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Optimize Flash Website for Speed? PLEASE HELP!!
My boss is very concerned about the loading speed of yoglimogli.com. I need your help to make it load faster. I understand that flash takes a bit longer to load, but I truly don't feel like it should take this long.
I called godaddy, which is hosting the site, and he took a look at the results on hosttracker.com. Apparently, on 34 servers, the longest loading time was 0.6seconds in Moscow...whatever that means. This cannot be true, however, because my boss says that it takes a full minute to load on his computer, and while it is not that bad on mine, it seems to be getting progressively worse.
I attempted making a loading percentage show up, but clearly that isn't working either, as it jumps back and forth from 1-10, but never any higher than 10%
My research shows that I imported images into flash incorrectly. For example, I imported it as is, and then just brought the size down to fit my needs. This process was used on the locations page. Now that I have re-sized the images correctly, it actually brought the websites file size from 4.8MB to 1.2MB. Is this file still incredibly large? Should it be taking this long to load? Is my code in need of optimizing? PLEASE HELP!
In the meantime, I will be creating a more attractive loading bar, but
Also, when you look at the site, please let me know if the navigation is usable. Apparently, the buttons are not working on several PC's as well.
Thank you in advance,
kae
Please let me know if you need the original files.
I called godaddy, which is hosting the site, and he took a look at the results on hosttracker.com. Apparently, on 34 servers, the longest loading time was 0.6seconds in Moscow...whatever that means. This cannot be true, however, because my boss says that it takes a full minute to load on his computer, and while it is not that bad on mine, it seems to be getting progressively worse.
I attempted making a loading percentage show up, but clearly that isn't working either, as it jumps back and forth from 1-10, but never any higher than 10%
My research shows that I imported images into flash incorrectly. For example, I imported it as is, and then just brought the size down to fit my needs. This process was used on the locations page. Now that I have re-sized the images correctly, it actually brought the websites file size from 4.8MB to 1.2MB. Is this file still incredibly large? Should it be taking this long to load? Is my code in need of optimizing? PLEASE HELP!
In the meantime, I will be creating a more attractive loading bar, but
Also, when you look at the site, please let me know if the navigation is usable. Apparently, the buttons are not working on several PC's as well.
Thank you in advance,
kae
Please let me know if you need the original files.
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All answers are correct they are pointing to my original first answer :)
Dgof should get the point really.
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@dgofman:
yes, I have done this and while it made a huge difference in the file size, it did not make a difference in the loading time. I will keep looking for over-sized images, though.
@blue-genie:
I am doing this in as3, but I positive that my code is not as consolidated as it could be. Does repetition and the length of code make a difference in loading time? I suppose that could be the issue. Also, I will be working on my preloader to make it an image rather than numbers, but I suppose I may run into the same problem.
@courtthree:
Thank you. I didn't think that 1.2MB was THAT big but I'm gong to do my best to bring the size down a bit. The process that you've suggested for adjusting the file size is exactly what I tried earlier, and it certainly helped the size, just not the speed. I'm glad you brought up the videos, though. The one on the franchise page is a full 49.8MB! Even though it is external, wouldn't that affect the loading time in some way? I made it an FLV which brings it down to 27.9MB, but now it wont play at all. Then, when I switched back to the mov file, there was no sound! It just keeps getting worse.
Do I need to upload my file and/or code? Would that help?
Thanks again,
kae