Site speed

[Spartan]

Any suggestions on improving site speed? The biggest problem appears to be ad code. Anyway of addressing this problem?

PageSpeed Insights

developers.google.com

 

[Max Taxable]

I use webpagetest, it's actual real world devices and connections you can choose from, you can also choose the browsers. It's not automated and it gives you only the facts of what loads on browsers, not a score based on some algorithm. It also tells you exactly how to improve.

When I am trying to fix an issue I do repeated tests from same location and same browser.

Here's you on FF from a fast cable connected PC: https://www.webpagetest.org/result/...96a8a0e867daa/1/details/#waterfall_view_step1

Here's you from same machine, IE11: https://www.webpagetest.org/result/190218_P4_21f862e5ae8fefbd2c38725e3cc856d1/

Would be kind of scared to test it from a mobile device, honestly. Lots and lots of requests, 875kb.

You have a 404 not found error on your favicon. Compress transfer and cache static content need improvement. Click on the grades you see on the second link, to get details.

The more requests you have, typically the slower you're going to be.

 

[l3ta]

Mine, too. I keep getting a big, fat F and don't know why

 

[JoyFreak]

Wow, mine is low. 41.

 

[Max Taxable]

Mine, too. I keep getting a big, fat F and don't know why

Looks like that's a redirect issue. If you look at the waterfall you'll see it happening between your 1st and 2nd request. No bytes loaded, but that delay of 526ms happening. Only difference I see in the redirect is the trailing slash added in request #2.

 

[l3ta]

Looks like that's a redirect issue. If you look at the waterfall you'll see it happening between your 1st and 2nd request. No bytes loaded, but that delay of 526ms happening. Only difference I see in the redirect is the trailing slash added in request #2.

Oh I see it. Any idea how to fix it?

 

[Max Taxable]

Oh I see it. Any idea how to fix it?

Not offhand, but @MySiteGuy might know. He should be around shortly this morning.

 

[l3ta]

Not offhand, but @MySiteGuy might know. He should be around shortly this morning.

Kewl. Let's wait for him

 

[Max Taxable]

Just for laughs go AdminCP>Options>Basic Board Information and look and see what you have in the "Board URL" field.

 

[l3ta]

Just for laughs go AdminCP>Options>Basic Board Information and look and see what you have in the "Board URL" field.

This is wut I have:

Board URL: https://www.alienbabble.com
Home page URL: https://www.alienbabble.com/forums/

 

[Max Taxable]

What's your "Index Page Route?"

 

[JoyFreak]

This is wut I have:

Board URL: https://www.alienbabble.com
Home page URL: https://www.alienbabble.com/forums/

In fact, have you enabled "Enable board URL canonicalization "?

 

[l3ta]

What's your "Index Page Route?"

Index page route: pages/home/

 

[l3ta]

In fact, have you enabled "Enable board URL canonicalization "?

No. Should i?

 

[JoyFreak]

No. Should i?

No , but could have been related to the redirect issue

 

[l3ta]

No , but could have been related to the redirect issue

I enabled it briefly just to test if that was the cause but nothing changed. Still got the F.

 

[eva2000]

Any suggestions on improving site speed? The biggest problem appears to be ad code. Anyway of addressing this problem?

PageSpeed Insights

developers.google.com

3rd party ads will lower scores due to how it's tested see weighting for Google PageSpeed insights v5 I outlined at https://xenforo.com/community/threads/pagespeed-insights.160329/page-2#post-1321385