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[tom437]

Hello,


Need a little help, whenever I tried to access my website, some time it take 15 seconds to load but, I get on the site and click on any item, it moved fast.


Is the problem with my hosting company, that's why its slow to enter the website?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Tom

[philrisk]

Sounds like it is your server but you will need to do some testing. What's your url? You can use tools like Pingdom, Loads.in and Loadimpact.com. Using a CDN network helps speed up your site.

[tom437]

PM you my url.

[philrisk]

OK first thing I see is lots of CSS files being called. Do you have these 3 settings ticked in the general settings page?
Use speed-up tool for Javascript
Use speed-up tool for CSS
Do not check if templates are changed (Smarty compile_check).

[philrisk]

For SEO purposes I would enable clean URLs too.

[philrisk]

Once you have done that I would also look at using MaxCDN or similar to pull images, JS and CSS. I use them and are cheap. I have set up 4 pull zones for each of the sections you can link.

http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=64443&highlight=maxcdn

[tom437]

Originally Posted by philrisk

OK first thing I see is lots of CSS files being called. Do you have these 3 settings ticked in the general settings page?
Use speed-up tool for Javascript
Use speed-up tool for CSS
Do not check if templates are changed (Smarty compile_check).

No I do not have any check.

[philrisk]

Originally Posted by tom437

No I do not have any check.

Check all 3 and apply. Make sure the site still loads ok and let me know its done and I'll have another look.

[tom437]

I did it, you can try now.

[philrisk]

OK that's getting better. Can you temporarily remove/disable you badges below the footer and also you chat software. It looks like they are not helping load time. So that's next to test.