{"id":4981,"date":"2020-01-13T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/?p=4981"},"modified":"2020-01-03T12:46:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T19:46:22","slug":"3-ways-to-reduce-your-websites-page-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/3-ways-to-reduce-your-websites-page-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"3 ways to reduce your website\u2019s page weight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Slow websites harm e-commerce revenue and to make things worse, having sluggish load times leads to many less-than-stellar performance issues. Most business pages nowadays include various HTML, CSS and JavaScript files, images, videos, and fonts, so with all these features slowing down the load pace, consumers will have no problem shifting their focus to a competitor with a faster website. That being said, if your website is performing poorly and taking forever to load between pages, maybe it\u2019s time you had a look at <\/span>Numinix\u2019s Zen Cart speed optimization service<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n

Keep your site lean\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

If you want your e-commerce website to perform well, it\u2019s important to avoid overcrowding it with resources. Sometimes less is more, and by monitoring and reviewing your site\u2019s assets over time, you\u2019ll know what visitors are utilizing often and what is just wasted space. Some featured plugins, themes, web fonts, and scripts often make the list of unnecessary assets, so feel free to remove the ones that are untouched to help improve your <\/span>Zen Cart speed optimization<\/span><\/a>. Also, keep in mind that unused CSS classes and rules could be clogging up your e-commerce pages with redundant code. Thus, not only is it good practice for the ongoing performance of your website, but these extensions that slow down the efficiency and functioning of your business site also affect web security in the long run.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Optimize images\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

If you\u2019re looking for an easy way to achieve your goal towards gaining a faster web page, one of the most simplistic approaches to reduce your online page weight is to optimize your graphics. Images are often the files that take the longest to load, so you should get started by removing any that are swallowing up content. Then, compress the graphics that are needed to highlight your business targets and goals through an <\/span>image optimization process<\/span><\/a> that removes unnecessary file information to help shorten the load time. Once all of your website\u2019s visuals are compressed you can create CSS sprites to further reduce your page\u2019s weight. This technique scales down multiple images into a single image that can be manipulated and displayed on a specific part of the page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Decrease and combine CSS and JavaScript Assets\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Minifying and joining your website\u2019s stylesheets and scripts can further decrease any unnecessary resources by trimming unused code. Not only will this task help reduce your page weight, but it will also reduce the number of HTTP requests it takes for your website to load. Now that\u2019s efficient!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re unsure of how to perform the task above, consult with a <\/span>developer<\/span><\/a> to have your files trimmed accurately.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Are there other ways to trim away the dead weight holding back your e-commerce speed? Drop a comment below to share with our readers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Slow websites harm e-commerce revenue and to make things worse, having sluggish load times leads to many less-than-stellar performance issues. Most business pages nowadays include various HTML, CSS and JavaScript files, images, videos, and fonts, so with all these features slowing down the load pace, consumers will have no problem shifting their focus to a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":4982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,586,3],"tags":[1064,9,589,1063],"class_list":["post-4981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual-design","category-web-development","category-zen-cart-optimization","tag-image-optimization","tag-web-design","tag-web-development-2","tag-zen-cart-speed-optimization"],"modified_by":"Alex Wilks","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Zen-Cart-speed-optimization.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}