Web Site Size

The website I'm curently working on is going to turn out to be at least 60 MBs but probably closer to the 70-80MB range.

What options should I choose so that there is no delay in page loads?

The first site I put up on discounasp.net is about 50 MBs and it the load time is rather slow, but it's also the lowest cost to host discountasp.net has to offer.

Which options specifically will help provide no delays in load time, no matter the price.

Thank you.

 

Hi,
The main factors will be per page load and the size of any media.
If you are using the latest Adobe/Macromedia IDEs theyhave nicepage load (weight) features.
Overall I'd just consider what will be going down the pipe, ot how many files in total.
Salute,
Mark

 

"No matter the price" is the key there. eBay.com, cnn.com - those are massively funded sites with multiple geographic locations, and there is still a delay in loading them over our 10mbp internet connection.

There really isn't any such thing as an "instant loading" web site, unless you are serving up something like a 5 KB page of text. Load time is subjective anyway, meaning it will be different depending on how the visitor is accessing the site, where in the world they are accessing it from, etc.

 

But aren't there options when you set up a website to allow more bandwith per month?

 

Not here. Though some hosts do sell services that way.


Bandwidth is cumulative anyway, not throttled. Meaning you can as much bandwidth at any given time as you need, and that use is added up as the month goes on. So there is no limit to the bandwidth the site uses at one time (aside from the monthly limit). "Bandwidth" as it relates to your account is unrelated to performance, it is just a measure of how much data transfer your site has used.


You're probably thinking of throughput - how much data can our network deliver at any given time. The answer to that is,a lotmore than your site will ever require. We typically do not exceed 20 - 25% of the bandwidth available to the networkat any given time. Which is why I said earlier that end-user experience has more to do with their connection to the internet than our network.


In parking lot with 1000 spaces for cars, you might expect delays getting in and out ifthere is only one entrance and exit lane. Our network, on the other hand,is likea parking lot with1000 entry and exit lanes, and only 200 or 250 of those lanes are being used at the busiest times. So every car can get in and out as quickly as they can drive.


Was that a dumb analogy? Possibly. But I suppose it's as accurate as a dumb analogy can be.

 

LOL. Thank you, that wasn't a dumb analogy and definitely made me understand it a lot more. However, that does lead me to another question.

I put up a simple website, www.linksmufflers.com, and I have a relatively fast cable modem connection.

However, anytime I go to the website there's that little delay from when the text loads and the pictures load.

That's what I'm really trying to avoid with my next website which is more data intensive that www.linksmufflers.com

 

I see a little delay in some of the images, it's more pronounced in IE. It may have to do with how you're loading images. I couldn't really look too closely, but I noticed you have some image preload code and some image mapping?

Anyway, the delay is pretty minimal, I don't know how much faster you're going to be able to make it...