Remove Cache Remove Document Remove Website Performance
article thumbnail

Time To First Byte: Beyond Server Response Time

Smashing Magazine

Generating the HTML document quickly plays a big part in minimizing TTFB delays. That means TTFB includes: Cross-origin redirects, Time spent connecting to the server, Same-origin redirects, and The actual request for the HTML document. However, if your content isnt dynamic, you can also cache responses at the CDN edge node.

Servers 78
article thumbnail

Don’t Sink Your Website With Third Parties

Smashing Magazine

You may have a lean, agile, responsive site design only to find it gradually loaded down with more and more “extras” that are often put onto the site by marketing departments or business leaders who are not always thinking about website performance. The CSS-Tricks website has good documentation on font-display.

Website 138
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Partytown Eliminates Website Bloat From Third-Party Apps

Smashing Magazine

Even if your website is designed with usability in mind, these factors impede users from fully benefiting from the website’s features. This is why performance is crucial when building websites. On the other hand, Google Analytics still requires synchronous DOM API access when reading values from document and window.

Website 98
article thumbnail

CDN Security Risk: Key Awareness and Mitigation Strategies

IO River

Common CDN Security RisksWhile CDNs are essential for improving website performance, they also introduce certain security risks. ‍TLS Certificate Breach - A TLS certificate is a digital document that authenticates the identity of a website or server and enables secure encrypted communication. Let’s explore.‍Common

article thumbnail

How To Boost Resource Loading With The New Priority Hint `fetchpriority`

Smashing Magazine

Of all those options, it’s safe to assume that text is the best choice for LCP performance because it loads and renders fast. Browsers follow a critical render path to parse the HTML document and its referenced resources (CSS, JS, images, etc.) Script (async), Media and images, SVG document. Large preview ).

Media 78
article thumbnail

CDN Security Risk: Key Awareness and Mitigation Strategies

IO River

Let’s explore.‍Common CDN Security RisksWhile CDNs are essential for improving website performance, they also introduce certain security risks. Cache Poisoning - In cache poisoning attacks, attackers manipulate the CDN by multiple content requests.

article thumbnail

Headless WordPress: The Ups And Downs Of Creating A Decoupled WordPress

Smashing Magazine

As a result, website performance can suffer. Recommended reading : How To Use Heatmaps To Track Clicks On Your WordPress Website. If long website response times keep you up at night, this is a how-to for you. For instance, we want to create a documentation endpoint. Let’s create a small test plugin.

Cache 88