Not sure if HSX's web gurus have run a site optimization report, but I ran one on the forum index page (which I figured would be about the lighest page on the site, with just simply text). I ran the report here http://analyze.websiteoptimization.com/authenticate.php?url=http://www.hsx.com/forum/&
There is a lot of good info here that may help speed the site up. Of note:
- Warning! The total number of objects on this page is 52 which by their number will dominate web page delay. Consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Above 20 objects per page the overhead from dealing with the actual objects (description time and wait time) accounts for more than 80% of whole page latency.
- Warning! The total number of images on this page is 45 , consider reducing this to a more reasonable number.
- Warning! The total size of this page is 261846 bytes, which will load in 62.59 seconds on a 56Kbps modem.
- Warning! The total size of your images is 140863 bytes, which is over 100K.
- Warning! The total size of external your scripts is 90621 bytes, which is over 20K.