Hello,

I'm using DNN 4.8.0, SQL Server 2005, on a W2k3 Std. R2 server, 1GB Lan and fiber connections (15/5) to the Internet. Regardless of whether I'm working on my development server or a site that's hosted, it seems like it takes a VERY long time for the default page to load. I timed it once and it was over 30 seconds to load. I have 3 images on the home page that are less than 75k in size for all 3. Other than that, I got about 3 paragraphs of text and the SolPart menu that comes standard with DNN.

Tha question is why does it take so long to load? What can I do to speed up the process? I go to other DNN sites and they seem to pop right up.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Ian,

It's either site. The one on my development server or the sites I have hosted. Obviously, just my traffic on the development server and not a lot of traffic on the hosted sites. 

Not sure what you mean about keeping the site alive. When I did HTML sites, the home pages cames up very quickly either on the dev server or the host servers.

Why does it take 25 to 30 seconds for a DNN site to come up?

Thanks in advance!!

In your application pool settings there is an option to tell IIS (Win 2003 is what my servers run) not to unload the pool if it's been inactive for 20 minutes (and the number can be changed as well).  I had that issue on my dev environment, and by changing the setting, was able to keep the app-pool loaded and active for whatever duration I chose.  In my dev environment it was highly useful, but I know it may not be an available option to change on your hosted sites (if you don't have access to the Internet Services Manager) -- hope this helps...