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Chapter 10 : Testing and Maintaining Web Pages
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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.
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To test the current document's download time:
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- 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.
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To set the root URL for an FTP server:
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- Click the Universal Files tab in the Resources view.
- Select Allaire FTP & RDS from the Drive List.
- Right-click a server name and select Properties to see the Configure FTP Server dialog box.
- Complete the Root URL field and click OK.
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