Reduce HTTP Requests By Using CSS Sprites And How Exactly Do They Work


January 12th, 2010 2 comments

First lets clear up what is a HTTP request. Every time a web browser downloads/fetches a file from the web a new request is made to the server. It can either be an image, a page, CSS or Javascript file etc. This means that for every file the browser has to send a request to the server and the server sends a response in return.


Disable WordPress Revisions To Make Your Blog Faster


January 4th, 2010 3 comments

WordPressEvery time you edit a post a new revision is added to the database. This means with every update a new row is added to the wp_posts table. So if you update your post lets say 20 times total, you can find 20 rows with revisions from that table. This only occurs when you update the post, auto-save feature doesn’t create revisions.

This feature is useful when you have several people editing posts. Personally I never use it and actually find it quite irritating. So as I was disabling it a thought about a new blog post occurred in my mind.


Reduce The File Size of a PNG File With Absolutely No Quality Loss


December 21st, 2009 0 comments

With using fancy transparent graphics on your website you can easily increase the loading times and also the bandwidth consumption. Would you want to look at a site that’s loading for more than a few seconds? Don’t think so. Pngcrush to the rescue!

Pngcrush is a tool that helps you in making your PNG files smaller in size while preserving the quality. It’s a command line optimizer meant for LINUX or UNIX environments. You can even run it in a MSDOS window. It tries out different compression methods and with the best found solution it then compresses your file to reduce the size of the PNG IDAT datastream.


Save Loads Of Bandwidth By Using Lazy Load


December 10th, 2009 7 comments

StopwatchEvery website or blog owner should always try to find new ways of making their site faster and consume less server resources. This is especially important if you’re generating high traffic. Would you want to look at a site that’s loading for several seconds with every click you make? Here’s one simple solution.

This tip is extremely helpful if your articles have several images in them. Picture it this way – every time you open up an article consisting of several high-quality images (especially if you’re posting many “list posts”) all the images would have to be fetched from the server. This increases load times and also your bandwidth, what most hosting providers usually limit.


Top 7 Firefox Add-ons For Web Developers


November 19th, 2009 8 comments

If you’re into web development these are the tools to make your work much easier. Need to debug your code? Increase your websites performance? Or want to simplify your everyday work? With these 7 Firefox add-ons you can accomplish that.


Optimizing AdSense


August 16th, 2009 2 comments

1232333866_5e4c0310be_oAdSense is an ad serving application run by Google Inc. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image, and more recently, video advertisements on their websites.

AdSense has become a popular method of placing advertising on a website because the advertisements are less intrusive than most banners, and the content of the advertisements is often relevant to the website.

There are 2 main points that will affect your overall revenue:

  • Traffic
  • Clicks