What slows a site down?

[final kaoss]

Have a second look at my post instead of quoting and you'll see that what you quoted is no longer there.

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

Yep I am very familiar with that. It has nothing to do with first byte time from server, and also you might note the OP is doing all of his tests thus far using Firefox:

Web Page Performance Test for
globalhax.com

From: Dulles, VA - Firefox - Cable
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 9:38:42 PM

That article is all about supporting IE better.This information is ammunition to give to your current host, proving the first byte time from the server is quite slow. Changing hosts won't guarantee you better first byte time.

But the BIG stuff is, the amount of problems alot of your add-ons are causing.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by final kaoss

Have a second look at my post instead of quoting and you'll see that what you quoted is no longer there.

Excellent. But it was when I quoted it.

The OPs problems start with the first byte time but in all reality, we're talking about less than a second there. The REAL problems are some of his add-ons I think he needs to decide if they're worth the slow loading they cause.

Would you agree? Because clearly with the hooks system off, he has very good pageload times.

Edit to add: He is getting a "B" grade now on his first byte time, that number will be more or less depending on the rest of the server load from other sites hosted on same machine.

0.749s <--- First byte time on last test. Not shabby.

[SPEEDKILLZ]

ok all done with htaccess

[final kaoss]

Possibly the plugin is to blame but I usually find very differing results when using gtmetrix ms webpage test when testing the load times. Each site has their pluses, for gtmetrix, I think it shows a better representation of page load times, while webpagetest shows more detail into what needs fixing.

For example in his earlier tests, when webpagetest said his page took 100+ seconds to load, gtmetrix would say it took around 7.

--------------- Added [DATE]1382586581[/DATE] at [TIME]1382586581[/TIME] ---------------

Who is your host? It doesn't appear that you've set it up right.
http://gtmetrix.com/reports/globalhax.com/4fbccaU0

Originally Posted by SPEEDKILLZ

ok all done with htaccess

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by final kaoss

For example in his earlier tests, when webpagetest said his page took 100+ seconds to load, gtmetrix would say it took around 7.

WebPageTest's pedigree is, it is owned and maintained by Google's Tech President, Patrick Meehan. So it's the only one I use - if you test good there you test good anywhere. You have no idea what browser or connection you're testing on with other "test" sites, with Meehan not only do you know, you can test dozens of combinations in browsers, locations, connection speeds, and even mobile testing.

The waterfall chart I posted earlier clearly shows a few of his plugins are really killing his load times. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....66&postcount=6

[SPEEDKILLZ]

Host is knownsrv. and even with the plugins my last site had same plugins+ more and was way faster?

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by SPEEDKILLZ

Host is knownsrv. and even with the plugins my last site had same plugins+ more and was way faster?

You just have to study the waterfall charts, run several tests with different locations, connections and browsers to really start getting a full picture and see what is consistently holding your pageloads up. It's not a one night deal, it took me a couple of weeks to get mine consistently loading in less than 2 seconds (full load) on any test you want to run.

Here's what I'm getting right now, the Firefox cable connection in Dulles:

First byte: 0.612s

Fully loaded: 1.679s 42 Requests 184 KB Bytes in.

And I am highly customized and have alot of plugins/add-ons.

[SPEEDKILLZ]

hmmm, so i need to contact host?

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by SPEEDKILLZ

hmmm, so i need to contact host?

The first byte time is less than a second of your pageload time. That's minor.

You have to determine which if any of your add-ons or plugins is loading slow. You also have some 3rd party scripts that are giving you 404 errors. These are the big items that are slowing you down.

[SPEEDKILLZ]

Its showing 3 seconds when i do it