In our series of Speed Optimization Related blogs, we will discuss on configuration,template,server points that will helps speed up your Magento site, Speed is important for your site.
Speeding up Magento sites takes a long list to perform.You can go through the following tips for Magento Speed Optimization.
A] Magento Template Related:
1] Use image sprites to reduce number of request and use of image sprites:
Q) What is a sprite?
A) A sprite consists of multiple images into a single image.
Q) Why use sprite image?
A) Using sprites should decrease a number of HTTP requests made to your site and improve the site speed.
2] Optimize images for size:
Decrease the load times of pages by loading appropriately sized images.
3] Remove unwanted code and minify or reduce your css code:
Clean-css and minify css is a fast and efficient.It helps speed up magento site.
4] Specify Image Dimensions:
How to specify image dimension:
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Why specify image dimension : Specifying the height and width to your images can really help your webpages load faster and look better while they are loading. Hence, Specifying a width and height for all images and imporove the speed of magento website.
5] Apply Javascript Lazy Loader for images:
If you have a lot of images on your site then if possible used javascript lazy loader for images.
How to apply lazyloader for images:
Important URL: http://jquery.eisbehr.de/lazy/
6] Use some webtest tool to analyse number of requests and other html related data for download time:
Test your site with some following tools:
You can test your site using following available tools
1] pingdom
2] WebpageTest
3] GTMetrix
4] http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/
Please check our Main Service Page of Magento Speed Optimization
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