what is blank.htm and do I have to keep it

pkpzt94 · Post by **pkpzt94** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:47 pm

I was told by a co worker that blank.htm would need to be kept on the root folder of the website that it would speed it up or something, is this true?

pkpzt94 · Post by **pkpzt94** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 9:11 pm

does any even know what I mean?

Post by **John** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 8:32 am

I have no idea. More details, please.

pkpzt94 · Post by **pkpzt94** » Mon Jun 09, 2003 2:30 am

Since using the menu, a co-worker was lead to believe through some reading here that putting an empty copy of blank.htm on the web root would speed the menu generation. Last month we recorded 288,000 hits to the file. We would like to delete it if it truely does not good but 288,000 hits says something is hitting it in the background. Does the menu use a blank.htm for anything and if so how do I get around using it? Thanks

Post by **John** » Mon Jun 09, 2003 4:19 pm

Andy will have to take that one. I've never heard of it and do not use it myself.

tipster · Post by **tipster** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 6:05 pm

Merge ?? Site loading slow because of blank.htm using TLS 1.0, RC4

pkpzt94 · Post by **pkpzt94** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 7:04 pm

mmenu.js - Line 426 says

if(ie55){ifBlnk="";if(location.protocol=="https:")ifBlnk="/blank.htm";mt="<IFRAME frameborder=0 id=if"+mnu+" src=\""+ifBlnk+"\" scroll=none style=\"FILTER:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(style=0,opacity=0);visibility:hidden;height:20;position:absolute;width:"+(menu[3]+ns6w)+"px;left:"+dmleft+"px;top:"+menu[1]+"px;z-index:5\"></iframe>"}

This is what I am referring to, is blank.htm required? What modifications can be made to alter this?

kevin3442 · Post by **kevin3442** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 12:47 am

Hi,

I believe that blank.html is used to prevent a security message when the site is viewed through https in ie55. If you aren't using https, then you don't need the blank.html file on your site (and, in fact, that file should only be accessed if https is the protocol in use, as implied by the if statement). The fact that you get hits on this page suggests to me that you are using https... so you probably need the file.

Kevin