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Question

How do you optimize a website’s assets?

Mar 18, 2017 1:09AM PDT

How do you optimize a website’s assets?

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I rarely do. Why?
Mar 18, 2017 8:42AM PDT

In my world, optimizing the assets (graphics) is rarely done since we could degrade the image. We usually optimize it as we build the page and would not change it later.

Here's that old saying for you.

"Do the job right the first time."

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website optimization
Apr 5, 2017 6:13AM PDT

Having a fast web host is equally as important as any website performance optimization you could make, as it is the backbone of your site.

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web development
Apr 6, 2017 5:05AM PDT

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Depends on the assets
Apr 6, 2017 9:28AM PDT

CSS/JS assets could be combined and minified. Images could be smushed to reduce file size and served via a CDN to reduce the travel time to the visitor. The overall website could be stored on a server using SSD drives instead SATA drives, so read and write activities are faster. The database could be stored on a separate server as to not use the resources of the website server.

As you can see, all of these could be considered assets and have some room for optimization.

~Sovereign

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Tips to Optimize Website's Assets
Apr 11, 2017 10:27PM PDT

Hello,

You can optimize website's assets by compress the file and use optimized images. If you are using WordPress for developing site then you can use the various plugin that helps you to optimize your website's assets.

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Yes optimizing is the key for any reader to stay
Apr 16, 2017 9:32PM PDT

Optimizing any website is super critical. One way to optimize the website is using a CDN service. That service will serve your CC files, images, banners around the world to increase your website speed which is a major part of optimizing your site: here is a post i found on maxcdn which i have worked for and use my self.
http://www.dailyhosting.net/how-to-use-maxcdn-on-your-wordpress-site/

They are around 7-9 dollars a month and they are the most effective way to really optimize the site.

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Tips to website optimization
Jun 12, 2017 7:04AM PDT

The basic includes you should reduce download sizes & make fewer HTTP requests. You can follow these techniques - name the assets, use a content delivery network, place assets on a cookie-free domain, split the assets among domains, host assets on different domains but reduce DNS lookups, use CSS Sprites and disable ETags. Along with this, you should resize elements before uploading into HTML to reduce the page load time.