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  • 03/07/2017 at 9:55 am #414543
    PatriciaB
    Participant

    When I have the category selection and search options available is there a way to add a “loading gif” to let the viewer know that the results are loading it’s just taking some time to load . When I select a category or try to search it can take a about 15-30 seconds before any results show up. Nothing is happening during that load time to let a person know it is loading.
    This would be a feature request for the theme or if I can insert it with some code please let me know.

    03/07/2017 at 11:02 am #414587
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ PatriciaB

    No, there is no way without some custom JS to add a loading git/CSS animation. There’s no reason for a search of change of category to take 30secs. Can I see?

    03/07/2017 at 11:11 am #414605
    PatriciaB
    Participant

    Sure. I’ll send you a private login.

    03/07/2017 at 11:26 am #414607
    PatriciaB
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    03/07/2017 at 12:08 pm #414608
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ PatriciaB

    Looking at the load time for the home page vs the rep page vs the rep page being filtered by category, I see less than a second difference of page load time. About 8–10secs total.

    I would say there is negligible performance impact, which is expected.

    It takes the server about 3sec just to start sending data to the browser. You should shoot for half a second, max, for the best SEO and user experience. Server side cache will help a lot.

    Seems there are two CSS file blocking page loading from the theme, causing a 4sec load delay.

    • ../wp-content/themes/[REDACTED]/flags/flags.css
    • ../wp-content/themes/[REDACTED]/flags/flags.min.css

    These two files are returning 404 not found errors.

    The following file is also returning 404 not found:

    • [REDACTED / 3rd party site]/images/youtube_video.png

    It does not appear to be blocking loading, but certainly does not help.

    Hope this helps!

    • This reply was modified 6 years ago by Steven Zahm. Reason: Redacted theme name as requested
    03/07/2017 at 12:11 pm #414609
    PatriciaB
    Participant

    Thanks Steven! I’ll track down these errors.
    Thanks for your help.

    03/07/2017 at 12:13 pm #414610
    PatriciaB
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    03/07/2017 at 12:59 pm #414614
    Steven Zahm
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    03/07/2017 at 1:02 pm #414615
    PatriciaB
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