http://southeastauto.com.au - Need help too!

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Hi All,

South-East Auto is the Premier Destination for Australias largest range of automotive spare parts to fit all makes and models.



As of late I’ve been working on the store (content) design however being on a ADSL connection overlooked the prospect of a slow download time.



Those that use dial-up, if you wouldn’t mind posting if the site took too long to load ect, needs improvement, too big, looks like crap… etc



All comments are appreciated and action will be put in place based on the feedback/comments you provide.



Many Thanks,

Jesse-Lee Stringer

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[quote name=‘JesseLeeStringer’]Hi All,

South-East Auto is the Premier Destination for Australias largest range of automotive spare parts to fit all makes and models.



As of late I’ve been working on the store (content) design however being on a ADSL connection overlooked the prospect of a slow download time.



Those that use dial-up, if you wouldn’t mind posting if the site took too long to load ect, needs improvement, too big, looks like crap… etc



All comments are appreciated and action will be put in place based on the feedback/comments you provide.



Many Thanks,

Jesse-Lee Stringer[/QUOTE]This will help. Just enter your URL and view the report at the bottom of the page to help speed up your site. It only took a couple of seconds from Seattle.



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Thanks for the link Sculptingstudio,



Here’s the stats, I believe I’ve got waaayyy to many sub categories residing on the main page… Takes (firefox’s Faster Fox Plugin) 14 seconds to load initially on a 25k/b connection, then 8 seconds each refresh… think it’s in dire need of a scrap?



* 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 44 - 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 36 , 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_CSS - Congratulations, the total number of external CSS files on this page is 2 . Because external CSS files must be in the HEAD of your HTML document, they must load first before any BODY content displays. Although they are cached, CSS files slow down the initial display of your page.

* TOTAL_SIZE - Warning! The total size of this page is 297020 bytes, which will load in 59.60 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.

* TOTAL_SCRIPT - Caution. The total number of external script files on this page is 5 , consider reducing this to one or two. Combine, refine, and optimize your external script files. Ideally you should have one (or even embed scripts for high-traffic pages) on your pages.

* HTML_SIZE - Warning! The total size of this HTML page is 103743 bytes, which is over 100K! Consider optimizing your HTML and eliminating unnecessary content and features.

* IMAGES_SIZE - Warning! The total size of your images is 98307 bytes, which is over 30K. Consider optimizing your images for size, combining them, and replacing graphic rollovers with CSS.

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* CSS_SIZE - Warning! The total size of your external CSS is 25786 bytes, which is over 8K. Consider optimizing your CSS for size by eliminating whitespace, using shorthand notation, and combining multiple CSS files where appropriate.

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



Top 5 Longest to load items

1 103743 HTML http://southeastauto.com.au

1 30026 SCRIPT [url]http://southeastauto.com.au/skins/brickwork_dark_steel/customer/js_menu/JSCookMenu.js[/url]

1 22649 IMG [url]http://southeastauto.com.au/images/front-logo.jpg[/url]

1 20100 IMG [url]http://southeastauto.com.au/images/product_images/0000000001.jpg[/url]

1 19931 SCRIPT [url]http://southeastauto.com.au/skins/brickwork_dark_steel/customer/products_pages/exceptions.js[/url]

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you can reduce the size of the pictures to speed things up and while your at it you really need to improve the quality of your pictures, for example getting rid of the plastic bag covering the shock, eliminate washout from camera flash, photography is a new can of worms…