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hey I resolved this issue–just tried one time to install again.

I found that optimal settings worked best. Adding CSS sprites or advanced options either caused problems or slowed down my site drastically for some reason. I shaved about 3 seconds off my pingdom load time vs. WP Total Cache.

Also, the Hybrid theme framework doesn’t play nicely with WP Total Cache. I can’t minify my CSS/JS without getting errors. For some reason, YSLOW says that I should gzip files that should already be Gzipped.

Hey thanks for the feedback on load time.

I have decent hosting, so I don’t think that’s the issue. I’ve reduced images in the css and added W3 Total Cache.

The Technorati Media ads that I recently added seem to have severely slowed my load time.

I tried the Webo plugin. It shaved my load time from Pingdom down from 9 seconds back to 7. Then it crashed and the interface doesn’t work anymore, so I had to disable it.

Without the Technorati Media ads, my site loads in about 5 seconds (Pingdom). Maybe I should drop them until I can find a way to speed up my site.

Yeah, don’t worry.

You can’t minify all JS/CSS. some just don’t work. When I switched to Hybrid framework, I found that most of my CSS/JS won’t minify without causing problems.

The only solution is to try adding each file individually and see if it causes problems. Leave out the JS/CSS that causes problems.

If you use Firefox/Firebug, and you see a question mark at the end of the JS, then you know it won’t minify.

Anyway, I’ve had similar problems and it didn’t resolve from switching software (WP minify, WP Super Cache, WP total Cache)–it doesn’t matter, so it’s not a software issue.

If you’re really set on minifying your CSS/JS, you’d have better luck to try changing themes.

I had some problems with WP Super Cache/minify. Not sure if it’s related to your problem, but some CSS and JS files can’t be minified without causing problems.

I switched to WP Total Cache which I prefer btw.

Ughh, I just tried to load your link. It still hasn’t loaded. You should contact your host. If you have cheap hosting, you might need to switch. Wow, it just loaded (20 seconds or so).

If you have Firefox, you should install Firebug/yslow. I checked your site and you have tons of DNS lookups:

* https://www.thinqbali.com
* s7.addthis.com
* maps.google.com
* maps.gstatic.com
* waudist.tynt.com
* widgets.amung.us
* https://www.google-analytics.com
* mt0.google.com
* mt1.google.com
* c.statcounter.com
* whos.amung.us
* https://www.prsearch.info
* ds.addthis.com

As well, you have an incredible number of CSS and javascript files (70 on your main page).

After the above good advice, you should install WP Total Cache as well. Search for it in the plugin listing. It’s worked well to speed up my site. Make sure you gzip and minify all of those javascript and CSS files that you have! Better yet, try to get rid of all that javascript which is definitely slowing down your site.

cpkid, I noticed that your Facebook fan/like widget loads last. How did you configure it to load last since it’s such a slow widget?

Not sure if it’s just me, but your client’s website loads pretty slow on my computer. You might want to try adding WP total cache or similar plugin. Other than that, the site looks great. I also use the hybrid framework, though I’m far from being able to write my own child theme.

Hey Shiva, I had similar problems until I figured it out. Here’s my site: Supplement Updates

You have to create a new page for the front page. You can call it whatever you want, but you have to use the “front page template” in the menu. Just create one and leave it blank and it solves a lot of problems.

I wonder if hybrid will be updating for the upcoming new version of WordPress.

Hey, there’s a forum for this theme. I would suggest visiting the free support forum if you’re having problems.

I used this theme for a month without any problems and it was my first wordpress install.

The Arras theme is easily the best theme available from Wordpresc.org. There were some bugs in the older versions, but the latest version (use Google to find the arras forum), works very well. It’s one of the few themes here with free support at their forum that’s actually useful. I used it for awhile before switching to the Hybrid framework.

yeah, I recently installed the Ultimate SEO plugin which has a 404 error log. Since I recently changed my permalink structure (big mistake), I’ve been monitoring it.

I get about 100 -200 “/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron” showing up as a 404 error (with my website domain preceding it) per day.

I’m not sure if this is spammers or if I’ve created a problem using the redirection plugin. Any way that I can find out?