Comments on: Site Seeking…uh…Updates http://andrightlyso.com/2008/08/25/site-seekinguhupdates/ Live Free Or Die Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Raven http://andrightlyso.com/2008/08/25/site-seekinguhupdates/comment-page-1/#comment-73777 Raven Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:00:36 +0000 http://andrightlyso.com/?p=5771#comment-73777 Teach I contacted the person who developed this theme- begged her to check out your post on this and hopefully she will come in and help. I checked your test site and like how the content loads first- that's cool. But the sb's are way down...messed up...(((sigh)) Teach I contacted the person who developed this theme- begged her to check out your post on this and hopefully she will come in and help. I checked your test site and like how the content loads first- that’s cool. But the sb’s are way down…messed up…(((sigh))

]]> By: William Teach http://andrightlyso.com/2008/08/25/site-seekinguhupdates/comment-page-1/#comment-73768 William Teach Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:42:49 +0000 http://andrightlyso.com/?p=5771#comment-73768 Exactly. Having the content load before the sidebars is better for search engines and page rankings, and, like you alluded to, is better because what if something is down on the sidebar? Blogrolling has done that a few times. What is happening, because of the div tags, is that if you put the sidebar scripts below the content, they will not float at the top right and left. I got that solved, but, they would then float over the footer. So, have to try and get the footer to be at the absolute bottom. Not sure if it will work. I almost went back to my previous theme, which I tore apart and made look almost like Andreaus 9, but, when that theme plays well in Firefox, not too good in IE and Opera. Exactly. Having the content load before the sidebars is better for search engines and page rankings, and, like you alluded to, is better because what if something is down on the sidebar? Blogrolling has done that a few times.

What is happening, because of the div tags, is that if you put the sidebar scripts below the content, they will not float at the top right and left. I got that solved, but, they would then float over the footer. So, have to try and get the footer to be at the absolute bottom. Not sure if it will work. I almost went back to my previous theme, which I tore apart and made look almost like Andreaus 9, but, when that theme plays well in Firefox, not too good in IE and Opera.

]]> By: Raven http://andrightlyso.com/2008/08/25/site-seekinguhupdates/comment-page-1/#comment-73763 Raven Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:01:45 +0000 http://andrightlyso.com/?p=5771#comment-73763 I read somewhere that in the Main Index template it directs how sites are loaded- header first, then sidebars, then content. The reason for this order was because the header and sidebars rarely change so, for readers these are in their cache. Content changes- is dynamic- and can't be cached the same way. WP is designed to load hdr and sb first. It's the images and scripts that slow things down. Esp. Blog Rolling- probably one of the worst offenders. I've keep all the BR codes off the front pages here. Also, social bookmarking scripts and similar stuff rank higher than Blogrolling as offenders. I don't use them here. I don't see the need when I have a SUBSCRIBE link already in place. The traffic one gets from those sources isn't worth the slowdown. Images that are hosted on your own server load faster than outside services such as Photo Bucket. So I've tried to keep as many images as possible on the front page with my server and I'm still working to move them all there. For post pictures and images though- Photo bucket will work fine. The theme I used at Just Raven had no images and it loaded up in less than 4seconds. LOL, not many blogs do that. I read somewhere that in the Main Index template it directs how sites are loaded- header first, then sidebars, then content. The reason for this order was because the header and sidebars rarely change so, for readers these are in their cache. Content changes- is dynamic- and can’t be cached the same way. WP is designed to load hdr and sb first.

It’s the images and scripts that slow things down. Esp. Blog Rolling- probably one of the worst offenders. I’ve keep all the BR codes off the front pages here.

Also, social bookmarking scripts and similar stuff rank higher than Blogrolling as offenders. I don’t use them here. I don’t see the need when I have a SUBSCRIBE link already in place. The traffic one gets from those sources isn’t worth the slowdown.

Images that are hosted on your own server load faster than outside services such as Photo Bucket. So I’ve tried to keep as many images as possible on the front page with my server and I’m still working to move them all there. For post pictures and images though- Photo bucket will work fine.

The theme I used at Just Raven had no images and it loaded up in less than 4seconds. LOL, not many blogs do that.

]]> By: William Teach http://andrightlyso.com/2008/08/25/site-seekinguhupdates/comment-page-1/#comment-73762 William Teach Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:13:40 +0000 http://andrightlyso.com/?p=5771#comment-73762 PS: now I'm trying to figure out how to get the content to load first, then the sidebars, but happen correctly. Sidebars go wonky if do it the normal way. PS: now I’m trying to figure out how to get the content to load first, then the sidebars, but happen correctly. Sidebars go wonky if do it the normal way.

]]> By: William Teach http://andrightlyso.com/2008/08/25/site-seekinguhupdates/comment-page-1/#comment-73761 William Teach Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:12:16 +0000 http://andrightlyso.com/?p=5771#comment-73761 Looks awesome! Thanks for the shout out, Raven. You did an awesome job with all the rest. :pirate: Looks awesome! Thanks for the shout out, Raven. You did an awesome job with all the rest.

:pirate:

]]> By: Duncan http://andrightlyso.com/2008/08/25/site-seekinguhupdates/comment-page-1/#comment-73759 Duncan Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:47:51 +0000 http://andrightlyso.com/?p=5771#comment-73759 Yeah, it would be nice if there was a way to collapse the smilies in a menu that you could open and close... Yeah, it would be nice if there was a way to collapse the smilies in a menu that you could open and close…

]]> By: Raven http://andrightlyso.com/2008/08/25/site-seekinguhupdates/comment-page-1/#comment-73758 Raven Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:46:20 +0000 http://andrightlyso.com/?p=5771#comment-73758 COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL I didn't think of a limit but it seems that is it. Whacky things...I love them though even if they do look a little MESSY up there... :nurse: <--- my fave for some reason, also, this one :beer: COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

I didn’t think of a limit but it seems that is it.

Whacky things…I love them though even if they do look a little MESSY up there…

:nurse: < — my fave for some reason, also, this one :beer:

]]> By: Duncan http://andrightlyso.com/2008/08/25/site-seekinguhupdates/comment-page-1/#comment-73756 Duncan Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:41:30 +0000 http://andrightlyso.com/?p=5771#comment-73756 :ptbaa: There might be a letter-count limit? I changed this one also and shortened it some... :ptbaa:

There might be a letter-count limit? I changed this one also and shortened it some…

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