Speed Up/Optimize Joomla Based Website - New

Total Objects:[ ]The total number of objects on our website is 61 which will dominate web page delay. We need to reduce/combine as many objects as possible (without affecting the overall design) to a more reasonable number. 20 objects per page would be ideal. [ ]Replace graphic rollovers with CSS rollovers to speed display and minimize HTTP requests. [ ]Replace graphic/png buttons with css buttons and sprites [ ]Replace graphic text headers with CSS text headers to further reduce HTTP requests. [ ]Optimize parallel downloads by using different hostnames or a CDN to reduce object overhead Total Images: [ ]The total number of images on this page is 30 , we need to reduce this to a more reasonable number. [ ]Combining, replacing, and optimizing ALL graphics. [ ]Replace graphic rollover menus with CSS rollover menus to speed display and minimize HTTP requests. [ ]Use CSS techniques such as colored backgrounds, borders, or spacing instead of graphic techniques to reduce HTTP requests(without affecting the overall design). Total CSS Files: [ ]The total number of external CSS files on this page is 9 , we need to reduce these to one or two external files. [ ]Combine, refine, and optimize your external CSS files. [ ]You can optimize CSS files using shorthand properties, grouping, and then minify and GZIP compress them to reduce their footprint. Remember to place CSS files in the HEAD and JavaScript files at the end of the BODY to enable progressive display. Total Size: [ ]The total size of this page is 834978 bytes, which will load in 178.61 seconds on a 56Kbps modem. We need to reduce the total page size to less than 100K to achieve sub 20 second response times on 56K connections. Pages over 100K exceed most attention thresholds at 56Kbps, even with feedback. Total Script: [ ]The total number of external script files on this page is 20 , we need to reduce this to a more reasonable number. [ ]Combine, refactor, and minify to optimize our JavaScript files. Ideally we should have one (or even embed scripts for high-traffic pages) on our pages. [ ]Consider suturing JavaScript files together at the server to minimize HTTP requests. Placing external JavaScript files at the bottom of your BODY, and CSS files in the HEAD enables progressive display in XHTML web pages. Total Script Size: [ ]The total size of our external scripts is 215763 bytes, which is over 20K. We need to optimize our JavaScript for size, combining them, and usingHTTP compression where appropriate for any scripts placed in the HEAD of our documents. We can substitute CSS menus for JavaScript-based menus to minimize or even eliminate the use of JavaScript. Total Image Size: [ ]The total size of our images is 599724 bytes, which is over 100K. Consider switch graphic formats to achive smaller file sizes (from JPEG to PNG for example). [ ]Finally, substitute CSS techniques for graphics techniques to create colored borders, backgrounds, and spacing. Additional Project Description: 04/11/2012 at 17:39 EDT: Also need to optimize website/debug entire website in safari, firefox, chrome, and IE.