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Site Optimization Tutorial

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Overview

We're all tired of waiting for web pages to download, aren't we? To make sure that visitors to your site don't get frustrated, we rounded up some in-house experts to help you make your pages faster 'n greased lightning.

Pictures are worth a thousand words -- especially on the web, where pages of text can download in the time it takes for a single image to load. Your images may be sub-zero cool, but if they're too plump, few people will stick around long enough to see them. We'll dig into tricks and optimizations to speed up your GIF, JPG, and PNG downloads.

Once you've learned the basics of shrinking your images, we'll will walk you through the advantages of using CSS for your page layout. And, if you're one of those people who insists on using tables, we'll offer you a few choice hints on how to get those tables slim and streamlined.

After you've removed the bloat from your layout code and your images, you'll learn how to cut needless elements from your pages. Hint: Start with all those links.

The series concludes with wise words about how to come up with benchmarks for speed and how to test your site using nothing but a stopwatch and a pencil.

Get started with with lesson 1