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Techniques for Improving Site Performance

There are a number of techniques you can use to improve site performance.

  • Test Site Performance
    Use Code Profiler to assess the performance times of artifacts that comprise your site.
  • Optimize First Pages
    A first page is the page a customer sees when they access your site. The home page isn't always the first page for customers. First pages can also be a landing page, which a customer accesses through a search engine link, a partner site link, or an email link. A landing page is designed for a specific campaign, such as a product recommendation or an email blast.
  • Optimize General Site Pages
    General site pages are any pages on your site that are not initial access points for customers.
  • Make Fewer and Smaller HTTP Requests
    Making fewer HTTP requests that return less content is the single most effective technique for improving front-end performance. Each HTTP request usually takes at least 10 milliseconds to send and more time to return the page. Reducing the number of HTTP requests you make is often one of the most effective ways to improve site performance.
  • Reduce and Reuse Scripts
    Optimize the use of scripts in your pages.
  • Reduce URL and Page Size
    Optimize the use of URLs and minimize page size. Page size is the total file size of all the resources that must be loaded for the page to function. Page size impacts load speed of the page on a browser, and it can also have a significant impact on mobile users.
  • 404 Errors and 404 Pages
    A site containing missing pages, images, JavaScript, or CSS files, can result in HTTP 404 error responses. To resolve these errors, you can use a link crawler to find broken links or missing images on any site pages.
  • Performance and Stability Coding Standards
    Ecommerce applications built on Salesforce B2C Commerce can run fast and perform reliably. Use B2C Commerce within its capabilities and ensure that your customizations follow coding best practices. Identify permissible designs that ensure the scalability and robustness of your customizations.

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