large html files

[Norma Hass]

Does anyone have an opinion to offer -  

At the current time, is there a recommended optimum size or size limit for our html pages?

I recall being advised to keep pages under 24KB - but that was many years ago.

Currently, I'm working with a site that has several html pages that exceed 100KB, 200KB. 300KB, and even 400KB. Although my computer and my phone display these large pages without hesitation, I cannot help but wonder if I should take the time to divide these large pages. 

Thanks,

Norma

[Martha Graham]

Hi Norma,
Good Question.
I did a bit of noodling on some of my files and find only one that is what I would call huge. It is a page that has lots of Tables for Cemeteries and is 363.3 kb.
http://dakota.mngenweb.net/cemeteries.htm

Most of the rest of the ones I have are much less, running 25 kb to 100kb.
I use very little in the way of graphics, but I do use excel tables and those contribute a lot of code.

Recently I have been experimenting with taking screen shots of small tables and embedding them.

Martha

[Jt Harper]

I did a quick query on Google and found this:

Ideally, you want to keep your HTML DOM page size to around 100 kb or less, depending on your niche. Pages could be larger in some niches; in ecommerce, for example, it's not uncommon to see pages around 150kb-200kb, depending on how many product images are on the page.

As long as all images are optimized for web view vs printing use, you can also consider how many times you need to click the scroller on the right… 

Jeannette 

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[Conni McDaniel Hall]

An excellent online tool that I use for tables is Tablizer. I work in Excel and then copy the completed spreadsheet into Tablizer. It's easy peasy! You click on Tablize it! and then copy the code into the code side of your web editor.

https://tableizer.journalistopia.com/

It cuts out all of the garbage code that Excel uses. I try to keep my pages under 350kb.

Conni McDaniel Hall

IAGenWeb IPSC

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[State Coordinator TXGenWeb]

I created a table-maker in Excel and I have a sample of a four-column table online. I don't "Save As" HTML, I simply use the column structure to create my tables. Be sure to look at all four tabs.

http://www.txgenweb.org/volunteer/table-builder.xls

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[Norma Hass]

My thanks to those who responded. 

It is my impression that html size isn't a real issue for anyone now. 

That's wonderful news. 

Norma

[Timothy Stowell]

As of Nov 2019, 2% of the US population still uses dial-up for their Internet connection.  So for some folks large pages are still an issue.

Tim S.

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[Bill Walsh]

Page size is not the only metric. A a small page, *kb's, but with lots of graphics can be worse than a large page, *mb's, of text.

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