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#1 2007-04-18 04:16:16
- nardo
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- From: tuvalahiti
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Optimizing plugin-loaded JavaScript & CSS
Interested in how people deal with this issue…
You want to make use of plugins like smd_slimbox, jnm_audio, the flash video embedder, etc… multimedia & ajax kinda things too I guess… which add calls to js in the head… but you already have a bunch of stuff linked from the head (jss for menus, striped & sortable tables, etc – not to mention css files galore) and these facilities aren’t in use on every article, so they create unnecessary server calls for the majority of pages…
and the multimedia add-ons are not limited to a single section or category… (which could have its own page template)…
any experiences? suggestions?
(Edit: updated discussion topic. -Mary)
Last edited by Mary (2007-04-18 06:25:55)
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Re: Optimizing plugin-loaded JavaScript & CSS
I would figure out what JS pages could be strapped together into a larger page.
There’s really not much you could do about making less code. (unless you’re up for rewriting a whole lot)
But, you can make it so there’s that many fewer http page requests by making it one page.
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#3 2007-04-18 04:32:44
- nardo
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Re: Optimizing plugin-loaded JavaScript & CSS
I hear u Walker, a sensible suggestion! instead of thinking about it I should be learning a modicum of javascript – could you pretty much bung em all together with a copy and paste? could make updating more tricky… but depends on your particular application I guess
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#4 2007-04-18 04:34:19
- nardo
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Re: Optimizing plugin-loaded JavaScript & CSS
was thinking of using a custom field for ‘required apps’ – possible values being slimbox, audio, etc … parsed in the head on individual articles
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Re: Optimizing plugin-loaded JavaScript & CSS
Most style sheets and script files are cached by the browser at the first request, so excluding them from parts of a site would just defer the load request, but not inhibit it. Depending on your site’s structure and usage patterns, of course.
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Re: Optimizing plugin-loaded JavaScript & CSS
I would figure out what JS pages could be strapped together into a larger page.
You could bundle the javascripts together and minimize them using packer (or any other Javascript packing utility).
Or pack them individually ofcourse.
I hear u Walker, a sensible suggestion! instead of thinking about it I should be learning a modicum of javascript – could you pretty much bung em all together with a copy and paste?
If they are already packed it might create problems. Gotta try that someday =D.
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