
I have enabled eCommerce capabilities and a student only social platform. This test site is running off the Genesis theme. We found an area of concern about the test-site’s log on speed. I ran some tests below, and while I understand that the test sample is inadequate, feel strongly that Ray’s hosting service is slow. I have optimized the test-site on my host server.
Action List
- Install in Genesis Theme
- Design homepage
- Copy content
- WooComerce
- Buddypress
- Youzer
- Fix duplicate button issue
- Youzer
- Speed performance
- Migrate current test site on Ray’s server to my server: http://test.regroovemeditation.com
- Small sample load time tests
- Updated: http://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/online-documents/
- Updated http://test.regroovemeditation.com/ in preparation for Siteground migration
- Screaming Frog crawl on https://www.wingchunpdx.com/ for redirects
- Created Siteground account
- Point Domain (from Dreamhost) to Siteground
- Created all redirects for all 404 pages
- Added Social login.
- Helped client set up reCaptcha
Before
Test Site
Site Speed
These are the various sites for this experiment:
- https://www.wingchunpdx.com/
- http://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/
- http://test.regroovemeditation.com/
Test Results
- Homepage test of #1 VS 2
- #1:
- Pingdom
- Speed: 1.52s
- Performance grade: D 69%
- Page size: 2.0 mb
- Requests: 117
- Gtmetrix
- Speed: 4.4s
- Peformance: D 67%
- Page size: 2.39 mb
- Requests: 120
- Pingdom
- #2:
- Pingdom
- Speed: 4.02s
- Performance grade: C72
- Page size: 991.9 kb
- Requests: 98
- Gtmetrix
- Speed: 4.4s
- Performance: A 93%
- Page size: 927 kb
- Requests: 96
- Pingdom
- #1:
Homepage test of #3
- Pingdom
- Speed: 1.96s
- Performance grade: C 74%
- Page size: 986.7 kb
- Requests: 97
- Gtmetrix
- Speed: 3.7s
- Peformance: B 89%
- Page size: 915 kb
- Requests: 96
I am waiting for the client to set up admin rights to the live site so that I can upgrade HTTP to HTTPS. I will have to set up a backup on the host server. I will also set up a migration plugin to get it ready for when we feel the test-site is ready.
There was an issue with the Youzer plugin that improves the social media (BuddyPress) plugin, where it had duplicate buttons. After contacting tech support they sent me a CSS hack. Because I could have figured that out myself I was disappointed by their solution. I went ahead with the CSS hack (display: none) and fixed the duplicate buttons in the social pages.
The live site now has HTTPS now. I think it is time to explore the site speed issue.
I had Ray register on the test-site I created on my Siteground hosted account and he reported a faster experience. He needs me to adjust online documents.
I have finished the Online Document changes. Need to circle back with Ray’s approval.
Starting to do research on transferring Ray’s current WP site to Siteground. I think it would be less complicated to move the current one first, then when ready, to upload the new design. I will need to update the test-site on my server before I do all that. Here is a reference on how to move to Siteground: https://www.siteground.com/blog/wp-migrator/
Youzer CSS Hack:
Enable Global CSS
Enable styling code below:’
.btn-group.select.yz-activity-privacy, .btn-group.select {display: none;}
.youzer .thread-info a {text-decoration: underline;}
Enable Activity CSS
Enable styling code below:
.btn-group.select.yz-activity-privacy, .btn-group.select {display: none;}
I had to remove the CSS hack because it created an issue with removing the variant button on this page: http://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/product/family-pass/
I need to find a better solution.
I fixed the solution by applying the following to all the pages:
.btn-group.select.yz-activity-privacy, .btn-group.select {display: none;}
For the global I use just this:
.youzer .thread-info a {text-decoration: underline;}
Here is an Illustrator file for the school’s logo: https://wing-chun.slack.com/files/U06UK1Y9K/FQFEC4KK4/front.ai
More assets: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10tFm3l7Ehm_ycHpxwHFgIywERLIFTrxY
Waiting to see if I can get a file: AI export to PSD
Siteground Referral Deal: https://www.siteground.com/?referrer_id=7546082
How to Transfer a Domain to and from SiteGround: https://www.sitegroundwebhostingreviews.com/transfer-domain-siteground/
Ray’s Dreamhost rebills on the 8th of the month.
The site is currently giving 400 Bad Request pages, so I created a technical support ticket: https://my.siteground.com/support/history/ticket/TGczMFpIb0lKZz09/3360671
The test site went live!
Adding SEO redirects..
Need to set up Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools