Extremely slow speed on my site using codeignitor... is this normal?

[eluser]Slowcheetah[/eluser]
494 database queries for the frontpage? That's a lot.

If i look at the content of the page i think you don't need that many queries.

What are these queries for?

Code:

SELECT *
FROM (categories)
WHERE `parent_id` = '338'

p.s. if you don't want link to your site directly (because this is a public forum) you can use http://bit.ly, or any other link shortner.