Days Out Guide
How an Umbraco Health Check Transformed Traffic for Britains Digital Guide
Deliverables:
• Umbraco Health Check •
Days Out Guide, part of National Rail, struggled with major performance issues on its Umbraco website, including slow load times and frequent outages, affecting user experience in peak traffic periods!
Cogworks conducted a thorough Umbraco Health Check and used the results to create intelligent implementations that would get the busy British guide back on track.
Why DOG Decided On A Health Check
DOG came to us with a list of website issues:
Slow Page Load Times: The website took up to 20 seconds to load, negatively affecting user experience and retention.
Frequent Site Outages: The site crashed, becoming unresponsive with as few as 50 users!
Inefficient Codebase: Poor coding standards and non-standard Umbraco practices led to performance dips.
High Infrastructure Costs: Inefficient code and high server load drove up hosting costs despite the limited traffic capacity.
Acting on Health Check Results
We ran our comprehensive Umbraco Health Check, revealing issues in the codebase and configurations creating performance dives.
Using the Health Check results, we patched up and propelled DOGs' website, one quick incremental fix at a time:
- Removing Redundant Code
- SQL Query Optimisation
- Installing Umbraco Packages
- CPU Load Reduction
- Continuous Monitoring and Testing
1000% Faster Page Load Times
Plus, business and user benefits
The results of the Umbraco Health Check and subsequent optimisations were transformative for Days Out Guide:
- 1000% Faster Page Load Times: The site's average page load time improved from 42.4 seconds to 813 milliseconds.
- Increased Traffic Capacity: The site can now support up to 5000 concurrent users, a vast improvement from the previous limit of 50 users.
- 50% Reduction in Hosting Costs: The optimised code and server configuration led to a 50% reduction in hosting expenses.
- Improved Security and Automated Deployments: We implemented robust Umbraco security protocols and automated deployment processes, ensuring future updates are both secure and efficient.
I appreciate the work you do for us; we've made good progress on the site, and it will only go onwards and upwards from here.
Pinar Yuge • Days Out Guide Digital Marketing Manager • Rail Delivery Group
Handling and Hosting Fit for the Future
By conducting a thorough Umbraco Health Check and implementing targeted UX optimisations, Cogworks helped Days Out Guide achieve a 1000% improvement in load times, increase user capacity by 100x, and reduce infrastructure costs by 50%.
These enhancements have enabled the site to deliver a seamless user experience while handling high-traffic volumes with ease.
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