Web Do's & Don'ts » Optimization

Ensure quick loading times

Bojan — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:28:26 +0000

Even though today’s internet connection speeds are great, ensuring quick loading times is as important as ever. Optimize your pages and don’t make your users wait for the website to load.

Don’t use HTTP based resources on a HTTPS page

Siniša — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:35:27 +0000

Internet Explorer interrupts the download and displays a confirmation dialog whenever it detects the use of mixed content on a secure page.

In IE 7 and ealier, this dialog would cause annoyance to users but generally didn’t cause any other significant problems because most users would click on the Yes button and allow non-secure content to be downloaded. However, the wording in the IE 8 version of this dialog has changed and to download the content a user would now have to click on the No button.

Don’t use protocol relative paths to CSS files

Siniša — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:53:03 +0000

Internet Explorer 7 & 8 will download stylesheets twice if the http(s) protocol is missing.

Combine screen and print styles to save a HTTP request

Bojan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:14:08 +0000

Save a HTTP request by combining print and screen styles into one single stylesheet. You can do this by using @media rules, which will speed up your website.

Optimize the title tags

Bojan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:20:03 +0000

Optimization of the title tags is a very important item in the SEO to-do list. Keep your title tags concise and consistent while using relevant keywords. Try not to go over 70 characters and create unique titles for each page.

Use the CSS shorthand

Bojan — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:54:37 +0000

Use the CSS shorthand properties to save time and cut down on the CSS file size.

Learn to optimize JPEGs

Bojan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:16:58 +0000

There is more to JPEG optimization than sliding the “Quality” slider in the image editor. Optimize by grid and color and learn how to use the JPEG compression.

Optimize web graphics

Bojan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:25:54 +0000

Use the appropriate file format and optimize your web graphics to make your site load faster without sacrificing the quality of the graphics.

Put Scripts at the Bottom

Siniša — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:51:27 +0000

Scripts block parallel downloads. You can get your site to load faster by moving your scripts to the bottom.