Does adding multiple blocks slow down site?
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Hello,
I was thinking about adding an FAQ to the site I am working on but was wondering - If you have to add a block for each question - does it slow down the site. It would seem to me that FAQ as a list would make more sense- if it wasn't a concrete five site I would just build a list with a jquery widget to expand answer under questions in a list. Looking at the add-ons looks like most of them add a block for each question and answer. Just curious as to how that impacts the speed of the site.
I only ask because - I like everything about Concrete except that it is very bloated with scripts loading at runtime. Google has been pretty clear that calls to the server should be cut to a minimum.
I was thinking about adding an FAQ to the site I am working on but was wondering - If you have to add a block for each question - does it slow down the site. It would seem to me that FAQ as a list would make more sense- if it wasn't a concrete five site I would just build a list with a jquery widget to expand answer under questions in a list. Looking at the add-ons looks like most of them add a block for each question and answer. Just curious as to how that impacts the speed of the site.
I only ask because - I like everything about Concrete except that it is very bloated with scripts loading at runtime. Google has been pretty clear that calls to the server should be cut to a minimum.
Thanks for that, but the bloating I was referring to was the multiple calls to seperate css and javascript libraries that do get cached, but must be loaded at run time.
I have run a web hosting company for over a decade, so I know which servers have heavy loads and are slow etc. I was talking in general. Page speed is really important for SEO reasons - multiple calls are simply not as fast. We usually combine all css and js down to as few calls as possible and use sprites where possible. Doing Google speed tests I have seen some of our clients sites going from 70% to up 95% ( comparison to all sites speed )
Google has suggestions here
https://developers.google.com/speed/articles/...
I see no reason for javascript that we don't edit not being minimized
Combining and minimizing css and javascript is suggested.
Jim
I have run a web hosting company for over a decade, so I know which servers have heavy loads and are slow etc. I was talking in general. Page speed is really important for SEO reasons - multiple calls are simply not as fast. We usually combine all css and js down to as few calls as possible and use sprites where possible. Doing Google speed tests I have seen some of our clients sites going from 70% to up 95% ( comparison to all sites speed )
Google has suggestions here
https://developers.google.com/speed/articles/...
I see no reason for javascript that we don't edit not being minimized
Combining and minimizing css and javascript is suggested.
Jim
Does anyone have an example of a well optimized for speed Concrete site. Just so as I know that it is something that I am doing. What is an example of fast loading Concrete built website. The one that I was working although needed a few tweaks in the image optimization scored really low for page speed ( 40% ) - my sites that I regularly build score in the 90s%. This is using the Google page speed test. I know we can say "Who cares about Googles Page Speed test" but I think if Google has invested that much effort and money into this there is a good chance that slow speed in their algorithm could mean bad user experience and reflect how you place in the Google SERPs
It runs a lot of things, and that's only in edit mode, but in the end everything gets cached.
So the short answer to your question is - yes, it slows it down, but only once per page open per 2 hours (or whatever your cache lifetime is) if you have caching enabled.