Re: [guadec-list] guadec.org optimization (was: Time for call for logos for next GUADEC inBirmingham)

["John Hwang" <johnyhwang gmail com>]

I will go ahead and start cleaning up the mess I created.

I will also start creating/organizing the space for GUADEC 2007.

John Hwang

On 9/7/06, Quim Gil <qgil desdeamericaconamor org> wrote:
> El dj 07 de 09 del 2006 a les 12:18 +0100, en/na Thomas Wood va
> escriure:
>
> > Speaking of which, I'm not sure which list to bring this up on, but something really does need to be done about the speed of guadec.org.
>
> Until now guadec.org has been discussed here.
>
> >  could anyone who helped set up the website shed some light on this?
>
> guadec.org needs optimization in many senses, definitely. A better
> management of CSS files would diminish dramatically these statistics.
> For instance, the heaviest object detected by the report is a CSS image
> that in fact doesn't show up in the homepage:
> http://guadec.org/themes/guadec/images/location_bg.png . Apparently this
> image is being pre-loaded in all the guadec.org pages, even if it's not
> used in any (?). There are lots of other minor objects that appear on
> the report but are not visible in the page, nor appear in the HTML code.
>
> However, note that the 3 header images have 86966 in total + 115785 from
> sponsors/partner logos + 4036 (only) of pure HTML = 206787, which is
> already a non-light page.
>
> The Vilanova team build that website from almost nothing, with lots of
> improvisation and rush but also thinking of building something that
> could be evolved and updated continuously. tavon, Behnam and myself were
> the ones tweaking regularly the CMS, with poor coordination since tavon
> started almost everything but then had to leave the team for personal
> reasons.
>
> Now the Birmingham team can evolve and optimize the site. As said, most
> of the kb optimization relies in the CSS files since the HTML files
> themselves are rather small. Of course a better use of images will help,
> although the big header and banner had a lot to do (I think) with the
> good comments we received about the website.
>
> About the structure, all the GUADEC2006 static pages are "classified"
> under the /GUADEC2006 directory, it should be easy to update the site
> just by changing the home and assigning the Birmingham2007 pages in an
> own directory as well.
>
> --
> Quim Gil /// http://desdeamericaconamor.org | http://guadec.org
>
>
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John Hwang