determining the cumulative size for a page

How do you do it?

[neophyte]

Is there an easy way to determine the cumulative size for a specific web page (html, graphics, images, the whole shot)?

I use dreamweaver '04, but when I look at my individual files it only gives me the weight of the html, not the combined weight of images, graphics, etc that are linked to it.

ALSO I read somewhere that a good size to shoot for in the overall size of a page is like 20k. This was a long time ago that I read that, but would like to know from the readership here if this figure still holds true.

Neophyte

[keyplyr]

This gets close: [searchengineworld.com...] but can't factor in any external calls like stylesheets, scripts, etc.

As a rule, I keep my top (entry) pages under 40kb and try to have all others under 30kb. Makes for a nice browsing experience for the user and helps keep 'em on the site.

[neophyte]

Thanks keyplayr for the link. Unfortunately, it doesn't factor for css-set background images either. These I use alot in the sites that I build.

It's a good start however, and then I just can manually calculate the weight of bg images of each page to get a close estimate.

Thanks again.

[gstyles]

Hi try [websiteoptimization.com...]
this will give you the info you are looking for.

[esllou]

I sometimes just save page to desktop, highlight both html page and the folder of graphics and right click to see total size in "properties"

[choster]

I sometimes just save page

Ah, but have you ever viewed the source of a page you've saved to disk? There are numerous changes in paths, quoting standards, and the like that can affect the size. It's good for a rough guide, but not exact.

Q42 has a bookmarklet which unfortunately only works in IE, but gives you an item-by-item weight report plus the total. [q42.nl...]

[neophyte]

The Q42 bookmarklet is GREAT! Easy, accurate, and fast. I'm really surprised no one else has done this for Firefox.

Thanks for the link!