Alimadzi now built for speed

Yes, I’ve changed the theme of this site again. Since I started using Google Analytics, I’ve noticed a surprising number of international visitors to my blog from places such as Saudi Arabia, India, Singapore, Peru, Russia, and all over Europe.

My first thought was how great that was, but my second thought was how my current theme (Lush) was slow as molasses. I ran a speed report on my homepage and found that the total size was a dialup-killing 280KB!! So I switched to a nice lightweight theme called Blue Moon and chopped my page weight down to a measly 27KB. People browsing Alimadzi now will be consuming about 9% of the previous bandwidth required. Not bad, eh?

Being an “under the hood” type of guy, I plan to tweak this theme over the next several weeks. I might even add a custom logo. In the meantime, I hope everyone enjoys a speedier Alimadzi. This is actually quite ironic considering the meaning of Alimadzi. Heh.

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July 3, 2006 | Filed Under WordPress 

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2 Responses to “Alimadzi now built for speed”

  1. Guess so on July 31st, 2006 4:54 am

    I guess so. The theme lussh is an excellect one. And I like the fact it has strict XHTML. It is slow I agree on that. But u have to understand. A site should look good too. And for people even if they come from India, like my case. I think Lush loads fairly easy. And I dont mind waiting an extra second If i would be presented with such an excellent out put.

    Those are my thoughts. However in you case I guess u needed a real fast loader. so works for u :)

    Cheers,
    Lush Lover

  2. Guess so on July 31st, 2006 5:01 am

    hey sorry I forgot to ask ya something.

    As far as using this site goes? Is it viable to use a theme with such low graphics? As i belive presentation of ure content plays a vital role.

    Do let me know :)

    Cheers

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