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About Developer · **Released**: 08-28-2003

As you know all vbulletin pages consists of templates and templates consists of HTML (+sometimes javascript) tags.

Nearly in all sites and HTML pages, HTML tags are written in a readable format so that developer can read the source code easily. VB templates abide by this rule too.

However when this "nicely readable" code is called by a visitor, page size unnecessarily increases because of the redundant "spaces" and "line breaks" in the source code which have no useful purpose regarding the page output but is there just for making the source code more readable to the developer.

This hack removes these unnecessary spaces and line breaks from your vbulletin templates AT THE MOMENT they are displayed (in realtime). It does NOT touch your original source code so it is still readable to you when you want to edit it in your admin CP. But it compress the output when they are sent to user's browser.

Removal of these unnecessary characters makes sure:
a) Page output shrinks in all vb pages
b) Thus page loads faster by all visitors
c) You save bandwidth.

Since the removed characters are unnecessary characters, display of your page does NOT change. Please see FAQ below for more info.

This hack is 100% compatible with Teck's Microstat Hack and my Advanced Templates: Dynamic Templates Changing according to different conditions hack and WebTemplates 2.x: VB Integrated Content Management System . It is a very easy to install add (just a few lines in 1 step) yet effective.

I appreciate if you can click INSTALL button, if you use the hack. Thank you. :glasses:

Logician · #12 08-29-2003, 10:42 AM

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Today at 02:38 PM lasto said this in Post #10
wow i like this one - ok logician i installed your other hack yesterday and made meself a template in admin cp using web templates now look at savings on this page.

Page generated in 0.09775603 seconds (81.29% PHP - 18.71% MySQL) with 12 queries.
[Debug Mode OFF] [PHP v4.3.2] [GZIP disabled] [Output: 15.22 Kb. compressed to 9.82 Kb. by saving 5.40 Kb. (35.50%)] [Server Load: 0.40 ? 0.50 : 0.53]

hehe obviously you had way a lot of spaces/line breaks in that page of yours!. I have never seen %35 save before.

lasto · #13 08-29-2003, 10:46 AM

lol u aint seen my coding

but dont matter now does it if i use this hack it removes em for me.

Logician · #14 08-29-2003, 10:52 AM

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Today at 02:46 PM lasto said this in Post #12
but dont matter now does it if i use this hack it removes em for me.

yes does not matter now since the hack removes them for you while your templates/webtemplates are displayed.

MetroSports82 · #15 08-29-2003, 12:34 PM

Great idea, Logician! Very nice.

gmarik · #16 08-29-2003, 01:47 PM

Sounds promising. How much percents do you save on your board?

limey · #17 08-29-2003, 02:26 PM

top notch again Logician.

SmEdD · #18 08-29-2003, 02:50 PM

Very nice, gonna try to get it to work on vB3

Logician = The Wise Template Man

NTLDR · #19 08-29-2003, 03:06 PM

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[B]Very nice, gonna try to get it to work on vB3

Already ported it to vB3

I have a few problems with spacing between images, but on the plus side its fixed a major problem I had when viewing my site via the University Proxy.

Great hack as allways Logician

Bison · #20 08-29-2003, 04:09 PM

Installed!

[Output: 99.74 Kb. compressed to 96.07 Kb. by saving 3.67 Kb. (3.68%)]

EvilLS1 · #21 08-29-2003, 08:23 PM

Nice idea.

/me clicks install.

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