is). Besides, it depends on the target audience - if they're high-tech, there's no problem, since they will have high-speed connection. @Michael : TechCrunch is slow mostly because of graphics (sponsors on sidebar). Yours is slow because of the theme – it depends on background images too much. Don’t do too much optimization – your theme might get bland (as mine is). Besides, it depends on the target audience – if they’re high-tech, there’s no problem, since they will have high-speed connection.

]]> By: Michael http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-245 Michael Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:50:23 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-245 my blog gets 135 seconds, not exactly great. I guess I need to do some blog optimizing myself but at least I am faster then Techcrunch. my blog gets 135 seconds, not exactly great. I guess I need to do some blog optimizing myself but at least I am faster then Techcrunch.

]]> By: Sumesh http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-247 Sumesh Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:08:17 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-247 @Paul: I had tried it, but it was before the optimization craze ( which is thanks to you!) :D Let me check it now. @Paul: I had tried it, but it was before the optimization craze ( which is thanks to you!) :D
Let me check it now.

]]> By: Paul Stamatiou http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-246 Paul Stamatiou Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:53:06 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-246 There's also http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/ which I think is much more accurate than Web Page Analyzer. There’s also http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/ which I think is much more accurate than Web Page Analyzer.

]]> By: Sumesh http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-249 Sumesh Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:26:54 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-249 @Ashwini: Blogger sure wins, since Google's servers are among the fastest (though not the most reliable). But the lack of flexibility really is the problem. With advanced compression techniques, light-weight theme and reasonable server, WordPress can beat Blogger. Especially since Blogger themes are notorious for tonnes of JavaScript (check the source code towards the end). It isn't added by the us, but by Blogger automatically. I am changing the colour scheme of the theme, one bit at a time. I changed the header, footer and navbar. Next up, content+sidebars. OK? As for ads, they're affiliate links, nofollowed and harmless in the sidebar. Maybe I should reduce them to the most-rewarding ones only. <span class="pitalic">Maybe</span> @Ashwini: Blogger sure wins, since Google’s servers are among the fastest (though not the most reliable). But the lack of flexibility really is the problem. With advanced compression techniques, light-weight theme and reasonable server, WordPress can beat Blogger.
Especially since Blogger themes are notorious for tonnes of JavaScript (check the source code towards the end). It isn’t added by the us, but by Blogger automatically.

I am changing the colour scheme of the theme, one bit at a time. I changed the header, footer and navbar. Next up, content+sidebars. OK? As for ads, they’re affiliate links, nofollowed and harmless in the sidebar. Maybe I should reduce them to the most-rewarding ones only. Maybe

]]> By: Ashwini http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-248 Ashwini Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:32:23 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-248 thats the min disadvantage of self hosted blogs and thats where blogger wins! I haven't faced any such problems, Most of surfers now have a broadband , and with i my blog hardly takes two seconds Although some graphics take time but text is visible once u type in address. n I hav got a cool report HTML: 19708 4.13 0.30 HTML Images: 196940 45.65 7.44 CSS Images: 0 0.00 0.00 Total Images: 196940 45.65 7.44 Javascript: 84241 18.39 2.05 CSS: 3761 1.55 0.82 Multimedia: 0 0.00 0.00 Other: 0 0.00 Tip: Red color doesn’t matches with white color, try something else and don’t you think overloaded text link ads advertisement? thats the min disadvantage of self hosted blogs and thats where blogger wins!
I haven’t faced any such problems,
Most of surfers now have a broadband , and with i my blog hardly takes two seconds

Although some graphics take time but text is visible once u type in address.

n I hav got a cool report
HTML: 19708 4.13 0.30
HTML Images: 196940 45.65 7.44
CSS Images: 0 0.00 0.00
Total Images: 196940 45.65 7.44
Javascript: 84241 18.39 2.05
CSS: 3761 1.55 0.82
Multimedia: 0 0.00 0.00
Other: 0 0.00

Tip: Red color doesn’t matches with white color, try something else and don’t you think overloaded text link ads advertisement?

]]> By: Sumesh http://www.techzilo.com/optimise-site-blog/#comment-251 Sumesh Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:11:25 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=99#comment-251 @Paul: Thanks for dropping by. I forgot to add that all speeds were for dialup. Hope that solves your problem. @Paul: Thanks for dropping by. I forgot to add that all speeds were for dialup. Hope that solves your problem.

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