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Posted by Isaiah Canteen
Isaiah Canteen
3,242 Points

Can Somebody tell me what wrong with my website

For a few months I have been working on a music promotion website and to tell the truth I'm stuck. Ive been working on it on my own so I don't really have anyone to bounce ideas around with any kind of feedback will be greatly appreciated. Thank You

here is the website http://royalerecordings.com/

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

The website looks really nice. What is it in particular you're struggling with? :-)

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points

Have to agree with Jonathan. Is there something specific you are asking for? or just wanting people to look at/use for possible issues?

Tara Bendig
Tara Bendig
7,290 Points
Tara Bendig
Tara Bendig
7,290 Points

Should something happen when you click on the top left menu button?

2 Answers

Joel Bardsley
Joel Bardsley
31,249 Points
Joel Bardsley
Joel Bardsley
31,249 Points

The site could do with some optimization to improve page load speed for those with slower connections or those trying to access via their mobile device. The background image on its own is over 3MB and the page in total is near 9MB with over 150 HTTP requests, which is obscene for what's being displayed on the Register page. There are so many separate css and js files being loaded, each taking up a HTTP request, that by just combining and minifying them would make a significant difference.

To get you started, there are powerful free caching plugins for WordPress that can take care of that for you. W3 Total Cache is probably the most popular, but there are several other good options to choose from.

Isaiah Canteen
Isaiah Canteen
3,242 Points

Thanks for the feedback Joel, how can i check the speed and size of the files being used such as the HTTP requests??

Isaiah Canteen
Isaiah Canteen
3,242 Points
Isaiah Canteen
Isaiah Canteen
3,242 Points

1.Thank You Jonathan Grieve I appreciate it but I feel that I am missing something because my bounce rate on Google Analytics is above 70 even sometimes above 80......

2.Mark Truitt nothing specific use for problem issues, simplicity for the user is my goal.....

3.Tara Bendig yeah the top left button is linked to the register page which is also set as my homepage, I left it on the menu for users to easily find after they browse around the site first