Web Do's & Don'ts » Performance

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 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.

Avoid CSS expressions

Bojan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:04:40 +0000

While JavaScript expressions in CSS have their upsides, they are very resource intensive. That will affect the speed of the website because the expressions are frequently evaluated by the browser, causing the site to be sluggish.

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.