I checked the site on pingdom and show-slow and main suggestions are:
1. Make JavaScript and CSS external
2. Minify JavaScript and CSS
3. Make fewer http requests.
First what I am planning to do is to get rid of these google font links.
Yeah definitely CSS and JavaScript are the weakest points of the site in terms of speed. And sometimes you do not need any tools to realize that something is not right.
Same suggestion from Google Page Speed
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Your page has 3 blocking script resources and 13 blocking CSS resources. This causes a delay in rendering your page.
None of the above-the-fold content on your page could be rendered without waiting for the following resources to load. Try to defer or asynchronously load blocking resources, or inline the critical portions of those resources directly in the HTML.
Remove render-blocking JavaScript:
http://www.2-apartments.com/…-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.11.1
http://www.2-apartments.com/…s/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=1.2.1
http://www.2-apartments.com/…/assets/gmedia.global.front.js?ver=0.9.6
Hello philipem,
You can use a Caching Plugin such as W3TotalCache and have it minify and optimize Javascript and CSS. Are you using one right now?
We’ll look into it as well and see how we can improve the loading speed.
Best regards,
Marius
philipem any update, did u resolve that issue?
Marius, with W3Total Cache, i did optimize using link. It didn’t work. Any suggestion?
You have to understand the messages, it has nothing to do with the theme.
For example, “Make JS and CSS external” recommends using a CDN, it has nothing to do with the theme itself.
We do not deliver the CSS and JS files minified already as it’s very hard for the average coder to make small customizations. One of our goals is to be developer-friendly, so everyone who knows some coding can manage to make the desired changes.
Most themes will not come minified, it’s not a good practice IMO, that’s the whole purpose of caching plugins.
Best regards,
Marius
