Hi,
I've been using the menu for about a year now and I think it is great.
Except for one point: bandwith usage. Every visitor has to download about 40KB per page (29KB mmenudom.js, 5KB menu_data.js and 6KB for milonic_src.js). That isn't a problem for small site but my site has about 8.000 pageviews a day and then it is.
I don't use any shading or transition/fade effects, so it would be great to use some sort of stripped down light-version of the menu to save bandwith. Is there some way you can provide that? Or maybe you can tell me which code could safely be removed, so I can do it myself?
Thanks a lot in advance!
/edit: I'm sorry, wrong board.
Suggestion: Stripped down version
Re: Suggestion: Stripped down version
Hi Dan,
In any case, a lite version isn't a bad idea. I think Milonic has considered it, and I wouldn't be surprised to see one down teh road... but probably way down the road!
Cheers,
Kevin
Unless the visitor has disabled caching in his or her browser (fairly rare I would assume), the .js files will be cached when the first page is loaded. For the same visitor, subsequent pages should load the .js files from the cache. So really, for the majority of users, each visitor only downloads the .js files once; 40K per visit rather than per page. Shouldn't be much of a burden on bandwidth if you look at it that way.D@niel wrote:...I've been using the menu for about a year now and I think it is great. Except for one point: bandwith usage. Every visitor has to download about 40KB per page...
In any case, a lite version isn't a bad idea. I think Milonic has considered it, and I wouldn't be surprised to see one down teh road... but probably way down the road!
No biggie... someone'll move it./edit: I'm sorry, wrong board
Cheers,
Kevin
Are there any comments regarding a lite-version from the Milonic crew?
/edit: Or can I remove some code myself? I'd like to strip down the menu as much as possible but still keep it working. I don't need shading, fading etc.
/edit: Or can I remove some code myself? I'd like to strip down the menu as much as possible but still keep it working. I don't need shading, fading etc.
Last edited by D@niel on Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.
You just got one from a Team Member!D@niel wrote:Are there any comments regarding a lite-version from the Milonic crew?
Want one from another Team Member? Kevin is correct (as usual). While you cannot control what your visitors do with their browsers, I've found that most folks don't know the first thing about changing the options. Once the code files hit the cache that should be end of story.
As for messing with the code, you'll lose all support from this board or directly from Milonic. Do you go in and change the code for Word because there are program options you don't use, and then expect M$ to support you when there's a problem?
John