Poor Performace: Pages load slowly.

Question:

Pages load partially then hang, or are just slow to load overall.

Answer:

• Pages that load partially then hang are usually due to the inclusion of image files being pulled from outside of Web Crossing. For example, but not limited to:
  
  
  
  1. Ad Servers
     
  2. Slow Web Servers
     
  3. Images loaded/created by scripts.
     
  4. Bad HTML
     
  
  
• Pages that are slow to load from the start may also be due the reasons outlined above if an image is the first thing to appear on the page.
  
• Complex TABLE constructs can cause browsers such as Netscape to take a long time to render the final page to the screen. This is not a Web Crossing issue.
  
• Custom macros or code snippets that rely on external servers (typically using .http calls). This could be for external authentication, or dynamic "includes", or what-have-you. If the external server is slow or not responding, the default time out value for an .http call is 30 seconds! This is not the fault of Web Crossing obviously.
  
• Otherwise, see the other FAQs section in "Performance Issues".