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11 Tips to Speed up Drupal Performance

Drupal is an open source CMS and or framework that is used by at least 1.2% of all the websites on the internet. It powers all types of websites ranging from blogs to corporate and government sites. In this post, we will discuss tips on how to speed up Drupal performance to ensure your website keeps running fast, ensuring a good experience for your visitors. Drupal was originally released in 2001, two years before WordPress was even on the market.

November 17, 2015 Read more

Web Performance Trends: Speeding up the Web

Welcome to an exciting exploration of the latest trends in web performance and how they are revolutionizing the online experience. In today's fast-paced digital world, where every second counts, users demand lightning-fast websites that load seamlessly and provide a delightful browsing experience. In this article, we will delve into the evolving landscape of web performance, discuss key trends that are shaping the industry, and provide actionable insights to help you optimize your website for speed and efficiency.

November 3, 2015 Read more

HTTP/2 Statistics - KeyCDN Report on HTTP/2 Distribution

KeyCDN officially released support for HTTP/2 back in October 2015 and is proud to be among the first CDN providers to offer the new protocol. Speed, stability, and security are of utmost importance to us as we analyze the most efficient ways to better deliver your content. After analyzing the data, we thought we would share with you some HTTP/2 statistics so you can see the distribution across our global network and across the web.

October 20, 2015 Read more

13 Tips to Speed up Magento Performance

Magento, owned by Adobe, is a commonly used ecommerce platforms today that people to choose to grown their online business. In this post, we will discuss tips on how to speed up Magento performance to ensure you don't lose any sales due to high abandonment rate or an unsatisfying user experience. When it comes to choosing an ecommerce CMS or platform you have a lot of options. You could go with WooCommerce which is an extension of WordPress, Shopify, and a number of other ones.

October 15, 2015 Read more

Perceived Web Performance - What Is Blocking the DOM?

When it comes to web performance and optimizing speeds on a page-level basis it is very important to understand the relationship between HTML and how a page is actually constructed in your browser, so that you can pinpoint delays in page loads due to render blocking. In this post, we will dig deeper into what is blocking the DOM and ways you can prevent it from happening. What is the DOM?

October 13, 2015 Read more

KeyCDN - HTTP/2 Support For All Customers

The next generation of the web is here! We are excited to announce that KeyCDN has officially launched support for HTTP/2 (as of October 6th, 2015), and it has been rolled out to all customers at no extra cost. As a content delivery network, our job is to speed up the delivery of resources all over the web, and HTTP/2 bring significant improvements in efficiency, speed and security. We have worked closely with various industry leaders and are proud to be among the first CDNs in the industry to implement HTTP/2 across our entire global network.

October 6, 2015 Read more

10 Tips on How to Speed up XenForo Forum

XenForo has brought a fresh outlook to forum software and is quickly becoming one of the most popular forum platforms around the globe. In this post, we will share with you techniques on ways you can speed up your XenForo forum to ensure fast load times for your visitors. What is XenForo? XenForo is a community forum software built on Zend Framework and was released in 2011. The software is developed and maintained by former vBulletin lead developers Kier Darby and Mike Sullivan.

October 1, 2015 Read more

Case Study - Analyzing Web Font Performance

The number of websites using custom web fonts continues to grow at a rapid pace and this, in turn, affects the rendering speed of pages. Today we will compare some of the top web fonts and see how different delivery methods, such as serving from Google Fonts, hosting locally, and third parties, affect the overall load times. What are web fonts? Web fonts are those not installed on a person's computer, thereby having to load from a web server.

September 15, 2015 Read more

Convert to WebP Format - The Successor of JPEG

Web users well-versed in technology have surely heard of WebP - an image format developed by Google to ensure superior compression of photos. JPEG is considered outdated and too inefficient. The WebP format is a sophisticated alternative method for convenient image compression that is now entering the market. JPEG vs. WebP: reductions in file size of up to 80% are commonly achievable. Browser support for WebP format Sounds promising: higher quality than JPEGs, with much smaller files.

June 18, 2015 Read more

Website Optimization - 8 Speed up Tips

Web performance is an integral part of the success of your web projects. There are good reasons to focus on page load time. The first impression is what counts - never make users wait for your content. Speed matters. Imagine visiting a slow-loading website that renders line by line. Would you be excited about what is next on this site? Probably not. There are two main factors why you should care about website optimization:

May 27, 2015 Read more

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