Intermittent Flash of Unstyled Content?

jmachacek · 2009-03-19 20:04:18

Hello,

I recently finished setting up a site using TextPattern. Everything works amazingly well, with one exception—-sometimes when switching pages (maybe one in 100 switches), I get a Flash of Unstyled Content for a split second.

I noticed this behavior on another site using TextPattern, although I can’t find the link to that site at the moment… it was a graphic designer’s web site.

I read that there are CSS issues when a site’s Production Status is set to ‘Testing’, so I set it to ‘Live’ but I still occasionally saw the FOUC. (I’m using Firefox 3.07)

Has anyone else seen this behavior? Has anyone figured out a workaround?

Thanks,
Jason

renobird · 2009-03-20 01:08:47

Are the stylesheets coming from the TXP styles tab or external stylesheets in the filesystem?
I always but my CSS files in the filesystem – and I’ve never had an issue.

kemie · 2009-03-20 09:10:36

i’ve also seen it happen when you load javascript before the css.

renobird · 2009-03-20 13:47:51

Good point Kemie,

That seems a likely culprit.

I usually keep the essential JS in the <head> – and then move everything else down to the bottom of the page – just before </body>

jmachacek · 2009-03-25 01:02:25

Thanks a lot for the helpful responses! Unfortunately I’m seeing it on pages that don’t have any Javascript, and the pages on which I do use Javascript have the Javascript in the <head> after the <txp:css format=“link” /> line.

Is moving the CSS out of Textpattern and onto the filesystem what most people do when using Textpattern? I guess it makes sense if the database query in css.php takes a while that you’d see unstyled content momentarily.

Thanks again,
Jason

gomedia · 2009-03-25 07:12:25

The use of @import in CSS can cause the unstyled content to be seen briefly as well.

colak · 2009-03-25 08:01:53

jmachacek wrote:

Is moving the CSS out of Textpattern and onto the filesystem what most people do when using Textpattern? I guess it makes sense if the database query in css.php takes a while that you’d see unstyled content momentarily.

Well, sometimes you can have your cake and eat it too:)

rvm_css allows you to maintain your css in the db but also saves it as a static file.

Last edited by colak (2009-03-25 08:02:36)

jmachacek · 2009-03-25 20:58:13

Thanks for all the feedback guys, and thanks colak for the plugin link. It looks like this should do the trick for me!

Jason

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Intermittent Flash of Unstyled Content?

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