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Testing and Publishing a Site 509
Checking download time and size
The size and estimated download time of the current page appear at the bottom of
the Document window. Dreamweaver calculates size based on the entire contents
of the page, including all linked objects such as images and plugins.
Dreamweaver estimates download time based on the connection speed entered in
Status Bar preferences. Actual download time varies depending on general
Internet conditions.
A good guideline to use when checking download times for a particular Web page
is the eight-second rule. That is, most users will not wait longer than eight seconds
for a page to load fully.
To set download time and size preferences:
1
Choose Edit > Preferences and then click Status Bar.
2
Choose a connection speed with which to calculate download time.
The average connection speed in the United States is 28.8. If you are designing
for an intranet, you may want to choose 1500 (T1 speed).
Using Reports to test a site
When testing your site, you can compile and generate reports for several HTML
attributes by using the Reports command. This command lets you check external
links, combinable nested font tags, missing Alt text, redundant nested tags,
removable empty tags, and untitled documents. You can test and troubleshoot
selected documents or an entire site for these HTML problems before you publish.
Once a report is compiled, you save it as an XML file and import it into an
existing template file. You can then import the template file into a database or
spreadsheet and print it, or display it on a Web site. You can also add different
report types to Dreamweaver through the Macromedia Dreamweaver Exchange
Web site.(See “Adding extensions to Dreamweaver” on page 93.)
To use the Reports command to work with the check in/check out system and
Design Notes, see “Using reports to improve workflow” on page 141.