2.6.1+ remove query strings from static resources?

2.6.1+ remove query strings from static resources?

by Wendi Daniels -
Number of replies: 2

My site is suddenly running slow, and my webhost sent me some links to help. We ran the website through gtmetrix.com, and found that the top issue was this:

Remove query strings from static resources.

It seems to be something to do with the "&" and "?" in the coding that the system does not like. I am leery to do anything, because I don't want to destroy my site. I am almost ready to launch, and this has been a frustrating journey getting all the minutia in order.

 

These were the things in the fix list in order of importance...

Remove query strings from static resources
F (0)
90%
 Content High
Leverage browser caching
F (7)
55%
 Server High
Defer parsing of JavaScript
F (42)
65%
 JS High
Inline small CSS
E (57)
93%
 CSS High
Optimize images
C (79)
72%
 Images High
Minify CSS
B (87)
81%
 CSS High

 

 

Any help would be appreciated...I really don't want to lose all I have worked for.

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In reply to Wendi Daniels

Re: 2.6.1+ remove query strings from static resources?

by Christopher Britt -

Hiya,

I don´t know much if anything but I´ve found using http://gtmetrix.com has helped me a great deal and I just playing with it, I´ve speeded up my own site just by tweaking a few things, but I like you am SCARED to lose all of my hard work.

Controlling things like image size makes a BIG difference and using image that are png and have been compressed www.tinyPNG.com is so easy to use and free.

I´m just about to spend the night compressing all of my images to optimise them fully to see if I can get my load time time and page size down .

All of my audios and videos are hosted elsewhere and linked so there is a minimum amount to load. 


Have fun


Chris


PS I found that if your´re site is, as my originally attempt was, www.britingles.es/moodle it´s hard work to get it any faster and that people using it get REALLY BORED with waiting.

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