Thread: Reduce HTML File Size

Does anyone know if the size of an HTML file is based upon the number of rows or is it simply based upon the amount of data in the file? For instance, I am creating a very large file -- 7.5MB when fully processed -- which has tens of thousands of lines of code. It is essentially one very large table. The design is like so:

Code:

<table>
  <tr>
    <td></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  ....
  ....
</table>

If I changed my code to such:

Code:

<table><tr><td></td></tr><tr>......</table>

Would this reduce the size of the file?? Essentially, I am getting rid of whitespace by reducing the number of lines breaks in my file....

Yes, spaces and tabs add to the file size.

You can run a quick test yourself. Create a text document and add:

test test test test test

Right-click it and click properties. View the file size.

Then, remove the spaces, save it, and view the file size again. You'll notice there is a difference.