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mark.scott-tevaneuro - 7/13/2009 9:49:12 AM
   
Initial Site Load Time
I've been struggling to understand how to overcome one issue with the web sites we have built with Kentico - that being the initial load time. I understand that we can setup each site to cache for x number of minutes, etc. However, if (for example) caching is set to the default of 10 minutes and if no one has visited the site for more than 10 minutes, the initial load (home.aspx) can take a very long time.

When demoing Kentico to other's, and when going to one of these sites to show off it's features, and if no one has viewed that site within the last 10 minutes - it's embarrassing how long it takes to initially show the home page.

Can anyone please provide detailed suggestions on how to avoid this long (several seconds to over a minute in some cases) initial page load?

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kentico_zbysekn - 7/21/2009 10:46:33 AM
   
RE:Initial Site Load Time
Hi Mark,
Well you can try to enlarge number of minutes for which home page should be cached. You can also try to inspect application pool settings of your website, cause if application pool is set to restart on regular basis, you will lose cached data.
Best Regards,
Zbysek Nemec.