problems with the load time of my website

[kamala]

Hi can someone help me resolve the load time of my website:

www.keytoperfectwealth.com/test/focs2.html

I tested removing all the .gif files and video and still get a very slow load time, especially on IE.

Any immediate help is appreciated as I'm trying to launch the site in a couple of days.

[kamala]

I figured out the main problem, was all the mp3 audios listed. There has to be a way to list the audios without killing the load time. I've seen many sites with multiple audios listed. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[ray326]

Wow, I feel 15 years younger just looking at that page. :)

On the other hand I see no references to MP3s on the page, just a flash video and a bunch of animated GIFs. Maybe they're being loaded with Javascript, which I have turned off.

[Eye for Video]

Well you are downloading a whole big bunch of graphics! Just the 3 main .gifs equal almost 3.4 MB. That is a HUGH amount of data to expect to download quickly. And it seems that “noopc6.gif” is a duplicate of “noopc5.gif”. Unless there is some great difference, drop one (and the 580KB that goes with it).
Next, take a look at the “GreenTopBanner.gif”, at 2230KB. That’s HUGH for such a simple animation. My guess is that a Flash animation of the same thing would be 25% or less of the size. .gif files will work very good if all the components are vector graphics but that background image is probably being reproduced as a bitmap in every frame of the .gif. That’s why it’s such a large file.
Oh yeah… the mp3s. Sites that list lots of mp3s just don’t download until the viewer clicks a button and requests download. So…. the solution to that is simply don’t download them when the page downloads. Give the viewer the option to listen or not (button). You just can’t download huge amounts of data in a very small amount of time.
Best wishes,
Eye for Video
www.cidigitalmedia.com

[kamala]

Sorry I had removed them in working to figure out what the problem was. I have reloaded them so you can see how long it takes to load. And see if you have a solution.

www.keytoperfectwealth.com/test/focs2.html

Thanks for your assistance.
PS. It's good to feel young, and have the wisdom of age. :)

[kamala]

Eye For Video, the graphics aren't the problem. As noted. The site still loaded slow without them. Once I removed the audios the slow load disappeared even with all the .gif files still on the site.

Having the audios shouldn't be a problem. I've seen sites load fine with many audios and video on them. They don't auto play when loaded. I was trying to find out if maybe may coding is not best or something, or need a different format for the audios to eliminate the slow load.

I did a process of elimination and found the site loaded relatively quick with 3 audios on the side. But seems I shouldn't have such a limitation.

Thanks for the input.

[Eye for Video]

Looking at the files downloaded when the site opens shows no mp3s downloaded (unless they are played). So a slow download at this point is not because of the audio files (the mp3s). The media player is a small .swf file of about 35 KB “mediaplayer.swf”. While it is duplicated as:
http://www.freeonlinecashsystem.com/videos/mediaplayer.swf
and
http://freeonlinecashsystem.com/videos/mediaplayer.swf
These files are but a tiny fraction of the data being downloaded. By far the biggest file and slowest loading is “GreenTopBanner.gif”, at 2230KB. This is equal to 4 or 5 of the audio mp3 files you are using.
I know you may disagree but I’m sure the slow download is due to the graphics, not the audio files. Here is why I say that:
First I emptied my Temp Internet Cache. Then did a download from the link above. Average time for complete download, after several cycles of this step (empty first, then download), was 12 seconds. This is on a 6Mb connection. With site downloaded and files in the cache, did a refresh site, download complete in less than 2 seconds. Then I went to the cache and deleted the 3 large .gif files, equal to about 3.4 MB. Now did a site refresh again, download time 12 seconds. The bulk of the download time is from the .gif files. When you tested by removing the audio
Once I removed the audios the slow load disappeared even with all the .gif files still on the site.
did you remove the .gifs from the Internet cache before testing?
If you disagree with my findings, that’s OK, but please go through the same procedure I did before you come to your conclusion.
That being said, how can you make your page load faster? Work towards using an external CSS to clean up some of the coding. Avoid duplicate loading of exact same files, such as the “mediaplayer.swf” and “noopc5.gif” and “noopc6.gif”.
Rather than placing the 12 media players on the page, use a player with a playlist. The browser is not having to duplicate it’s process over and over that way. One player you may want to experiment with is the xspf media player:

http://musicplayer.sourceforge.net/

So use a custom designed Flash player with a playlist like this:

http://www.cidigitalmedia.com/video.html

This gives you not only a playlist but a caption or description area to go with each video or audio file.
Best wishes on your project! Hope you can successfully resolve these issues.
Eye for Video
www.cidigitalmedia.com