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Testing Page Download Times

Page download times are a frequently-cited metric of a site's design and effectiveness. If you are developing a public site, you need to be sensitive to achieving a balance between attractive content and tolerable page-loading times. HomeSite can help you find that balance by supplying real values for document download times across a range of modem speeds.

To test the current document's download time:

Select Tools > Document Weight. The file's dependencies are listed along with file size and download times for a range of modem speeds. Tags in comments are not calculated.
If the page's download time exceeds the site's requirements, edit the page to decrease the number or size of dependencies, and re-test.

HomeSite uses the Root URL setting in your FTP configuration to determine the relative path to files.

To set the root URL for an FTP server:

  1. Click the Remote Files tab in the Resources view.
  2. Right-click on a server name and select Server Properties.
  3. Complete the Root URL field.



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