Speed Factor

Speed can be considered the most important factor for the visitors to the website as well as the search engine spiders. Some free tools and Joomla integrated stuff can speed up the joomla website.

Slow Loading

The most basic thing is the loading time before starting vis-à-vis some point of reference. The Ocatagate Tool can be used to test the loading time of the website. The slow loading is manifested in certain things. For example, a favicon.ico may be absent in the file root. This problem can be overcome easily by creating a favicon.ico from image available at Online Chami Favicon creator and then have it uploaded to the website root.  

Image Size

If the images are big, they have to be reduced to the size really required by using for each image height and width specification and not allowing a browser to do the resizing. The joomla module can derive all types of contents from database. This also slows down the loading. Other reasons of the slow loading in joomla are external links and java script. These features of joomla should be used only in cases where really needed. Irfanview is a free and appropriate enabling tool for resizing the images in the right format. Even in case of downsizing a really large image, this tool can do it maintaining the sharpness of the original image.

Speed with Joomla Core

Joomla core itself comes with a great speeding up feature installed in it called ‘Cache’. In the configuration file can it be turned on. Cache time needs to be set as per the requirement of the website. The standard cache time for a news site is 150 minutes. After setting the cache time each module should be checked and their cache function turned on if necessary. The statistics for the website can be viewed from the provided graphic to find the growth during the year. After the loading is optimized and the website is cleaned up, the loading time needs to be checked again. If the speeding up steps are properly followed, the search engines can index the pages of the website much faster and joomla becomes more search engine friendly.

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