The Amazing Site I have with my Girlfriend :)

Discussion in 'Websites' started by kiddo, Sep 13, 2010.

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    I've done a ton of work on the design, etc., and I would LOVE it if you guys would check it out and let me know what you think. I'm totally open to criticism or whatever you want to throw, I just want it to be good. :)

    http://www.coupleoncouples.com
     
    kiddo, Sep 13, 2010 IP
  2. CSM

    CSM Active Member

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    There is a problem with your navigation in Google Chrome (look at Product Reviews).

    This is a WP installation, so this can't be valid XHTML :D
    And ... tons of CSS and javascript loaded. I would use W3 Total Cache and combine/minify all those scripts.
    Would boost loading speed.

    I had to wait 17,817 seconds for your complete site.

    Google Page Speed Score is 68.

    Suggestions from Google are:

    
    Combine external CSS
    Combine external JavaScript
    Leverage browser caching
    Minify CSS
    Parallelize downloads across hostnames
    Serve static content from a cookieless domain
    Specify image dimensions
    Enable compression
    Optimize images
    Remove query strings from static resources
    Minify JavaScript
    Minimize DNS lookups
    Minimize redirects
    Optimize the order of styles and scripts
    Serve scaled images
    Specify a Vary: Accept-Encoding header
    Specify a cache validator
    
    Code (markup):
    There is a lot to optimize for loading speed and it would help to get better ranking results in google too.

    Good luck
     
    CSM, Sep 13, 2010 IP
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  3. kiddo

    kiddo Peon

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    Wow, thanks so much man :) I can't believe I looked over those things - I just assumed the loading speed was decent probably because all that stuff is cached on my computer (a lot of images). Rep++
     
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    By the way, I'm using WP Super Cache, do you know if Total Cache is better?
     
    kiddo, Sep 13, 2010 IP
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    nihangshah Prominent Member

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    I really like the Wordpress theme. What theme is it and where can I get it?
     
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    kiddo Peon

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    For anyone who is reading this and wondering, I think that Super Cache and Total Cache are pretty similar, some people say that one is better than another at certain things, but all in all they yield a similar performance (in my experience right now too ;P )
     
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    Wait, all I just said was a lie. WP Total Cache is probably the best wordpress plugin I've ever come across. Wow. :D Thanks.
     
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    Okay great, thanks so much CSM - I've fixed that tab you were talking about, and I sorted out most of those issues. My Page Score Speed is 76 now, and I'll continue to improve that. Huge Respect.
     
    kiddo, Sep 13, 2010 IP
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    nice site and good name also
     
    fsan84, Sep 14, 2010 IP
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    i agree with csm, install google pagespeed and see what you can optimize. further i really like the looks, only not the cursive text (is that english? otherwise <i> then you know what i mean i hope ;)), i personally really hate it everywhere since it destroys readability in my opinion.
     
    yeahfree, Sep 14, 2010 IP
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    very nice website ! thumbs up
     
    villagiocinema, Sep 14, 2010 IP
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    Nice clean design although I'm not sure I want my wife to read the "How to Make Your Man Addicted to Going Down on You" article! :)
     
    froobra, Sep 16, 2010 IP
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    Looking good, wish you luck
     
    nickerlist, Sep 17, 2010 IP
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    Hey Kiddo,

    Overall it's impressive. Lots of great information. Some suggestions I have are to make the "couplesoncouples" header clickable, maybe link it back to your homepage. Also, the About Graeme bio is missing.

    Best of luck!

    Kindly,

    Shelby
     
    sasanchez, Sep 18, 2010 IP