In part one I looked at graphics and page length and how to optimize them for speed. Today I am going to go through a couple of areas that require getting your hands dirty.

One of the first things to look at is your theme (what do you think of my new theme). I have just changed my theme and one of the things you may have noticed is how the page loads – not the best – if you can’t remember – hit refresh. The sidebars load first and the content last. This is not ideal. The first thing the reader sees are the sidebars and they have to wait for the content to appear. Over the next few days I will look to change the order so that the content appears first – it is only an illusion – but to the reader the page appears to load faster as they are getting the content first. Continue Reading