Lost with jargon

Hi guys.

I have been optimising my site as best I can.
My page speeds are pretty good, but you ALWAYS seem to get some sort of extra advice!

Anyways , ran a test and results are below:
Combine static CSS and JS files: 0/100 seems to be a problem.
Any advice on what I can do here?

[b][b][b]Details:
First Byte Time (back-end processing): 0/100

1824 ms First Byte Time
399 ms Target First Byte Time

Use persistent connections (keep alive): 100/100

GZIP encode all appropriate text assets: 100/100

342.2 KB total in compressible text, target size = 342.2 KB - potential savings = 0.0 KB

Compress Images: 86/100

251.2 KB total in images, target size = 218.2 KB - potential savings = 33.0 KB

FAILED - (41.3 KB, compressed = 17.4 KB - savings of 23.9 KB) - http://www.worldcookshare.com/images/chefcheer300.jpg
FAILED - (10.2 KB, compressed = 1.0 KB - savings of 9.1 KB) - http://www.worldcookshare.com/images/paperback.jpg?c=922

Leverage browser caching of static assets: 82/100

FAILED - (No max-age or expires) - http://www.google.com/pagead/drt/ui
FAILED - (No max-age or expires) - http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-9586368493176917&output=html&h=90&slotname=8184722950&w=728&lmt=1341425246&flash=11.3.300&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcookshare.com%2F&dt=1341428845988&bpp=22&shv=r20120627&jsv=r20110914&correlator=1341428846793&frm=20&adk=719060570&ga_vid=1754123347.1341428847&ga_sid=1341428847&ga_hid=2133789947&ga_fc=1&u_tz=60&u_his=2&u_java=1&u_h=768&u_w=1024&u_ah=740&u_aw=1024&u_cd=24&u_nplug=8&u_nmime=15&dff=trebuchet%20ms&dfs=14&adx=146&ady=0&biw=998&bih=634&oid=3&fu=0&ifi=1&dtd=1588&xpc=CbYCEWImUk&p=http%3A//www.worldcookshare.com
FAILED - (No max-age or expires) - https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/drt/si?p=CAA&ut=AFAKxlQAAAAAT_SX9W69lcJ4s8B_NPcwAlhxJWkjq6f9
FAILED - (No max-age or expires) - https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js
FAILED - (5.4 minutes) - http://connect.facebook.net/en_GB/all.js
FAILED - (7.3 minutes) - http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/drt/s?v=r20120211
WARNING - (60.0 minutes) - http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/osd.js
WARNING - (60.0 minutes) - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/css.php?request=application/themes/cooksharegreengrid/theme.css&c=922
WARNING - (60.0 minutes) - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/css.php?request=application%2Fthemes%2Fcooksharegreengrid%2Ftheme.css&c=922&pageStart=287597&pageEnd=302447
WARNING - (60.0 minutes) - http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js
WARNING - (12.0 hours) - http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js
WARNING - (24.0 hours) - http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/expansion_embed.js
WARNING - (24.0 hours) - http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/images/adchoices/icon.png
WARNING - (24.0 hours) - http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/images/adchoices/en.png

Combine static CSS and JS files: 0/100

FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Core/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/User/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/smoothbox/smoothbox4.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Activity/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Advancedactivity/externals/scripts/notification.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Communityad/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Seaocore/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Semods/externals/scripts/semods.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Sitelike/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/autocompleter/Observer.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/autocompleter/Autocompleter.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/autocompleter/Autocompleter.Local.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/autocompleter/Autocompleter.Request.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Seaocore/externals/scripts/seaomooscroll/SEAOMooVerticalScroll.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Seaocore/externals/scripts/tagger/tagger.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Seaocore/externals/scripts/lightbox/fixWidthLightBox.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Feedback/externals/scripts/core_feedbackbutton.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Facebookse/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/mootools/mootools-core-1.4.5-full-compat-yc.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/mootools/mootools-more-1.4.0.1-full-compat-yc.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/chootools/chootools.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/css.php?request=application/themes/cooksharegreengrid/theme.css&c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Sitelike/externals/styles/likesettings.css?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/css.php?request=application%2Fthemes%2Fcooksharegreengrid%2Ftheme.css&c=922&pageStart=287597&pageEnd=302447
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Seaocore/externals/styles/style_advanced_photolightbox.css?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Sitepage/externals/styles/style_sitepage.css?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Communityad/externals/styles/style.css?c=922
FAILED - http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20120627/r20120410/show_ads_impl.js
FAILED - http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js

Use a CDN for all static assets: 28/100

FAILED - https://ssl.gstatic.com/s2/oz/images/stars/po/Publisher/sprite4-a67f741843ffc4220554c34bd01bb0bb.png
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/css.php?request=application/themes/cooksharegreengrid/theme.css&c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Core/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/User/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/smoothbox/smoothbox4.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Activity/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Advancedactivity/externals/scripts/notification.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Communityad/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Seaocore/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Semods/externals/scripts/semods.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Sitelike/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/autocompleter/Observer.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Sitelike/externals/styles/likesettings.css?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/autocompleter/Autocompleter.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/autocompleter/Autocompleter.Local.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/autocompleter/Autocompleter.Request.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Seaocore/externals/scripts/seaomooscroll/SEAOMooVerticalScroll.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Seaocore/externals/scripts/tagger/tagger.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Seaocore/externals/scripts/lightbox/fixWidthLightBox.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Feedback/externals/scripts/core_feedbackbutton.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Facebookse/externals/scripts/core.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/css.php?request=application%2Fthemes%2Fcooksharegreengrid%2Ftheme.css&c=922&pageStart=287597&pageEnd=302447
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Core/externals/images/loading.gif
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Seaocore/externals/styles/style_advanced_photolightbox.css?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/images/paperback.jpg?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/images/chefcheer300.jpg
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/images/logo.png?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/images/spriteme1.png?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/images/homeheadback.png?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/images/accept.png?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Feedback/externals/images/feedback_button.png?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Sitepage/externals/styles/style_sitepage.css?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/application/modules/Communityad/externals/styles/style.css?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/favicon.ico
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/mootools/mootools-core-1.4.5-full-compat-yc.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/mootools/mootools-more-1.4.0.1-full-compat-yc.js?c=922
FAILED - http://www.worldcookshare.com/externals/chootools/chootools.js?c=922

CDN’s Used:
www.worldcookshare.com :
pagead2.googlesyndication.com : Google
www.google-analytics.com :
apis.google.com : Google
plusone.google.com : Google
googleads.g.doubleclick.net :
www.google.com :
connect.facebook.net : Akamai
static.ak.facebook.com :

Minify JS: N/A

Proper cookie usage: N/A

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If you have a link to the actual test results that would be very helpful (I find looking at waterfalls a lot more useful than checklists).

1.8 seconds for the server to respond is quite long. That is going to be a function of your app (on the server side) and your hosting.

21 separate javascript files in the top of the document is absolutely killing you (same goes for the css files but they aren’t quite as crazy). If yo can you should merge them into as few as possible and break them into two - one that needs to be loaded before the page content (preferably as small as possible) and one that can be loaded at the end of the body.