Discuss and resolve questions on Liquid, JavaScript, themes, sales channels, and site speed enhancements.
Hi Shopify,
My site is https://beli.com.my
I tried to check my site on gtmetrix.com and I got below error:
Plus my site is returning slow speed loading, I tried to troubleshoot with Shopify Chrome Inspector, I'm not able to find the Icon'. I'm using Blockshop version 8.5.0 theme. Any help are welcome.
Thank you
Hi @BeliAdmin
I just had a quick check and saw that you are showing so many products on the homepage, it will take more time to render your page and increase excessive DOM size. If you page is loading slowly, the customers will leave your store, they don't have time to wait. Just show a few featured products or collection on the homepage, if the customers interested, they can find more on the collection page. My suggestion is just show a Slideshow section with 2 slides, next is Collection list section then next is Featured collection section and the last is "Our core values" section.
Hello @BeliAdmin,
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I have taken a look at your store. The Home page contains too many images and the images are not loading faster. Try to make the Home page simple and appealing.
By following below steps, you can significantly speed up your Shopify store:
1. Image compression is important and a necessity for faster loading web pages. Make sure your images are of good quality and do not add too many images on a single page.
2. Reduce the HTTP requests. For example: Combine & inline your CSS scripts
3. Minimize broken links and redirects - Avoid unnecessary Redirects and fix broken links
4. Using slideshow, which are high-quality images combined with transitions, take time to load when the user clicks the link to the homepage. So instead you can use a single high-quality hero image.
5. Always choose a theme that is responsive, fast, and takes minimal time to load the page
If you choose a theme with numerous sliders, fancy animations, advanced navigation systems, etc., will affect your page speed. If your theme is loading slow, consider disabling the theme features you don't need.
6. Don't add too many images on a page
Adding too many images on a page can be frustrating. It can significantly slow the load time of your website. Also, it can overwhelm visitors, which will ultimately result in a poor user experience, a high bounce rate, and a high probability of lower rankings in relative search results.
7. Use Lazyload wherever required to reduce initial load time
8. Remove all unwanted Shopify Apps which you are not using
You should disable app features you don't use, or you can remove the app if you don't need it.
9. Replace GIFs with static images
10. You can run the Shopify Theme Inspector for Chrome to identify the lines of code that are slowing down pages in your online store.
11. Removing unused app code is a best practice that avoids running code for unused features, and makes your theme code easier to read.
12. Themes contain CSS, JS, HTML which can increase and affect your store speed. So disable theme features you don't use.
13. Loading extra data your customers aren't using can impact your store speed without adding value.
14. Use a System font which is a font that is already installed on most computers. For example: Segoe UI, Times New Roman. If you use a font that does not yet exist on your customer's computer, then the font has to be downloaded before your text can be displayed. This impacts the time that your store takes to load.
15. Use minified CSS and JS files
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Hi @BeliAdmin,
There is some good advice here from @flareAI and @James_FoxEcom, but I just wanted to weigh in with some additional context that I'm quoting from our help guide on your Online store speed report:
In your store admin, you should see a speed score. This is calculated using Lighthouse, so you do not need to run it through another Lighthouse speed test. Your speed score measures how fast your online store performs in the Shopify test environment, based on Google Lighthouse performance metrics.
Your speed score is recalculated daily. Due to the way the score is calculated, your score might not change immediately after you make changes to your online store. If your store is new or password-protected, then you might not have a score.
As others have mentioned here, having lots and lots of unoptimized images on your website, along with third-party code from apps injecting javascript, as well as extra code from code edits you may have made to your theme, can add "weight" to your website. More "weight" means a longer waiting time.
I recommend that you check in with the theme developers directly, and consult their documentation too. Before making edits to your theme, see if you can make a copy of it to revert to if needs be.
Meanwhile, how have sales been? Did you have many or any promotions running during Black Friday/Cyber Monday? And are you gearing up for the holiday season?
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