Here are some innocent tips and tricks to get your website to load faster behind the scenes. Most of them are either simply good practice or tools to help you out along the way. If you have any more ways to speed up your site leave a comment at the bottom of the page.

1. Valid Code

Valid code means that browser doesn’t have to make, create and merge your code to make it work. A page with the correct DOCTYPE and structure will render quicker within the browser, it also helps with browser compatibility.

XHTML and HTML Validator – http://validator.w3.org/

CSS Validator – http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

These are just a hand-full of all the great addons available for the Firefox browser by Mozilla, whether it’s web development or social networking you’re interested in these have all helped me at one point.

Web Development

• 1. Colorzilla
  
  Colorzilla is a tiny addon which allows you hover over any web page and find the hex code of the colour. Extremely handy when you love a color on a different website.
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