How to make your website fast Nothing is more frustrating than a slow site. A slow site is wrong not only for the end-user but also for search engine optimization (SEO). Meaning, it can cause your website to rank lower in search engine results. That translates to fewer page views and less ad revenue or customer conversion for you. Below I share nine ways you can make your website load faster . While this article shares some general tips, it also includes some of the WordPress sites only. Throughout the article, I indicate clearly which tips are for WP users, and which can be for everyone. To make it easier to move around the article, here is a table of contents: Why your website’s speed matters How to check your website’s speed 9 ways to make your site load faster Improve your hosting plan Understand HTTP requests Make images internet-friendly Use plugins sparingly (WP sites only) Cut down on external scripts Optimize JS and CSS files Take advantage of cachi
As a PHP developer with many years of experience, I have worked with several different frameworks. Recently, I came up with the idea to write an article for beginners who want to start learning PHP. Below is the overview of the most popular frameworks, based on my personal experience. For comparison, the following frameworks have been selected: Yii , Laravel , Symfony , Zend , CakePHP , CodeIgniter . The frameworks have been compared according to the following criteria: Simplicity and installation of the framework Documentation Flexibility PSR compatibility Project applications Yii 2 Yii 2 is a high-performance PHP framework which enables you to quickly develop a program. This framework can design small, medium, and large projects such as blogs, corporate websites , online shops, portals, CMS systems, RESTful programs, etc. Like most PHP frameworks, Yii uses the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern . Yii is a full-stack framework which includes a l