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Thread: slow loading page using Layout and Panels only

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Mark Lynch

post date:
2011-07-06 11:30:12
hi,

any ideas why this page (using flexi layout and flexi panels) is loading very very slow?

Am only using these two products with no high loading graphics?

http://www.tradesoeasy.net/n_tse_index.html

thanks
Mark
Andrei Rinciog [Extend Studio]

post date:
2011-07-07 05:21:20
Hello Mark,

The page loads pretty slow because the browser is not caching any of the images. The panels that use identical skin should use already loaded images from the previous panels, not download them again.

Plus, after the page has loaded once it should load instantly when you go back on it as the images should be cached. But because of a setting on your server no images are cached and the browser downloads all images all the time.

Check your server of any settings that might block the browsers from caching the images.

Regards,
Andrei Rinciog
Mark Lynch

post date:
2011-07-07 08:41:01
Hi Andrei

Yes, apparently my browser cache is working okay?

Even more strange, is that I have just put 1 panel on the page at:
http://www.tradesoeasy.net/n_tse_index.html

and the page is still loading very slow with just 1 panel?

Any thoughts or suggestions or anything you think I can try Andrei?

Thanks
Mark
Mark Lynch

post date:
2011-07-07 19:22:07
Hi,

Couldn't find the answer 'why', so will just use css layout, and put corners on the divs.

Not an ideal solution, as I like the idea of the css panels, but its just too slow - maybe improvements will happen in time, because its a superb extension, and the only decent one on the market at the moment.

Mark
Andrei Rinciog [Extend Studio]

post date:
2011-07-08 05:57:30
Hello Mark,

The pictures used in a Flexi CSS Panel are really small and it shouldn't take that long to load.

We will continue to work on CSS Panels as its one of our main extensions and we will try to optimize it as best as possible. However, I still think you should check the settings you have on your web server as it is not normal to take that long to load a couple of images.

Also, the images are reloaded each time you reload the page. They should be cached and the panel should load instantly after you refresh the page.

Regards,
Andrei Rinciog
Mark Lynch

post date:
2011-07-08 08:09:10
Thanks