Board Optimization - ٍStatic (Fixed) Header and Footer

Features :
Do you want your header and footer be static and do not change while user browsing your forum, try this simple code
Code :

<div style=" overflow: auto; ">

Any part you want to be static

</div>

update by WNxWakko

IE works flawless. FireFox however doesn't like it so much and may be the reason some say it doesn't work. They are using Firefox.

Another issue I found was that i used this surrounding a table in my header and in Firefox is distorted my header. So i get performance boost in IE and not in FF with a bug in FF that prevents me from using this.

So I put this as a fix and wanted to share with others if they experienced Firefox bugs because it resolved my issue.

Code:

<!--[if IE]>
<div style=" overflow: auto; "><![endif]-->
Your header or footer
<!--[if IE]></div><![endif]-->

Even though FF users wont get the benefit directly, the load reduction on the server from IE users will spread the wealth to FF users.

change " Any part you want to be static" with your header of footer code
also could be applied to any template to be static while browsing

[Forum Lover]

Now, what is that STATIC thing?

[guvner]

Originally Posted by Forum Lover

Now, what is that STATIC thing?

Had the same question, but since I've had to endure quite slow re-draws of my (multi-sliced) header for many months - this little gem appears to have eliminated the problem in an instant!

I've had quite a few members complaining about the re-draw issue and apart from suggesting Firefox, Chrome or even IE8 over IE6 & 7, there didn't seem to be anything I could do to solve it.

So for my forum at least, this has made tremendous difference to the forum load time so to abdobasha2004, many thanks for this tip - excellent result!

Mike

[abdobasha2004]

static is not to reload all page parts during browsing
you are welcome guvner

[lazydesis]

i dont see it .. the entire page (including header) loads again when i click on any links .. its same even in ur demo

can u explain better? thanks.

EDIT: I am using IE7

[Forum Lover]

Originally Posted by abdobasha2004

static is not to reload all page parts during browsing
you are welcome guvner

If so, clicked Installed.

[Magnumutz]

I still don't get it...

[n95gps]

its not working

i went and i placed my header into your code

and when clicking on any part of the forum the whole page RELOAD

hmm

is this static!!!

[abdobasha2004]

for all people who did not manage to do it
I can not explain
others have seen the difference
I put the same topic on another forum
about 3 said it worked
and 2 said it did not

It worked for me

[WNxWakko]

I implemented this code bit. Very nice find indeed.

I did find some issues. IE works flawless. FireFox however doesn't like it so much and may be the reason some say it doesn't work. They are using Firefox.

Another issue I found was that i used this surrounding a table in my header and in Firefox is distorted my header. So i get performance boost in IE and not in FF with a bug in FF that prevents me from using this.

So I put this as a fix and wanted to share with others if they experienced Firefox bugs because it resolved my issue.

<!--[if IE]>
<div style=" overflow: auto; "><![endif]-->
Your header or footer
<!--[if IE]></div><![endif]-->

Even though FF users wont get the benefit directly, the load reduction on the server from IE users will spread the wealth to FF users.