Make your forum's speed seem faster

[BoYagoob]

*Staff note: This has an effect in Microsoft Internet Explorer + Firefox*
(but still not tested on others).

Hi,

This is my second modification and I hope you like it. :)

What it does: It lets your members and your visitors feel that your site or forum is very fast when they access it. It is just like a trick only not really it does speed up your forum. ;)

Version of vB: It works with ALL versions: vB1, vB2, vB3.0.x, vB3.5.x, vB3.6.x, vB3.7.x, vB3.8.x, and any version in future. More than this, you can use it for any simple website. :smoke:

Time to install: ~ 1 sec.

How to install: There are no database changes, additional files, ... etc. But there is only one change in a template.

1. Open the HEADER template.

2. Place the following code at the top of the contents:

<meta http-equiv="Page-Exit" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />
<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />


Note: Otherwise, you can put it at the top of HEADINCLUDE template.

3. Save & Enjoy. ;)

More information: Click here (http://www.secretgeek.net/fajax.asp).

Please, if you want to use this modification, click INSTALL (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/vborg_miscactions.php?do=installhack&threadid=121315). :)

[Justdave]

It seems to work. Thanks!

[Robbed]

so what does this code do?

[BoYagoob]

You are welcome :)

so what does this code do?

Try to change the numbers in the code: (Duration=0), and you will see its effects. But I used numbers 0 to make it seems to be a fast loaded page. :)

[ImportPassion]

more info here.

http://www.secretgeek.net/fajax.asp

[BoYagoob]

Thanks alot for your addition, and I have just put that link in the first post. This also answers to Robbed's question. :)

[MGM]

Interesting... but you should probably note that it only works with Internet Explorer.

MGM out

[BoYagoob]

Oh, I really didn't note or tried that before since most of my members use IE. Thanks for your notation. :)

[CompuJonathan]

Very nice! That is much better on the eyes.

- Compu

[Zia]

what kind of change does it make?
kinda reduce waiting for something or what?

only on IE ,what abt firefox & opera?

[BoYagoob]

u r more than welcome .. :)

what kind of change does it make?
kinda reduce waiting for something or what?

only on IE ,what abt firefox & opera?

Please, check the above posts. :)

[Paul M]

BoYagoob, thank you for your contribution.

The title has been edited slightly as we felt it was slightly misleading. I have also added a note that this only works in IE.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Ok i just gave this a try on a board that has a lot of forums (500+) where the forumhome is loading kinda slow (5-10 seconds to fully load). In the top of the page there are 2 animated banner images.

I do understand that is only a visual trick and doesn't really speed things up.

How i tested?
- Applied the above change
- Did an initial pageload (i asume it doesn't make a difference on the first page load)
- Scrolled to the bottom of the page
- Did a page refresh

This was really a confusing ;) experience.
- To my feeling it took a bit longer until the cursor changed to the 'busy' icon.
- While still viewing the bottom of the page (where i ofcourse can not click anything, since the page is not really loaded yet), the 2 dynamic banner images where showing on top of the text in the bottom of the page.
- After the normal time it takes to load the page, the screen seems 'suddenly' to refresh, the 2 banner images that where blended over the bottom of the page disappeared, and normal control was returned.

Bottom line i think is that while it might give a better look on some forums, it might also be causing confusion on others. So use it with care.

If you have a relative fast loading page (from a human perspective, loading in less then 1-2 seconds), it might give the human eye the impression of faster loading. If the page takes longer, then it will probably be confusing.

[Snake]

Not bad... thanks!

[BoYagoob]

Dark Blade
Coder
u r welcome. :)


Paul M
Coding Team Leader
No problem at all :), it's your thread and feel free to add/remove/edit any thing to make it useful for everyone. I appreciate your efforts :).


Marco van Herwaarden
Lead Admin vBulletin.org Coding Team Admin
I am very happy to read your reply in my thread :), and as you may know I am a beginner in decoding for vB. Unfortuantly, I can only test this modification only in my own forum and my test forum. So, as you stated it depends in the forums:

Bottom line i think is that while it might give a better look on some forums, it might also be causing confusion on others. So use it with care.

Also, for sure, this is the fact:

If you have a relative fast loading page (from a human perspective, loading in less then 1-2 seconds), it might give the human eye the impression of faster loading. If the page takes longer, then it will probably be confusing.

Kind regadrs. :)

[TygerTyger]

Hm, curious. I can't quite put my finger on the overall effect, it's a little unusual. However my forum is quite fast loading and it does seem to make a bit of an illusional difference as Marco said so I'll see what people think. Or if they notice at all. :)

[bashy]

My forums are fast loading 'ish anyway, but since installing/adding this IE does appear to be quicker ;)
It appears to hold, then load the full page in 1 swoop...The hold is about 3 seconds
Please can you try to find a way for Firefox and other browsers?

I for 1 will keep this running thanks...

[Marco van Herwaarden]

There seems to be a way to do this with other browsers, but that would require a JS-script. Look at the explanation link posted on the first page. On that page you will find a second link explaining how to do such a thing for other browser, but it is way more complicated.

[NokStar]

Hay this has any effect on search engine listing or bots reading the forum?
I mean bots will mess up reading this code, rank low etc..?

[BoYagoob]

mmmm I am not sure if I understand your question well, but see if the HEADER template is used in any pages, so the effect will be happened in these pages. :)

[SwDreams]

thanks for that but i don't think that it's Work

[MGM]

Hay this has any effect on search engine listing or bots reading the forum?
I mean bots will mess up reading this code, rank low etc..?
I dont think it will. Bots generally avoid Javascript and CSS and stuff like that, they only (for the most part) cover text and links. This doesnt affect either, and since a bot cant submit anything via forms, then it wont even see the effect at all.

MGM out

[AHMUDEM]

thanks BoYagoob

[bklynjava]

Thank you but where would it go.

At the very top like this?


<META http-equiv=Page-Exit content=BlendTrans(Duration=0)>
<META http-equiv=Page-Enter content=BlendTrans(Duration=0)>
<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
<td align="$stylevar[right]">
&nbsp;
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- /logo -->

<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open

$_phpinclude_output

[BoYagoob]

u r more than welcome guys :)


Thank you but where would it go.

At the very top like this?


<META http-equiv=Page-Exit content=BlendTrans(Duration=0)>
<META http-equiv=Page-Enter content=BlendTrans(Duration=0)>
<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
<td align="$stylevar[right]">
&nbsp;
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- /logo -->

<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open

$_phpinclude_output

Yes, it is ok like this .. :)

[Gsmmind]

it will work with all versions?.. ..... i have last 3.5.4..

[BoYagoob]

it will work with all versions?.. ..... i have last 3.5.4..

Yes, sure. It works not only in all versions of vBulletin software, but also any other forums or simple sites. :)

[abosaleh]

thanks a lot BoYagoob

[Chris Blount]

I tried it and I'm not sure I like it. If there is something on the new page that is loading slow, it holds up the entire page change until everything is done. In my case, it actually slows things down at times. At least with the old way, you can view parts of the new page while waiting for the rest to load.

Also, while waiting for the a long page transition, it gives the appearance that I.E. has locked up.

[BoYagoob]

u r welcome abosaleh :)

Chris Blount .. no problem .. but actually it depends on your server ..
if your server is slow .. of course it will be slow .. if not .. it will seem very fast .. :)

regards ...

[Chris Blount]

u r welcome abosaleh :)

Chris Blount .. no problem .. but actually it depends on your server ..
if your server is slow .. of course it will be slow .. if not .. it will seem very fast .. :)

regards ...BTW, don't get me wrong. I wasn't really trying to come down hard on the mod. Just some observations. It really is a nice mod as long as you have a speedy connection. Very well done!

[BoYagoob]

No no sir, I didn't get you wrong :)
u r welcome @ any time, friend :)

[Shazz]

so i cleared my cookies, went on to my site
I can't tell a change... maybe its just my internet :rolleyes:
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[BoYagoob]

so i cleared my cookies, went on to my site
I can't tell a change... maybe its just my internet :rolleyes:
Change the numbers in: (Duration=0) "such as 1" and you will see the change .. :)

[upsetter]

Thank you; it works for me... :)

[BoYagoob]

So, click on "Install" :P

Thanks :)

[tony76]

Seems to work for me. maybe illusion?lol

[ayaam]

hi . thanks , it is work 100%

note: must be in [headinclude] not in HEADER

[BoYagoob]

u r more than welcome .. :)

I didn't tried in [headinclude]. If it worked, it will be fine too .. :)

[movielist]

I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.6 and it seems to be working in that too.

[ArabSQuad]

Thanks alot bro :)

shokran ;)

[Dunc]

Thanks for this great addon (or whatever you'd call it).

I would say it's better for smaller sites because, as has been said, it delays it until everything loads. Fortunately my site is not very big so it creates a good effect. However I wouldn't suggest this being used on larger sites because, as has been said, it delays everything.

Thanks again.

[BoYagoob]

movielist .. Thanks a lot for this info, really good news .. :)

ArabSQuad .. u r more than welcome bro. :)

Dunc .. thanks a lot Dunc for your opinion .. hmmm .. but even though .. some big forums are big .. but still they can be accessed very fast .. which depends on the server itself .. and thanks again .. :)

[BoYagoob]

The thread is updated, so this modification is working now on Firefox 1.5.0.6.

Thanks a lot to movielist who provided us with this info. [here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1050089&postcount=40)]. :)

[dutchbb]

To be honest I didn't see a difference in IE or Moz.

[dutchbb]

Oh the back button seems faster I think.

[BoYagoob]

Sounds good .. :)

Moreover, check that post: [here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1046954&postcount=34)].

[Phooey]

Sweet.

/install

[BoYagoob]

u r more than welcome .. :)

[AboutMyHost]

Hello

It's really fast

tahnsk

[Shazz]

Forums it seems fine..
But on the myspace thing in member profile and the gallery etc.. it slow as ever :(

[GamBun]

To be honest I did not see a difference. I have IE & I also have a high speed connection, so my page has always loaded fast anyway. Maybe it loads faster for dial-up?

[Erwin]

You should add the code at the top of the headinclude template, not header. Plus it makes my site seem slower to me - basically makes everything load in the background before displaying the page. :)

[BoYagoob]

AboutMyHost u r more than welcome :)

Shazz & GamEscape try this post, [here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1046954&postcount=34)]. You may see the differences.

Erwin but it works fine if it is in the header. :) I will update the thread now to use either. If your forum becomes slow, so the problem is in your server 100%.

[slayer666vb]

Thanx for this it was so nice to try it

Keep on it man

[rossco_2005]

It does add a nice effect to small pages but for slow/large sites and slow connections it gets to be really annoying and kind of confusing i've found (IE won't show the busy cursor :S).

Good intentions though and I still think I could use the effect for other sites or experiments I do. :)

[Kihon Kata]

OMG, this is in close running with Firefox with fasterfox installed!!! WOW, what a difference with IE!

[bairy]

As others have said <meta> tags are supposed to be in headinclude or you may confuse non standard browsers. It will work in the header but it's not the place it should be.

Didn't notice a difference in firefox but it does a good job in IE. Changing the 0 to 0.2 for the duration provides a kinda neat fade effect (which is done by the client's browser btw, so no extra server resources are used)

[harbi]

Thank you

[ehsanix]

thanks yaghoob

[tazB.ca]

Whoa that made a huge difference thank you so much!

[BoYagoob]

u r more than welcome friends :)

[ductv]

great, my forum seem faster than ever :D

[BoYagoob]

sounds good .. & u r welcome .. :)

and if you used it, please kindly click on: INSTALL (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/vborg_miscactions.php?do=installhack&threadid=121315).

[rezapci]

thanks so much..................

[teenhut]

Thanks a lot!
I was facing troubles by slow page loads which actually got noticed.

I see now that the trick really works.
False show off, but something that anyone wants!

THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUU

[alraqee]

Rooooooooo7 bo ya3goob

thanks for the mod ... it looks fine with me ...

[BoYagoob]

u r more than welcome .. :)

[incurable]

gosh it works !!! thank u !!

[Borgs8472]

is there a demo site/page somewhere I can look at?

[Scormen]

Nice!

I hope it will soon work also in all versions of FF!

Kris

[BoYagoob]

u r welcome .. :)

[Orcun]

If you have icons like toplist icons or hit checking icons, IE waits for them. Although It helps us to view smoothly, It makes the pages load slower because of waiting for getting the whole images.

[Steve123]

sounds intresting but alot of my members have dialup which i don't think its going to be any good for them?

[Claire1924]

Seems to work fine for me. Even included it on our Portal Page.
Thanks.
Install clicked.

[Dream]

interesting

seems to work with Firefox 2.0 too

[Sonic625]

sounds intresting but alot of my members have dialup which i don't think its going to be any good for them?

I was thinking the same thing, if it delays the page until everything is loaded dial-up users would have a blank page for awhile.

[SparKeh]

I've had this installed for sometime now but I'm not sure I notice the difference..

[jerrygad]

very nice indeed. Thanks for sharing it.
*Installed!* :)

[coffee]

Thanks for sharing!

الآن يحق لنا تسميتك: أبو الحيل هههه

[Ketro]

Very noticeable. *installed*.

[s0b]

the code isnt w3c compatible, to do it compatible:

<meta http-equiv="Page-Exit" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />
<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />

[beduino]

A newbbie question...
I make a 'fade' effect using replacement variable manager, changing
<head>
for
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="blendTrans(Duration=0.3)" />

I make this cause i use ipb too and Michael share this tip in this tutorial (http://www.invisionmodding.com/forums/index.php?tutorial=20)
obviously i can change the setting to zero...
is the same ? or this way in the thread is better?
all my best
beduino

[Shazz]

A newbbie question...
I make a 'fade' effect using replacement variable manager, changing
<head>
for
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="blendTrans(Duration=0.3)" />

I make this cause i use ipb too and Michael share this tip in this tutorial (http://www.invisionmodding.com/forums/index.php?tutorial=20)
obviously i can change the setting to zero...
is the same ? or this way in the thread is better?
all my best
beduino

Try Zikis page fade

[beduino]

Tks Shazz,
is in this (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=133114) hack?
All the best
Beduino

[Shazz]

Tks Shazz,
is in this (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=133114) hack?
All the best
Beduino

Yup you got it ;)

[BoYagoob]

Thanks a million guys for your replys ..

:):)

[ezekiel97]

Thanks man! This turned out to help alot!

[Shazz]

Seemed like it slowed down :confused: since it has a extra pair of codes to run

[arena]

thank you

[ahmednadir]

I tried it
are you sure it does'nt speed up? lol

thanks bro.....[installed]

[anywares]

Running on Firefox 2.0.0.1 and works like a charm. installed :)

[PET]

omg. This is sooo funny and very nice indeed. It has that AJAX efect when you do stuff in the pages. It seems it dosn't refresh the page, like hiding the logo, the loading it out, etc.

[Shazz]

Ajax effect? :|

[dagger77]

Great

[mcqwert]

I installed it, didn't notice a difference at all.

Strange.

[yuu911]

thanks :)

[WAHMama]

I really like it...thanks :)

[Shazz]

I really like it...thanks :)

How when it dosen't do anything :|

[WAHMama]

Sometimes seeing is believing and my members like that the board appears to be faster. Whether or not it truly loads faster doesn't matter as long as my members are happy!

[legion!]

Ill advise people not to use this hack...in the long run it slows ur forum speed down

[titorevolu]

works great

[PapaSmurf]

Thanks, works great.

Installed.

[Shazz]

Ill advise people not to use this hack...in the long run it slows ur forum speed down

Seems like it.

[JeffreySmith]

Seems to work, well worth the 2 seconds it took to install.

[shlomot]

You are both installed and nominated.

I wish life could be as easy and flawless as your amazing trick.

[peterpigman]

It does seem to help.

[giovannicosta]

Fantastic, big difference!

[A58676333470]

awesome! thx

[baghdad4ever]

i will try it

[kevcj]

Thank you, it does make the page load faster when using the back button. I put the code in the headinclude template.

----UPDATE----

My users really like the looks of this mod - thank you!!!

[chen214]

Thanks a lot!

[legion!]

i suggest using the headinclude template i used it in the header and it actually made the forums go slower

[shlomot]

i suggest using the headinclude template i used it in the header and it actually made the forums go slower
I tested your recommendation just now and it improves performance indeed. Thanks.

[Fungsten]

It does seem faster!

[Nutz]

I’m using this with the following condition:

<if condition="is_browser('ie')">
<meta http-equiv=Page-Exit content=BlendTrans(Duration=0) />
<meta http-equiv=Page-Enter content=BlendTrans(Duration=0) />
</if>


Allows you to keep the page valid html / xhtml… and saves other browsers from reading them two lines :P

Thanks,
Mat

[shlomot]

I?m using this with the following condition:
<if condition="is_browser('ie')">
<meta http-equiv=Page-Exit content=BlendTrans(Duration=0) />
<meta http-equiv=Page-Enter content=BlendTrans(Duration=0) />
</if>
Allows you to keep the page valid html / xhtml? and saves other browsers from reading them two lines
Thanks Mat for this innovative thought.

[ammoskumar]

Kool thanks a lot.......working awasomeeeeee:D:D

[arena]

Thank for opera firefox?

[Shazz]

Can you honestly tell its fast?
Or do you just assume that

[Nutz]

Can you honestly tell its fast?
Or do you just assume that

You can tell the effect it has on IE, yes.

Thanks,
Mat.

[Shazz]

You can tell the effect it has on IE, yes.

Thanks,
Mat.

I did 2 video tutorials on 2 blank vB test sites, One was my friends and one was mine.
Both loaded the same with and without the code.
But I guess if it seems faster to you guys that works too..

[Nutz]

Its not the ‘loading time’ it’s the fact that it eliminates the flickering… its been said many times in this thread…

[Gazer]

Installed thanks

Gazer

[713JunctionP]

dude, this actually works. holy crap.

I'm too lazy to look it up, but what is this code ACTUALLY doing to my forums to make it load faster and why wouldn't it load fast anyway BEFORE I added this code to my header template?

[iVox]

I've followed this thread and wish to add some technical input and insight into what's going on, and how to implement it most easily into vB.

In the HEADINCLUDE template at the bottom or top include this single line:



<meta content="BlendTrans(Duration=0.01)" http-equiv="Page-Exit" />




This is all you need, and it also follows a format all modern browsers can understand including XHTML DTD specifications which all the good templates utilize you can download here. I've successfully tested it on MSIE, Opera, Netscape and Firefox, latest release versions of each as of this writing.

Folks, that's all you need to do, and this is web developer trick that's been around for while, much like GZIP compression has been.

Technically speaking, as the article linked earlier in this thread explained, on page refreshes, i.e. form submissions and other redirects, this command helps the browser reduce screen flicker and can be exploited for fade effects as well. The value I'm using is the best universal value (after many others have tried this or that) and you just set it and forget it.

You only need the exit argument because flicker issues only occur on redirects or refreshes on the page that is displayed following the task. The other argument is necessary only if you're intentionally fading or other cosmetic effects to exploit this ability.

The references people have been making about AJAX and FAJAX is easy enough to explain. AJAX is code use to display dynamic content "in place" so as to avoid screen refresh and might even call scripts that run server side fetching content from a database. To the user, the screen just dynamically changes, i.e. tables moving around, Netflix like informational dialogs displaying on top of content, or Google customized home page where you can drag/drop content as you build the page.

FAJAX is a term developers use to describe the AJAX effect of dynamic content updating, without actually using AJAX code. It's faking it, hence the term FAJAX.

In truth this meta command is one of those many W3C header tags that are not intended to be universally supported but exist for developers of browsers and plugins who want to utilize such features to manipulate the browser's abilities.

Due to the fact it's technically unsupported, you might see this ability lost in future browser implementations and it might even corrupt wireless or other future Internet technologies if the DTD doesn't specify this command. Some programmer out there might not be smart enough to ignore it or exploit it.

But for most of us, it works great and such issues are not a concern. Enjoy.

-jim

[thenewuser]

lol... nice ;)

[0tolerance]

I found this increased my page load time.
but nifty trick you discovered.

[nokturno]

Installed thanks

[SCORPION1]

seem to work quite well thanks bud nice work

[m2006]

thanks you working

[crohh@cker]

thanks!

[lazytown]

I tried this out on firefox 2 and ie7 (vista).
"<meta content="BlendTrans(Duration=0.01)" http-equiv="Page-Exit" />" in the headinclude (which is the same as this mod).

Firefox 2 seems to have already implemented this type of technology into the browser, so I couldn't see a difference. Firefox 2 is noticeably smoother and faster than IE7 right out of the box.

There was indeed a difference in ie7. However, I did not like it (some may). It does eliminate the redrawing of the entire page (as far as you can see), but it actually takes longer to provide feedback to the user that something is loading. Essentially the whole page has to load first, then it switches to it (like double buffering). It's a nice effect, but in reality the page seems to take longer to load with ie7/vista (this is with a core2duo powerful computer). Without it, elements on the page begin to reload immediately. With it, the entire page redraws at once after a delay (end completion result is the same, but I think users prefer to see feedback when they click a link).

-vissa

[Munzo]

It does not work on my copy of firefox.. (2.0.0.7)

[Shazz]

652 installs currently with 2 lines of coding
excellentay!

[thunder_sti]

Clicked Installed. Thanks.

[SSG.D]

Fantastic Works great ! And thank you so much.

[SBoards]

Installed... and working great on my site.

Thanks!

[Roughnek29]

works for me on IE and AOL, Thanks, Love It

[asforum]

Thnka, work fine with me, nice mod.

[abg]

this ms-invented meta tags DON'T work in firefox, nor in any other browser, except for microsoft internet explorer. anyone who claims it works in firefox 1 and firefox 2 doesn't understand what this mod is about.

[mri_mohammad]

work thanks

installed

[expatdirectory]

Awesome, Thankyou.

clicked Install

[vitrag24]

does this really work?
i don't realize any differences.

[vitrag24]

hey..it's crashing IE
i'm using IE& in windows vista after adding this code IE showing IE crash detection tool and restarts then..

someone check it in vista/IE7

[Mrdby]

Hmmmmmm

[omar almukhtar]

thank you but it effects the browsing for me .

[plebebo]

I can't see a difference but that is because I use Firefox and cant seem to find IE to test it. But I have it installed for my members who use IE. Thanks Alot! ::::installed:::

[TrioxX]

Ive done it, before i saw this thread ;) But great work :)

[UltraFanatics]

My forums are fast loading 'ish anyway, but since installing/adding this IE does appear to be quicker ;)
It appears to hold, then load the full page in 1 swoop...The hold is about 3 seconds
Please can you try to find a way for Firefox and other browsers?

I for 1 will keep this running thanks...

Agreed with this!

Thanks for this sweet easy mod :)

[R0B74]

Looks good.

[yuriy]

Doesnt work on FF 2.x

[Shazz]

50% of people say it will work other 50% say they won't.

[Forumdayim.Net]

Hack works.

installed , thanks :)

[alessai2]

if it doesnt work , try puttin the values instead of 0 to 0.2
it a page transition effect , works for me , but im not using it on my forum , im using it on my installation of a script

[softvnzla]

wow yes speed!! thanks

"Click Installed"

[alqloob alsahya]

thank"S nice joop

[rgvtruck]

Works on my firefox, thanks!

[Stefano Virgill]

Very nice! :up:
By the way, it works on Opera as well.

Cheers

Steve

[viper007]

thank u

[Direct Vision]

wwwwwooooooo it's really faster i have FF and IE and working good on both.....

thanks alot

[Declan127]

My Forum certainly seems faster, thank you very much.
Will click installed now.
:)

[jewropa]

I have a problem, after i installed this hack my VIEW counter of the posts doesnt work, and after i deleted the hack from my HEADER it has no effeckt and doen`t turn back

[CLF]

INSTALLED!!!

Hahaha!!! GREAT!! Thank you! :D

[jewropa]

And now the second problem, -_-

Google Can not download my sitemap!

Please Help! How to undo and delete it complete from my system?

[CLF]

INSTALLED!!!

Hahaha!!! GREAT!! Thank you! :D

After few days I realized that this actually slowed down the whole thing for some reason. Had to remove it. :(

[Allnick]

I'm reserving judgement.....

Navigating across the navbar seems quicker, because the banner remains constant whilst the next page is loading...then the content changes. Gives a much smoother effect.

Clicking on a thread within a forum seems slower...waiting for the whole page to load before anything happens gives the impression of slowness, where as before you waited (but viewed) the page loading.

That said, my members haven't complained after the first 24 hours of installing.

[WFZ]

Awesome!

Installed!:D

[Boofo]

Will this still work in the headinclude template? It gives off validation errors in the header template like mad.

[webgeek247]

yaghoob, for the meta tag to be xhtml compliant you need to change this:

<META http-equiv=Page-Exit content=BlendTrans(Duration=0)>
<META http-equiv=Page-Enter content=BlendTrans(Duration=0)>


to this:

<meta http-equiv="Page-Exit" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />
<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />

The effect is very good. I like it. **Installed** :D

[DISLEX]

I just tried this out on 3.6.8. I am using FireFox and it seems to have made a HUGE difference! I love it. Thank you.

[bigevil]

I searched through some older posts, but couldnt find if anyone has tried this on 3.7 RC's.

Does anyone know if this trick still works for 3.7?

[Jase2]

I tested on 3.7 RC 3 and it does seem to work -- not keeping it though, due to the validation errors -- as Boofo mentioned.

[Boofo]

I tested on 3.7 RC 3 and it does seem to work -- not keeping it though, due to the validation errors -- as Boofo mentioned.

I also uninstalled it as there seems to be no support on getting questions answered with this.

[bugriders]

I tried it with 3.6.4 and I don't notice speed improvement of my forum. So I unistalled it.

[Sworm]

Can cause problems this mod?

[woodcreeker]

Anyone having problems, try this in your Header template at the top, the 0 was there, and you were suppose to try numbers larger than zero. I know this post will get lost in this thread, but this works really slick. This is an old webmasters trick! Old, but still effective!

<META http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="blendTrans(Duration=0.2)">
<META http-equiv="Page-Exit" content="blendTrans(Duration=0.2)">


My first and last post in this thread. Sorry, I cannot keep repeating myself.

Oh, by the way, I am still running vB 3.6.8, which the coder posted this for.

Enjoy!

[Boofo]

If you use it in the header, you get validation errors. I uninstalled it due to that reason.

[woodcreeker]

I think it is a vB 3.7 thing, works great for 3.6.8 and probably all 3.6.x

(I know, second post in this thread...:rolleyes:)

I hear ya, big guy!!

Here's a link where I seen it first http://www.secretgeek.net/fajax.asp

[Boofo]

You will get validation errors in 3.6.x also if you have it in the header template.

[woodcreeker]

Okay the string does cause validation errors. (I checked an XHTML Markup Validator)

All those errors are refering to is "...this error can create cascading effects" This is more of a warning than a real error, I firmly believe that, but it could cause parsing errors for just a few, but most can safely run this on their forums with no ill effects.

I know you guys are pure coders, and that is awesome. (I wish I had the time, been programming my whole life, off and on, about 30 yrs). I interpret that error "flag" as a warning, and this may be the actual nature of how this hack works. I actually forgot about it for a couple of years!

Ol' Wise One, like I said above, Boofo (and I am acknowledging you, too, Jase2 and djpassion) I still do hear you guys!! You guys deserve a lot of respect. There is so much wrong in a lot of the code we work with in the first place when it comes to XHTML, it takes numerous hours to hunt it all down and fix all of it.

If anyone on my forums complains, I will just pull it back out. I doubt it, but I only make small changes here and there, so I can easily go back and fix any problems that crop up. For now, I am leaving it in, and I am sure it will work fine. Takes just a second to pull it out, anyway.

My final code on this hack to eliminate most (if not all) XHTML validation errors.

<meta http-equiv="page-enter" content="blendTrans(Duration=0.2)"/>
<meta http-equiv="page-exit" content="blendTrans(Duration=0.2)"/>

Some Validators may simply warn you about these statements, and not give you true errors. I am not going to go through a bunch of those code debuggers, anyway, to get to the heart of the problem, if there is one.

Boofo, I wasted an hour screwing around (LOL) and I didn't really want to on this, but that is okay. Sometimes I like to putz around. I actually found a couple of errors I forgot to double-check !

Hang In There, Good Luck and Stay Cool Guys !! :)

[Boofo]

If you add that code to the headinclude templates, the validation errors are gone.

[nando99]

installed woodcreeker's code in the headinclude template and it works great! thanks

[mariocaz]

Is this works in 3.7 GOLD ? why yo didn´t release there ?

[mariocaz]

Installed and works awesome in 3.7 GOLD, thank you so much.

Release it in 3.7 !!!

[PHILIPS-08]

thanx man good job let me try

[wanaasa.com]

thanks

[Goomzee]

thankx man i will try it on

[ShiZoPhreN]

Thanx :)

[Golzarion]

Of course it is not xhtml valid !

[Shazz]

Of course it is not xhtml valid !

Kinda funny how its only 2 lines that do that.. :erm:

[TimberFloorAu]

Weird but seems to work...

Reminds me of years ago, when we had to keep pages under 30k, we used to load images into cache.

Must be a caching kinda thingymajig :)


Changed speed from 0.2 to 0 Seems to work better. Less blend

[webmastersitesi]

good share thanks

[Bombowiec89]

It should be called "make your forum's speed seem slower"

Me dont working.
As installed at some time receive the error "blank page"

Regards.

[lms]

work fine.

Thanks.

Trabaja muy bien.

Gracias.

Salud2

[madmax1228]

installed

[Artes_Marciales]

Thanks!!

[Markos]

thanks nice work

[ahmedzbeda]

Thank you very much !..

but it changed nothing to my forum .. i think because it is already fast ..

( but hoped that it will be more .. )

[diettalk]

the code in the txt file is different than what's listed above... txt file seemed to slow down my forum, but what's listed above seemed to draw the forum a bit quicker.

[mastertek2000]

thanks works great

[abuahad]

thank you

[Masiello]

This mod make 19 errors in the template and waste the W3C Validation hehe...

[ravi_9793]

If you add that code to the headinclude templates, the validation errors are gone.

Does it work for headinclude template???

[Hitterman]

This trick i knew from last year. I used this for my 3.6 vBulletin.

[HemoOo Nana]

Thanks

[Arie]

Check your site with IE8: It'll break your site!

Granted, IE8 is only in B2 right now...

[Hostboard]

Check your site with IE8: It'll break your site!

Granted, IE8 is only in B2 right now...

I use IE8 with Vista on my laptop and it does not break any VB site I have yet to visit nor my own with this mod installed.

[arauf]

BoYagoob you are my Hero. ;)

[acquiesce]

Works like a charm, and has a nice (albeit fake!) impression of speed!

[munnakv]

Installed. But did not see any marked change in loading. Thanks though.

[Loki12]

Works for me on Google Chrome. Thanks :)

[brhoom]

Thanks

[TheLastSuperman]

Thanks! Big improvement lol and in IE & FF as you noted :D

[Hornbone]

very well done!

[johnxarce]

too many positive comments i want to install this now thanks

[damlost]

yes this does work but at the end of the code you will see 0.2 i changed that to 00.9 and disabled ajax its alot faster

[phreebsd]

This works in Safari as well.
THey support the microsoft function BlendTrans.

Will report for Opera later on.

[Shaliza]

Haha fastest mod ever. It works like a charm.

[SCuN]

GREAT Mod!!! Thanks

[merkaz]

Nice ...

[powersilie]

Installed!

Thank you for that little mod. It works great!

Karin

[shinng]

using firefox, but can't tell the diff yet since my forum isn't in launch mode yet. installed.

[GCSkye]

Works for me on Google Chrome. Thanks :)

Really? Doesn't seem to work for me. Doesn't work for firefox either. It does how ever work in IE 7 (haven't tested any other versions). All this mod does is stop it from showing the site is loading.

Http://evercube.net/forum

Can test on IE to see what it does, I don't think it works for any other browser.

Thanks for sharing this, marked as installed.

[cspears22]

Pretty Cool! Thanks!

I just wished it worked with Firefox :(. Either way, my IE users will notice :D.

[khadda]

Do you put this


<META http-equiv=Page-Exit content=BlendTrans(Duration=0)>
<META http-equiv=Page-Enter content=BlendTrans(Duration=0)>


Or this

<meta http-equiv="Page-Exit" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />
<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />


Because the following code

In the annex, which is different from that of the subject
Thanks

[cjwinternet]

Pointless.

[DNG]

nice,,

[exxxir]

thanks man,
i clicked insatall

[Canadians360]

From what I am reading this holds off the screen transition untill all information on the loading location is loaded? My forums involve several threads that have high picture count and most are oversized and need to run through my image resizer. Does this mean that my page won't load untill the pictures do?

Since this is what I'm getting is their a way to make this forum specific?

Ill most likely try this out either way though. Interesting idea.

[SevgimBoard]

thank you

[Charji]

Many thanks

[newsoftw]

is this working with vb 4.0.6 or not ?

please any body can ell me about this mod means is it right for vb 4.0.6

thanks

[BirdOPrey5]

is this working with vb 4.0.6 or not ?

please any body can ell me about this mod means is it right for vb 4.0.6


thanks

It should 'work' for any version, just try it and decide if you like it or not... it seems to be bit of an acquired taste.

[thecorvettekid]

Just installed on vBulletin 3.8.6 Patch Level 1. Works beautifully! Thanks.

[nidal kadour]

<font color="Red">thanks BoYagoob</font>

[weindians]

thanx man... it works.. even if its a trick effectively pages are flowing fast...

[jacky88]

this tricks is very usefull, make your forum speed faster love this mods installed

[leomartins]

pretty good!!

thanks!

[too_cool_3]

I tried this on vB 4.1.10 and it does not do anything if you put it in the header template you must put it in headinclude template in order for it to work.

It makes it look like your pages are fading in and out, instead of a quick flicker.

[mahmo0od]

thank u friend
i will try

[Hawkmaster]

Anyone tested this in Chrome?:)

[Xp.Warrior]

Any One Tell To Me This Code
<meta http-equiv="Page-Exit" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />
<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />

Adding In Top Of All Coding In Header Templete ?
Like This
<meta http-equiv="Page-Exit" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />
<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)"/>
<table id="container" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td>
<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<div style="padding-left: 25px; padding-right: 25px; height: 32px;">
<table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td><a href="/index.php"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/home.png" border="0" alt="Home" /></a></td>
<td><a href="/forum/index.php"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/forums.png" border="0" alt="Forums" /></a></td>
<td width="100%" align="right">
<if condition="$show['member']">
<strong><script type="text/javascript"> document.write('Time: ' + getClockTime()); </script></strong>
<else />
&nbsp;
</if>
</td>

<if condition="$show['member']">
<td><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cp.png" border="0" alt="User CP" /></a></td>
<td>
<a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]')">
<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/logout.png" border="0" alt="Log Out" />
</a>
</td>
<else />
<td>
<div class="loginform">
<form action="login.php?do=login" method="post" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, $show[nopasswordempty])">
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="smallfont" style="white-space: nowrap;"><img src="images/misc/username.png" border="0" align="top" alt="" /><label for="navbar_username">$vbphrase[username]</label></td>
<td><input type="text" class="bginput loginforminput" style="font-size: 11px;" name="vb_login_username" id="navbar_username" size="13" accesskey="u" tabindex="102" /></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td class="smallfont" style="white-space: nowrap;"><img src="images/misc/password.png" border="0" align="top" alt="" /><label for="navbar_password">$vbphrase[password]</label></td> <td><input type="password" class="bginput loginforminput" style="font-size: 11px;" name="vb_login_password" id="navbar_password" size="13" tabindex="102" /></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td align="left" style="white-space: nowrap;"><input type="checkbox" name="cookieuser" value="1" tabindex="103" id="cb_cookieuser_navbar" accesskey="c" />
<label for="cb_cookieuser_navbar">Save?</label></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td align="left"><input type="image" class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/login.gif" value="$vbphrase[log_in]" tabindex="104" title="$vbphrase[enter_username_to_login_or_register]" accesskey="s" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="login" />
<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password" />
<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password_utf" />
</form>
</div>
</td>
</if>

</tr>
</table>

</div>
<div style="height: 120px;">
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="$stylevar[left]" rowspan="2"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" height="120" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
<td align="$stylevar[right]" valign="top" style="padding-right: 28px;">
<!-- PM and Login -->
<table align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="margin-top: 4px;">
<tr>
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="hdr_txt" nowrap="nowrap">
<div class="smallfont" style="text-align: right">
<strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[welcome_x_link_y]</phrase></strong>&nbsp;

<if condition="$show['notifications']">
<span id="notifications"><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[your_notifications]:</a> <strong>$notifications_total</strong></span>
<if condition="$show['popups']">
<script type="text/javascript"> vBmenu.register("notifications"); </script>
<else />
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_notifications_nopopups.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"> vBulletin.register_control("vB_Notifications_NoPopups", "notifications"); </script>
</if>
<else /><if condition="$show['pmstats']">
<phrase 1="$vbphrase[unread_x_nav_compiled]" 2="$vbphrase[total_x_nav_compiled]" 3="$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[private_messages_nav]</phrase>
</if></if>
<div style="padding: 2px;"></div>
<if condition="$show['pmwarning']"><div><strong><phrase 1="$vbphrase[pmpercent_nav_compiled]">$vbphrase[your_pm_box_is_x_full]</phrase></strong></div><div style="padding: 2px;"></div></if>
<div style="text-align: right"><phrase 1="$pmbox[lastvisitdate]" 2="$pmbox[lastvisittime]">$vbphrase[last_visited_x_at_y]</phrase></div>
</div>
</td>
<else />
<td class="hdr_txt" nowrap="nowrap">
<strong><script type="text/javascript"> document.write('Time: ' + getClockTime()); </script></strong>&nbsp;
</td>
</if>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- PM and Login -->
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="$stylevar[right]" valign="bottom">



<!-- nav buttons bar -->
<div style="padding-right: 28px;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="right">
<tr align="center">
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><b>$vbphrase[user_cp]</b></a></div></td>
</if>
<if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow"><b>$vbphrase[register]</b></a></div></td>
</if>
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="5"><b>$vbphrase[faq]</b></a></div></td>
<if condition="$show['communitylink'] AND $show['popups']">
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a id="community" href="$show[nojs_link]#community" rel="nofollow" accesskey="6"><b>$vbphrase[community]</b></a></div> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("community", 1); </script></td>
<else />
<if condition="$show['memberslist']">
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="memberlist.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><b>$vbphrase[members_list]</b></a></div></td>
</if>
<if condition="$show['quick_links_groups']">
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="group.php?$session[sessionurl]"><b>$vbphrase[social_groups]</b></a></div></td>
</if>
</if>
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><b>$vbphrase[calendar]</b></a></div></td>
<if condition="$show['popups']">
<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&days=60" accesskey="2"><b>$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</b></a></div></td>
<else />
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&days=60" accesskey="2"><b>$vbphrase[todays_posts]</b></a></div></td>
</if>
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a id="navbar_search" href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow"><b>$vbphrase[search]</b></a></div><if condition="$show['quicksearch']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("navbar_search", 1); </script></if></td>
</if>
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a id="usercptools" href="$show[nojs_link]#usercptools" accesskey="3"><b>$vbphrase[quick_links]</b></a></div><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools", 1); </script></td>
</if>
<else />
<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4"><b>$vbphrase[search]</b></a></div></td>
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&days=60" accesskey="2"><b>$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</b></a></div></td>
<else />
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&days=60" accesskey="2"><b>$vbphrase[todays_posts]</b></a></div></td>
</if>
</if>
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow"><b>$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</b></a></div></td>
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td><div class="vbmenu_control2"><a href="#" onclick="window.open('misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=buddylist&amp;focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,me nubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,w idth=250,height=300'); return false;"><b>$vbphrase[open_contacts]</b></a></div></td>
</if>
</if>
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_right]
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<!-- / nav buttons bar -->



</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="hdr_btm_bar" style="height: 12px;"><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" width="100%" height="12" border="0" alt="" /></div>
<!-- /logo -->
<div style="background: #f2f0dc;">
<br />

<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open
$_phpinclude_output
$ad_location[ad_header_end]
<script type="text/javascript" src="yahoo-rules.com/rollout.js"></script>
<script language="javaScript">
fadeClasses = new Array(""); // Determines which classes get which colors
startColors = new Array("#7e7e7e"); // MouseOut link colors
endColors = new Array("#00D800"); // MouseOver link color
stepIn = 20; // delay when fading in
stepOut = 20; // delay when fading out
autoFade = true;
sloppyClass = true;

</script>
<script src="yahoo-rules.com/fade.js"></script>

[SoniaTel]

Great

thank u