• Resolved racher

    (@racher)


    Hi,

    I have had several complaints from readers that my site loads very very slowly and I can’t figure out how to fix it. I have large header images, but they are part of the theme. I know my version of WordPress needs to be updated, but I’m a novice at computer stuff and am worried I will screw my site up so I haven’t done it yet. Is the old version slowing down my site?

    http://yestertimeblog.com

    Thanks so much,
    Rachel

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  • boober

    (@boober)

    the images in your posts are gigantic. do you really need 1600x1200px images?

    Thread Starter racher

    (@racher)

    I guess I could change the setting on my camera to a lower pixel number, but are you just talking about the header images or all my images? And if so, how can I fix it if the pics are all already on there?

    Munnday

    (@munnday)

    As boober has mentioned, the only major issue I can see is that the images you are posting are 1600x1200px most are about 0.5mb in size.

    The best idea is to have a thumbnail as a preview, and link it to the full size image

    Thread Starter racher

    (@racher)

    Do I need to do this for every single one of my images? Surely there is an easier way?

    boober

    (@boober)

    something more is wrong though, the homepage document itself is whats taking a ton of time to load. check it out

    http://skitch.com/bewmedia/ej5t/web-inspector-http-yestertimeblog.com

    Thread Starter racher

    (@racher)

    Hmmm, who would know what to look at to try and fix that? That must be the main problem from the look of it.

    seattlewasariot

    (@seattlewasariot)

    This might fix your problem. From the admin interface go to WassUp -> options -> statistics recording. If Enable/Disable spam check on records is checked try un-checking the box. Alternatively you could try updating to the latest version of WassUp and see if that solves the issue.

    boober

    (@boober)

    you seem to also have two of those little smiley faces at the bottom of your site from stats.wordpress.com
    i donno why

    Thread Starter racher

    (@racher)

    Hmm, I don’t know about the two smiley faces, but I unchecked the Enable/Disable box on WassUp and it seems to be loading faster for me, but it was never very slow for my computer, so I don’t know if it’s fixed.

    Anyone know about the smileys?

    boober

    (@boober)

    loads super fast for me now.

    Len

    (@lenk)

    Loads nice and fast for me too. And before we get yet another thread dedicated to “omg what are those smiley faces doing on my blog?” it’s the wp-stats plugin you’re using although I don’t know why you’ve got 2 of them. (mr.smileys)

    Thread Starter racher

    (@racher)

    Thanks so much for the help! I’m not going to worry about the double smileys for now unless I run into some other weird problem. My site will just be extra happy.

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