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Demo Site Review

by dgmufasa
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Hi,

Can someone look at my demosite and give me some tips/pointers? Would really appreciate it!

TIA

The Farmer's Row | Fresh flowers and produce every day
#demo #review #site
  • Profile picture of the author clickbump
    Design & Responsive
    Looks nice on desktop, but falls apart on mobile, especially the logo/address graphic. Consider converting that to real text and it will flow better on mobile devices.

    Performance
    Site gets a "C" grade on speed tests. Consider implementing the suggested updates to improve your site speed scores to 90 or better > Latest Performance Report for: http://demoflow.apostx.com/ | GTmetrix
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    • Profile picture of the author dgmufasa
      Thanks for the information and the pointer to the perfomance site

      I was just kind of goofing around when I did this one. It didn't take long and I was using it as an outlet ot practice some CSS skills. I started with a non-responsive theme I bought last year and changed it around. Since the original one was not set to be responsive, I did not worry too much about the one with changes.

      The next site I demo site I work on is e-commerce oriented and supposed to be responsive though

      I was also wondering how one could do improvements on created websites. I used "WP Layer Slider" on one of my other sites. I paid $25 for it

      Anywho, thanks to the performance site, it lets me know what is realistically possible when using the slider.
      Latest Performance Report for: http://kreaturamedia.com/layerslider-responsive-wordpress-slider-plugin/ | GTmetrix

      I'm off to go do some work. Cheers!

      Originally Posted by clickbump View Post

      Design & Responsive
      Looks nice on desktop, but falls apart on mobile, especially the logo/address graphic. Consider converting that to real text and it will flow better on mobile devices.

      Performance
      Site gets a "C" grade on speed tests. Consider implementing the suggested updates to improve your site speed scores to 90 or better > Latest Performance Report for: http://demoflow.apostx.com/ | GTmetrix
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Millbrath
    The site looks nice, although did load a bit slow for me. I went through some of the other links and they did not work, they state for demo only.But if you are just asking about the home page I think it looks good, maybe just try to reduce the graphic sizes.
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  • Profile picture of the author dgmufasa
    Thanks for all of the inputs

    I have been working on the performance issue. Basically, I made a subdomain:
    mnfx.apostx.com

    to start from scratch again to see if I could find the problems.

    Basically, when using POSTX freshly installed, I get values of
    (A, B) - This is a picture.

    Then, I changed the .htaccess so that .gzip could be used. Then, it went to
    (A, A)

    Then, I started installing plug-ins

    These are the ones that I installed:
    Child Themify
    Deactivate | Edit
    Create child themes at the click of a button.

    Version 1.0.3 | By John P. Bloch | Visit plugin site
    Select Contact Form 7
    Contact Form 7
    Settings | Deactivate | Edit
    Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.

    Version 3.8 | By Takayuki Miyoshi | Visit plugin site
    Select Display Posts Shortcode
    Display Posts Shortcode
    Deactivate | Edit
    Display a listing of posts using the [display-posts] shortcode

    Version 2.3 | By Bill Erickson | Visit plugin site
    Select Easy Contact Form 7 Widget
    Easy Contact Form 7 Widget
    Deactivate | Edit
    Add Contact Form 7 in Widget

    Version 1.0.0 | By CustomWPNinjas | Visit plugin site
    Select Easy Contact Forms
    Easy Contact Forms
    Deactivate | Edit
    Easy Contact Forms. Easy to create. Easy to fill out. Easy to change. Easy to manage. Easy to protect

    Version 1.4.9 | By ChampionForms.com | Visit plugin site
    Select Easy Pricing Tables
    Easy Pricing Tables
    Deactivate | Add New | Support | Purchase Premium
    Create a Beautiful, Responsive and Highly Converting Pricing Table in Less Than 5 Minutes with Easy Pricing Tables for WordPress. No Coding Required.

    Version 1.5.2 | By David Hehenberger | Visit plugin site
    Select Google Analyticator
    Google Analyticator
    Settings | Reset | Deactivate | Edit
    Adds the necessary JavaScript code to enable Google's Analytics. After enabling this plugin you need to authenticate with Google, then select your domain and you're set.

    Version 6.4.7.3 | By Video User Manuals Pty Ltd | Visit plugin site
    Select Hello Dolly
    Hello Dolly
    Activate | Edit | Delete
    This is not just a plugin, it symbolizes the hope and enthusiasm of an entire generation summed up in two words sung most famously by Louis Armstrong: Hello, Dolly. When activated you will randomly see a lyric from Hello, Dolly in the upper right of your admin screen on every page.

    Version 1.6 | By Matt Mullenweg | Visit plugin site
    Select Hide Admin Bar From Non-admins
    Hide Admin Bar From Non-admins
    Deactivate | Edit
    A tweak of the code by Yoast to hide the admin bar for non-admins only.

    Version 1.0 | By Stranger Studios | Visit plugin site
    Select Hide Title
    Hide Title
    Deactivate | Edit
    Allows authors to hide the title tag on single pages and posts via the edit post screen.

    Version 1.0.3 | By Randall Runnels | Visit plugin site
    Select LayerSlider WP
    LayerSlider WP
    Deactivate | Edit
    LayerSlider is the most advanced responsive WordPress slider plugin with the famous Parallax Effect and over 200 2D & 3D transitions.

    Version 5.0.2 | By Kreatura Media | Visit plugin site
    Select Limit Login Attempts
    Limit Login Attempts
    Deactivate | Edit
    Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP.

    Version 1.7.1 | By Johan Eenfeldt | Visit plugin site
    Select List category posts
    List category posts
    Deactivate | Edit
    List Category Posts allows you to list posts from a category into a post/page using the [catlist] shortcode. This shortcode accepts a category name or id, the order in which you want the posts to display, and the number of posts to display. You can use [catlist] as many times as needed with different arguments. Usage: [catlist argument1=value1 argument2=value2].

    Version 0.46.4 | By Fernando Briano | Visit plugin site | How to use | Donate | Fork on Github
    Select Nav Menu Roles
    Nav Menu Roles
    Deactivate | Edit
    Hide custom menu items based on user roles

    Version 1.4.1 | By Kathy Darling | Visit plugin site
    Select Post Content Shortcodes
    Post Content Shortcodes
    Deactivate | Edit
    Adds shortcodes to show the content of another post or to show a list of posts

    Version 0.3.4.1 | By cgrymala | Visit plugin site
    Select Really Simple CAPTCHA
    Really Simple CAPTCHA
    Deactivate | Edit
    Really Simple CAPTCHA is a CAPTCHA module intended to be called from other plugins. It is originally created for my Contact Form 7 plugin.

    Version 1.8 | By Takayuki Miyoshi | Visit plugin site
    Select TablePress
    TablePress
    Deactivate | Edit | Plugin page
    TablePress enables you to create and manage tables in your posts and pages, without having to write HTML code, and it adds valuable functions for your visitors.

    Version 1.4 | By Tobias Bäthge | Visit plugin site | FAQ | Documentation | Support | Donate
    Select Ultimate Coming Soon Page
    Ultimate Coming Soon Page
    Deactivate | Edit | Settings
    Creates a Coming Soon or Launch page for your website.

    Version 1.10.1 | By SeedProd | Visit plugin site
    Select Widgets on Pages
    Widgets on Pages
    Settings | Deactivate | Edit
    The easy way to Add Widgets or Sidebars to Posts and Pages by shortcodes or template tags.

    Version 0.0.12 | By Todd Halfpenny | Visit plugin site
    Select Wordfence Security
    Wordfence Security
    Deactivate | Edit
    Wordfence Security - Anti-virus, Firewal and Site Speedup

    Version 5.0.4 | By Wordfence | Visit plugin site
    Select WP Video Lightbox
    WP Video Lightbox
    Deactivate | Edit
    Simple video lightbox plugin to display videos in a nice overlay popup. It also supports images, flash, YouTube, iFrame.

    Version 1.6.7 | By Tips and Tricks HQ, Ruhul Amin | Visit plugin site
    Now, the site is registering as:
    (A, C) Here is the picture

    Now mind you, the only thing I have done is install plug-ins - no themes, still using the Twenty Fourteen theme.

    It seems as though the addition of plug-ins interferes with the performance of the site.

    How can one improve?
    TIA
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  • Profile picture of the author dgmufasa
    OK, I found that these plug-ins were affecting performance:

    Wordfence Security - goes from 91% to 89% (deactivated it)

    WP Video Lightbox - goes from 91% to 85% (deactivated it and it went back to 91%)

    Post Content Shortcodes - went from 91% to 89% (deactivated it)

    LayerSlider WP - goes from 91% to 85% (deactivated it so it went back to 91%)

    Contact Form 7 - goes from 91% to 86% (deactivated it so it went back to 91%)

    Think I am going to look for replacements ...
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