Most who surf the net looking for information expect it immediately. They don't want to have to wait for a long time for your page to load. So since many don't have a high speed T3 line or even a cable modem, it's important to keep the page size small. Here are some tips so speed up the loading of your web page.

1. Keep graphics as small as possible.
Having images that are larger than about 25k is generally unnecessary. To reduce the sizes try saving in JPEG and GIF format and see which one is smaller. Also, make use of the some of the graphics otimization tools that are available.

2. Re-use Images.
If possible try to re-use as many images as possible. For example if you use certain images for you navigation bar on your main page, use the same ones in the rest of your site.

3. Use HEIGHT, WIDTH, and ALT tags.
For all of your images make sure to use height and width tags so that the whole page can be rendered even before all the images are downloaded. Then the visitor can already begin reading your page. Alt tags should also be used so that those who don't have there browsers set to automatically download images can know what image they expect to see if the want to download it.

4. Break up tables.
If you put your whole page within a table then everything in the table has to be loaded before the page can be shown to the user. Therefore it is a good idea rather to split the table into a few pieces and fit them seamlessly together by using no border.

5. Avoid many nested tables.
Nested tables allow you to control the look of your site more precisely, but can slow the loading of your page greatly if not used carefully. Some browsers have great difficulty rendering tables that are nested 3 or more levels deep.

6. Use Cascading Style Sheets.
Cascading Style Sheets(CSS) are a wonderful addition to HTML. They allow you to specify certain style to apply to your pages. With them you can apply colour and font styles to many different aspects of your site through simple classifications. This allows you to use less HTML and your page can be downloaded quicker.

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