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[LOCKED] How can I get my newly uploaded files to load quicker?

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September 25, 2021
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How can I get my newly uploaded files to load quicker and more reliably?

Often they take days to appear on the Net, and I keep on having to clear my browser history and caches, recreate the Dreamweaversite cache, synchronize my site files in Dreamwaverand re-uploading individual files in Dreamweaver and restarting my Macintosh computer to try to upload my files quicker. It's frustrating.

I called my ISP. I asked the technician there is I should get a VP server service from my ISP instead of renting 'shared hosting', but instead he He told me that my updated files are visible to others, but not to me, because of my use of framesets. He opined that my site structure (using framesets and HTML 4 – are obsolete – and that I should redo the site from scratch in another program such as Wordpress.

Redoing my Web site would be an enormous job which could take me three or four months of more, because I have such a huge site – with about 1,100 pages and 2,200 images and scores of Library items – which is the biggest Web site of any fine artist I've seen – and may be one of the biggest artist's Web site on the world.

And hiring another Webmaster to recreate or update the site would unaffordable for me, so I want to be able to update my site myself.

Is there a feasible way to update my site efficiency by using Dreamweaver so I don't have to start from scratch using a totally different program such as Wix or Rapid Weaver? (I didn't find any Net sites that advise using Wordpress for making Net sites so I've eliminated that idea.)

Someone else suggested I lease a new uploading FTP service like Host Gator or Blue Hosting while continuing to use Dreamweaver.

I want to maintain the basic look that my site has.

My Web site address is

tonymax.net

Thanks.

Tony

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Correct answer osgood_

I concur with your hosting technician, using framesets in 2021 is not only obsolete but a ridiculous solution for a website containing over 1000 pages.

You need to bite the bullet and seriously consider rebuilding the website from the ground up using more modern and current techniques, storing information in a database which will streamline the project.

Your hosting technician suggested Wordpress which would probably be a good option as it appears you have limited web development skills which wouldnt enable you to build your own cms, content management system.

There comes a time when a websites ability to function as smoothly as required because of its age and possibly newer requirements which need to be added has been reached or breached.

If the project is not a sufficient financial generator it can be rather daunting prospect to undertake an upgrade.

B i r n o u

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Redoing my Web site would be an enormous job which could take me three or four months of more, because I have such a huge site – with about 1,100 pages and 2,200 images and scores of Library items
By @Tony Whitehall

in fact, I just went through your site, and there is not much in it... just a lot of images... but few categories, and even less subcategories... a few satelite pages of ornament... so in fact, it all depends on the workflow you are going to use... it's true that if you work in a unitary way, that is to say one image at a time, one page after the other... maybe 4 months will not be enough.

but if you use flow techniques, and automated batch processing, based on the large NPM availability to avoid to reinvent hot water at every line... a set of scripts can be used, and can on one hand browse a tree listing all the elements browsed on these folders, (defining categories), another can be based on the EXIF data of each image, coupled to a reference file that can assign a categorization. ... the derived images can be rebilled on the fly, to avoid any naming concerns ... in short ... all this can be done very well under Node. We can estimate a week of work (not much) depending on the complexity...

then this result is either directly sent to a database, or to an Excel file (which is the same by the way.... after that it's just a question of working habits)

once the Wordpress template is set up (1 or 2 days with the cannibalization of a premium template already close to expectations), finally the development of a specific plug in to work on the data entered previously will allow to manage the display and the structuring (count 4 days)

to this we add one week, just to remove some hares...

B i r n o u

Legend

well, just for infos, I already have done such project in less than ten days.

Nancy OShea

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How can I get my newly uploaded files to load quicker and more reliably?

A few things you can try:

Download and use a different web browser.
Right-click on the frameset and select Reload Frame.
Clear your browser's cached data and viewing history.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Tony WhitehallAuthor

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Thanks, Nancy.

I've done those steps tens of thousands of time on my Apple computer using Safari and Chrome, and my Apple Iphone using Safari and Chrome.

In every case, instead of the current page reloading, the front page of the Web site reloads.

Tony

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Because you're using those wretched FRAMES. 😞

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Nancy OShea

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I don't imagine your current site generates much revenue because it's a not a properly crafted e-commerce site. That's a missed opportunity.

Don't be sentimental about this. A new site will more than pay for itself in the longrun.

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Tony WhitehallAuthor

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Thanks, Nancy.

I'm confused by this passage on the Wordpress site:

"Next, you need to sign up for a WordPress hosting account....

We recommend using Bluehost for hosting because they are one of the largest hosting companies in the world and an official WordPress recommended hosting partner."

It states that one should get a Wordpress hosting account, yet then seems to contradict this by recommending a Bluehost account.

Also, why wouldn't I be able to keep my current host, which is Telus?

Tony

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osgood_

Legend

You DONT need to change your current hosting provider so long as your current server set-up allows you to run php.

Most good hosts will already have a way to install Wordpress from the websites control panel IF you have control panel access. Otherwise you can directy download the Wordpress package from the Wordpress website:

https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/

and install it on your server yourself. Follow the instructions if that's the route you need to take.

Best check with your host your current 'climate' allows for setting up a database and runs the server side language php, which Wordpress requires for it to function.

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Ben M

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I agree with the other comments to move to a CMS. With over 1,000 pages, it is a large site, but in database terms those are simply records and not individual HTML coded pages that you would be maintaining. You would have templates and the records from the database would be pulled in. This way you could update your site to be more responsive or look better on modern devices. For instance, right now your primary content container has a narrow width there is a lot of wasted space on the page and on mobile devices the page is not really usable at all.

If you are worried about budgets, it does appear that the primary purpose of your site is to sell the art work. How is that working from the analytics you are running today? What are your analytics telling you about your visitors today? Maybe the first step is considering an optimization of the selling process looking at the CX of your site and then looking to solutions like Shopify/Wix ecommerce to amplify sales in order to increase budget to warrant a larger move of the site with a supporting budget.

In short, DW is not your answer here. What you need to do is consider revenue being generated from the site and whether a migration for longer-term support is warranted or if this is more of a side hobby and it can do what it does today.

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Tony WhitehallAuthor

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Thanks, Ben.

What does "CX" mean?

I don't understand what you mean about "your primary conten container has a narrow width there is a lot of wasted space on the page".

Why do you find that "on mobile devices the page is not really usable at all?" I check my site periodically with my Iphone and I don't see any problem with it (except for the usual delay in seeing newly uploaded edits to my site, which is what I asked about here origianlly).

I'm no longer using Google Analytics, because Google included my own hits on my Web site, and it was too much time and effort to exclude my own hits from the statistics, because my IP address kept on changing periodically without me being notified.

Tony

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osgood_Correct answer

Legend

I concur with your hosting technician, using framesets in 2021 is not only obsolete but a ridiculous solution for a website containing over 1000 pages.

You need to bite the bullet and seriously consider rebuilding the website from the ground up using more modern and current techniques, storing information in a database which will streamline the project.

Your hosting technician suggested Wordpress which would probably be a good option as it appears you have limited web development skills which wouldnt enable you to build your own cms, content management system.

There comes a time when a websites ability to function as smoothly as required because of its age and possibly newer requirements which need to be added has been reached or breached.

If the project is not a sufficient financial generator it can be rather daunting prospect to undertake an upgrade.

BenPleysier

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He opined that my site structure (using framesets and HTML 4 – are obsolete – and that I should redo the site from scratch in another program such as Wordpress.

Tony

By @Tony Whitehall

That is the answer to your problem.

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