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Opinion wanted on Performance of Website

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  • 21-07-2010 10:21pm
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    sgthighway
    Registered Users Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭


    I am a member of a sports club and I reckon our webite is very slow.
    The company who designed the website are good friends to the people running our club but I have been asked to help out with the re-design of a new one with the same vendor. I really think it is crap but the people running the club will stick with this company because they are mates. I have tried IE6, IE8, Google Chrome and Firefox. I have also tried my work and eircom Internet Connection.

    I do not want to post the website here in case its me who is wrong as it would be unfair to the vendor.

    If any expert boardies could have a look I would appreciate it. Just drop me a PM for the website url. Tell me is it a good design or is it a cowboy job.
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    Freemancon
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭Freemancon


    In fairness to the Company, the website design and speed might not be a reflection of their abilities. I am sure every designer on this forum has developed sites that they were not entirely happy with...This happens because the client has really bad design taste and/or wants to do everything on the cheap. But on the other hand...they may be crap...just don't want you to rush to any judgements too quick.


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    fcrossen
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭fcrossen


    Unfortunately without posting the web site nobody here can help you out.

    There are simply too many factors that can affect performance. If you want you can PM me the site...


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    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Send me a link if you want


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    Trojan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,413 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    Agreed that we'd need a URL.

    We can do better than give an opinion on it - with performance, it's quantifiable.

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    nellyshark
    Registered Users Posts: 455 ✭✭nellyshark


    Maybe check out loadimpact.com


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    sgthighway wrote: »
    I am a member of a sports club and I reckon our webite is very slow.
    The company who designed the website are good friends to the people running our club but I have been asked to help out with the re-design of a new one with the same vendor.

    It could also be the hosting / database server that's causing the "slowness".

    I've had the same systems running on different hosts and the difference can be astounding!


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    sgthighway
    Registered Users Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭sgthighway


    Thanks for all the replies. I got a PM of one of the boardies who lurks in this section and after he looked at it he agreed it was slow.
    It looks like the SQL side of the site is a bit on the slow side. Caching also appears to be the issue. I will put these conclusions to the developer and put pressure on him to fix it.

    Apologies again for not putting the url here but I didn't want to put out a bad name for any company in these hard times.

    Good Luck!


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    John_Mc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭John_Mc


    nellyshark wrote: »
    Maybe check out loadimpact.com

    That's a cool website, thanks for sharing :)


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