Hotfix Part
3:
July 15, 2023
Image Thumbnails
I was able to make big changes to the performance of the website
by creating several scripts that resized images from the
entertainment section to very specific dimensions. Now anime have
the following sizes:
- Micro
- Preview
- Large
- Poster
- Extra Large
While searching for anime using the search feature, the live
results for example will display Micro-thumbnails. Likewise,
anything else that is about that size will display that. Poster is
currently the largest size however Extra Large will be made
available again by clicking on the anime or manga's poster. It will
also be made available within the Media subsection of the
title.
This was honestly the biggest improvement, even more important
than optimizing the database as I found out that the thumbnails
were not originally around 30kb each as expected but at LEAST
100kb! That means if there were 60 images on one page, it could
have easily rendered over 6mb of data per page! Yikes! Now, the
images are all properly sized, at least most of them. I will create
another script that does the same for characters and staff when the
time is right.
Database Optimization
I have further improved the database and database queries after
careful analyzing. It should be operating at least 600% faster
now.
Enhanced Security
I have improved security to the site by employing various
measures against malicious bots that would download everything
here. Other security improvements have been made which also doubles
for performance improvements.
