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  • August 24, 2014 at 2:39 am #308368
    EdFritz

    My goggle pag score has dropped since using the enfold theme. My use of the theme is image intensive. I follow best practices for progressively optimizing our of photoshop and set to 72dpi. I further optimize all images on upload into WP with plugin EWWW Image Optimizer which uses google recommended JPEGTRAN/optipng/pngout.

    I am using file size 1860X1238 which then is resized by Enfold to support the various image content features of the theme.

    I think the images in the front page are being resized and are not being selected from the resizing that has already been done.
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    I’d like to improve my google page sped score as well as kingdom and others.

    I have disabled my CDN until this theme and content and my training and experiences improves. that will be my final step

    thanks for any help or insight

    Ed

    August 25, 2014 at 4:36 am #308577
    Ismael

    Hi Ed!

    Thank you for using Enfold.

    Aside from optimizing the images with EWWW image optimizer, install the wp-smushit plugin, run once to remove jpeg extra data then uninstall. You might want to use minify or script compression plugins like BWP Minify. I’m sure you’re already using some kind of cache plugin but if not, you can use W3 Total Cache or WP Super Cache. And then you can enable CDN to speed up the site.

    Regards,
    Ismael

    August 25, 2014 at 12:51 pm #308799
    EdFritz

    Hi,

    I was able to resolve my problem. Optimizing images is not the correct direction. As I thought Enfold was resizing my images and creating the poor Google page test score ! why ? When using Enfold ‘blog post’ do not enable “set the image size automatically’, this sets in motion the resizing of the main image(which was 1860X1238)! instead use the ‘set the preview size manually’, then select a resized image. The Google speed test no longer shows these images in the Optimize image drop down.

    I mentioned that I export with Photoshop, which already strips jpeg data.

    I am using hyper cache, I own W3TC and had installed before I moved to Enfold. I deactivated W3TC until my theme design and content becomes stable. (It is a hassle clearing caches during debug process)

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