Load Joomla 1.5 pages faster by optimizing Mootools
Jul 10 2008 - Tagged in: SEO , Joomla Sites , joomla 1.5
We all know (hopefully) that a page that loads fast is a very desirable thing for a website. Users like it, Google likes it.
One issue with Joomla 1.5 has been the relatively large size of one of the files that Joomla will load by default: mootools.js. It clocks in at 75kb, which could easily be the largest thing you are loading on your site!
Fortunately, someone else has done some work on how to optimize this file better for your needs.
Check out Rick Winkler's advice on how to reduce the size of mootools.js. Thanks Rick!
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Aaron
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... thats one way to approach moo optimization. My preferred way is let google do it all, http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/mootools/1.11/mootools-yui-compressed.js Why? Central server hosting the file which gives you better caching potential, reduces your http connections, big google pipes serving larger files. What ever you choose, minify the js, and gzip the page request. Thanks for the article! |
Cory Webb
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... It seems to me like you could use this same technique to simply "turn off" the mootools script. Why load the mootools library (even an optimized one) if you are not using it? |
Roshan
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... Joomla introduced the latest version that is Joomla 1.5 this is very help ful for building a SEO friendly website in less time and without any errors. |
Professional Joomla Services
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... Yes I feel it is very useful and Thanks for your nice tip Aaron. |
bilgi
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... i think Joomla developers has made great decision for this. Joomla 1.6 will have an option to turn mootools , if you are not using mootools library |
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