Google Page Speed

In conjunction with the Pre-Live Checklist, here are some additional info for your perusal.

Google Page Speed

If you want to have a quick glance on how good a particular site is doing, you may use Google Page Speed other than YSlow.

Example of Page Speed Reports:

1.       Facebook.com  – 99 out of 100 (https://developers.google.com/pagespeed/#url=www.facebook.com&mobile=false)

2.       Anglia.com.my – 76 out of 100 (https://developers.google.com/pagespeed/#url=www.anglia.com.my&mobile=false)

3.       Tigerbeer.com.my – 85 out of 100 (https://developers.google.com/pagespeed/#url=www.tigerbeer.com.my&mobile=false)

4.       Strongbow.com.my – 86 out of 100 (https://developers.google.com/pagespeed/#url=www.strongbow.com.my&mobile=false)

5.       Kilkenny.com.my – 87 out of 100 (https://developers.google.com/pagespeed/#url=www.kilkenny.com.my&mobile=false)

We should aim to score at least 90 out of 100.

Also, we can even explore using Google’s Page Speed Service which is an online service that fetches the contents from our servers, rewrites the pages with some best practices and then serves them out via Google’s servers across the globe.

Think of it like a CDN service, but with optimization automated. If you do not know what CDN is, it is called Content Delivery Network, read it up here.

Our current client iProperty, is currenty a user of Akamai, which is a CDN provider. Hence, you will notice that no matter from which region you’re accessing iProperty’s website, you will be connected to the nearest local server and the page will load up as fast as accessing a local server.

W3C Validation

For W3C validation, you may use W3C Markup Validation for a start.

Example of W3C Validation Report:

1.       Strongbow.com.my – 9 errors, 18 warnings (Using HTML 4.01 Transitional)

2.       Kilkenny.com.my – 4 errors, 6 warnings (Using HTML 4.01 Transitional)

W3C Link Checker

Good for checking broken links.

Example of Link Checker Report:

1.       Strongbow.com.my – 2 dead links (http://validator.w3.org/checklink?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.strongbow.com.my&summary=on&hide_type=all&depth=&check=Check)

W3C CSS Validator

Good for checking CSS templates.

Example of CSS Validator Report:

1.       Tigerbeer.com.my – 61 errors using CSS Level 3 (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=www.tigerbeer.com.my&profile=css3&usermedium=all&warning=1&vextwarning=&lang=en)

Web Portal Load Test Tools

Web Site Test Tools and Site Management Tools
http://www.softwareqatest.com/qatweb1.html


Web Accessibility Checker
http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php

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Multiple Firefox

Use Multiple Firefox Instances

This tip happens to be my favorite Firefox tip/tool. With it, you can run many instances of Firefox with different Profiles and different Firefox versions at the same time.
The benefits:
Run test and beta versions of Firefox without affecting your default Firefox configuration,
Use different Profiles for different users without having to shut down Firefox,
Test new extensions and themes in a new Profile before incorporating them into your default Firefox Profile, and other uses which you’ll discover as you use this tip.

1) Open Notepad and paste in the following:
@echo off
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
start "" "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=0


2) Save the File
Save the file with any name that you wish, and in any location, but you’ll be saving it as a .bat


3) Run the File
Now assuming that you have more than one Profile, when you double click
on the .bat file, the Profile Manager should open up allowing you to
choose a Profile to run in addition to your currently opened Firefox Profile.