URL:http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,141.0.html
Grade
Overall Grade: B (Ruleset applied: YSlow(V2))
F

Make fewer HTTP requests

This page has 10 external Javascript scripts. Try combining them into one. This page has 6 external stylesheets. Try combining them into one. This page has 14 external background images. Try combining them with CSS sprites.

F

Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN)

There are 46 static components that are not on CDN.

You can specify CDN hostnames in your preferences. See YSlow FAQ for details.

  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../index.css?...
  • http://www.hard-light.net/css/stylesheets/960gs-fluid/
  • http://www.hard-light.net/css/stylesheets/main-nav/
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../highlights.css
  • http://www.hard-light.net/forums/Themes/HLP_20/css/0-800.css
  • http://www.hard-light.net/forums/Themes/HLP_20/css/0-480.css
  • http://api.viglink.com/api/ping?...
  • http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js
  • http://cdn.jquerytools.org/1.2.5/jquery.tools.min.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../hoverIntent.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../superfish.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../script.js?...
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../theme.js?...
  • http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../topic.js
  • http://ajax.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/scripts/cf_tools_v1.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/images/design/v4/body-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../header-bottom-shadow-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/images/design/v4/header-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../subheader-bottom-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../bullet_arrow_down.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../gradient-black-bottom.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../container-bottom-shadow-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../shading-0.33.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../quick_sticky.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../quick_lock.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../subfooter-top-shadow-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/images/design/v4/subfooter-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../subfooter-bottom-shadow-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/images/design/v4/bottom-logo.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/images/design/v4/logo.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../sort_down.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../my_veryhot_post_sticky.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../xx.gif
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  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../moved.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../hot_post.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../veryhot_post.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../normal_poll.gif

A

Avoid empty src or href

F

Add Expires headers

There are 43 static components without a far-future expiration date.
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../index.css?...
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../highlights.css
  • http://www.hard-light.net/forums/Themes/HLP_20/css/0-800.css
  • http://www.hard-light.net/forums/Themes/HLP_20/css/0-480.css
  • http://api.viglink.com/api/ping?...
  • http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../hoverIntent.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../superfish.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../script.js?...
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../theme.js?...
  • http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../topic.js
  • http://ajax.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/scripts/cf_tools_v1.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/images/design/v4/body-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../header-bottom-shadow-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/images/design/v4/header-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../subheader-bottom-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../bullet_arrow_down.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../gradient-black-bottom.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../container-bottom-shadow-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../shading-0.33.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../quick_sticky.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../quick_lock.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../subfooter-top-shadow-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/images/design/v4/subfooter-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../subfooter-bottom-shadow-bg.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/images/design/v4/bottom-logo.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/images/design/v4/logo.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../sort_down.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../my_veryhot_post_sticky.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../xx.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../new.png
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../last_post.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../my_hot_post.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../normal_post.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../clip.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../my_normal_post.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../my_veryhot_post.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../normal_post_locked.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../moved.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../hot_post.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../veryhot_post.gif
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../normal_poll.gif

A

Compress components with gzip

A

Put CSS at top

C

Put JavaScript at bottom

There are 5 JavaScript scripts found in the head of the document
  • http://cdn.jquerytools.org/1.2.5/jquery.tools.min.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../hoverIntent.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../superfish.js
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../script.js?...
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../theme.js?...

A

Avoid CSS expressions

n/a

Make JavaScript and CSS external

Only consider this if your property is a common user home page.
  • There are a total of 17 inline scripts

A

Reduce DNS lookups

The components are split over more than 4 domains
  • www.hard-light.net
  • api.viglink.com
  • www.google-analytics.com
  • cdn.jquerytools.org
  • pagead2.googlesyndication.com
  • ajax.cloudflare.com

A

Minify JavaScript and CSS

There is 1 component that can be minified
  • Inline script tag #12

A

Avoid URL redirects

A

Remove duplicate JavaScript and CSS

A

Configure entity tags (ETags)

A

Make AJAX cacheable

A

Use GET for AJAX requests

A

Reduce the number of DOM elements

A

Avoid HTTP 404 (Not Found) error

A

Reduce cookie size

A

Use cookie-free domains

A

Avoid AlphaImageLoader filter

There are a total of 1 filter
  • http://www.hard-light.net/.../index.css?...

A

Do not scale images in HTML

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Make favicon small and cacheable

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