left column loads reaaalllly slow

[surrfman]

Tried a couple other suggestions to increase the left column load time. I get counts of anywhere from 6 to 15 seconds after the rest of page has loaded; any suggestions?

 

the URL: www.discountegauges.com

 

 

Thanks,

 

Timmy C

[acidvertigo]

Frome the speed test result of your site http://www.webpagete...QBEA/1/details/

 

There is a missed image 'header.gif"

This image is really big and slow loading http://www.discounte...images/16ft.bmp try to convert it in jpg

Also enable the gzip compression on your site helps to speed the left column loading

Also upgrade jquery and jquery ui to latest versions http://jquery.com/ http://jqueryui.com/

[foxp2]

and fix these bugs in catalog/ext/modules/front_page/banner_rotator/stylesheet.css :

all comments inside a class must be finished with \*/.

eg :

this code

right: 15px;  /* Distance from the right side of the controls box to the right edge of the banner */

must be writing :

right: 15px;  /* Distance from the right side of the controls box to the right edge of the banner \*/

[♥kymation]

Where did you get that one? It's not anywhere in the W3 standards that I can find.

 

Regards

Jim

[surrfman]

thanks for all the suggestions... fixed the header and the 16.bmp, not much improvement. the third was to download newer versions of jquery and ui.... I will check my versions; what kind of issues can I expect with an upgrade?

 

on the \ practically every line has the \, are we looking at changing all?

 

Thanks a bunch everyone,

 

Timmy C

[acidvertigo]

Remember to enable the gzip compression, and compress your images in jpg or png were is possible. Your total page size is 1.3mb and is a little to heavy