Speed Up Joomla Websites

At Dean Marshall Consultancy we have a great deal of experience of speeding up Joomla websites that run too slow.

There is absolutely no reason for Joomla websites to be slower than other websites - but like all websites, a number of factors can impact on the speed of a Joomla website making the website load too slowly.

Our experienced team of Joomla experts can make changes to:

• your site
• to your server
• or offer you advice on your usage of your Joomla site

We have a proven track record of helping speed up Joomla sites like your, usually with very significant speed improvements.

We use our experience and expertise to look at such things as

• the number of images on a page
•     (graphics within Joomla templates,
•     within your article(s)
•     and within Joomla modules such as image rotators.
• the file size of images
• the size and number of separate CSS style sheets within your Joomla template
• the size and number of separate JS Javascript files within your Joomla template

Web Server Settings Affecting Joomla Speed

Some servers and web hosting packages are pre-configured better than others in terms of how well they signal to web browsers which files can be cached and for how long.

• Database server load - cheaper hosting packages are often 'over sold' - more sites are hosted than the server can reasonably be expected to manage.
• Also some sites add too much burden installing too many gizmos and gadgets and publishing too many on one page.
• gzip compression - Joomla has an option (off by default) to compress the html it outputs, sending it to the web browser up-to ten times smaller and therefore ten time quicker. While this can help somewhat, it is better to get your web server to compress all of its text output - including Javascript, css and html. Where available this will produce a much greater speed increase.

Joomla has a number of levels of caching available, as well as third party add-ons that can add further layers of caching. These cache options can significantly speed up a Joomla website - but each has its own caveats and can introduce further issues for the unwary. We can guide you through the options available to you and ensure you don't get bitten by these issues.

If you need help speeding up your Joomla site then contact us today for a friendly discussion about your requirements.