Rodolfo said:
No, you are
wrong.
When you compare two exact websites but on different servers and you get likely a 50% less in one of them then what is the reason? the test was made using the same Chevereto version, one on
dev.chevereto.com and one on
demo.chevereto.com
I never said that the test just measures server speed, I said that the test is irrelevant because it highly takes into account the server speed. Google and other morons on their blogs can say "hey this test doesn't measure server speed"... C'mon... don't be blind.
Default theme is what you can expect on a default theme... A pretty easy to understand base to develop your own theme. if you want to speed your site the only things that you need are:
1. CSS sprites
2. Reduce the HTML nodes
3. Reduce the CSS stress
And that's all.. In terms of loading. If you want to improve performance you need other things. Most of the time this sites tell you to minify the text and so on. That's crap. The improvement of the sprites is WAY more important than the minified code.
Sorry to say, but not true.
I am into front end performance optimizing all day.
I know the effects when you e.g. do not combine all your javascripts into one file.
If you are not doing it... you have more http requests.
Same with graphics, css and every stuff your browser needs to load.
Basically you need to do the following:
minify/combine css
put css into head
minify/combine javascripts
put javascript into bottom
use css sprites
optimize graphic files with e.g. smushit
That's the basics. Now you could also use a cookieless domain to put your static files on.
Saves you some bytes, too.
You can also use a webserver with mod_deflate, mod_headers and mod_expires to speed up a little more.
For me this discussion ends now, and I will tell you why.
I did several tests with different websites/portals I have coded the last 2 years.
Even a university professor from germany called me in that front end performance stuff and asked for my advice.
If you think you are right you should read all my posts on cookielessdomain.com and think about how browsers load/execute ...
But thank you anyway.
You did a good job on chevereto, that's why I bought it
