Mini Mods - Make your forum's speed seem faster

*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.

Please, if you want to use this modification, click INSTALL.

[BoYagoob]

u r more than welcome ..

Originally Posted by Zia

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:

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden

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:

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden

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.