Would anyone have any suggestions on how to get this site (www.pocketfulofdublin.com) to load faster?

Take a look at the Web Optimization course. Look into image compression tools and loading your external resources from CDNs (content delivery/distribution networks). Use breakpoints and the <pre>console.log()</pre> function in your JavaScript code to eliminate any unnecessary code loops that could slow down your page.

Hi Robert,

Thanks for your reply. I will look into that course.

This waaaay to slooow. There are a lot of mp4 and mp3 files loading and preventing the pages to fully load. It looks nice with does videos but it would be better if the pages would load faster with images instead of does videos. I bet that a lot people give up after 30 seconds. It also depends on were your pages are hosted and if you are using some cheap hosting plan there is not much that can be done. Revisit the page and take away some sounds, videos, start the videos when the user clicks on them, maybe transfer some videos on Youtube, move all your Javascript and jQuery at the bottom of the page.

HI Marko,

Thanks for your input. Yeh, think in order for it to viewed I will have to rethink it. It was a group project and we wanted to push the boundaries. I think in order to get it working smoothly the way we wanted it is beyond my means anyways. I figure I will have a look at changing the videos to vimeo or another type of hosted player and hopefully that will improve things. I also know my code isn't very neat so will take time and rework it.

Hi Mary,

Have you tried using PageSpeed (for Chrome dev tools or Firebug)? It will give you a quick run down on what's making the site slow. That's where I first start to make sites faster. From there I'll check to see how they do with another Google tool.

If I have time to really try to speed a site up I'll use other tools (sorry I have them bookmarked on my work computer only).

Some of the descriptions Google gives are pretty difficult to understand. My absolute favorite site for making your site faster with easy to understand language as well as free tools is feedthebot. The author, Patrick Sexton is very easy to understand have many helpful pages on his site.

Hi Jeremy,

That's great thanks for leaving a comment. I checked those out and they seem very useful. It's great getting such good advice from people.