Invision Board --> CSS- File

[boenki]

Hi there,

I just took a look at the source of this board and wondered why the whole(?) CSS-Definitions are inside each page instead in a standalone CSS-File.

It's about 17KB CSS-Code for each loading of any page in the forums that could be saved.

I don't know how to do it on an Invision-Board but on my phpBB-Board I did it in about 4minutes.

(cut it from the header; paste it to a CSS file; reference it )

since this is a very big (and GREAT!) board you could save a lot of bandwith, I think.

...just a suggestion...

cu

Steffen

[XtremeMaC]

good & right idea, i was informed of this on my own forum,

haven't done it yet

they've said it can be done like this:

<style type="text/css">
@import url(http://www.url.com/name_of_file.css);
</style>

<link href="http://www.url.com/name_of_file.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

[un4given1]

PHP compiles on the server side so the external CSS file is included in the page when compiled server side. It works this same way with every CSS file.

[boenki]

PHP compiles on the server side so the external CSS file is included in the page when compiled server side.  It works this same way with every CSS file.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ok, the CSS file might be a standalone one already.

Than put into the source which is sended to me.

Nevertheless I always download those 17KB from your server, right?

If I understand it correctly..: If I just reference it it will be downloaded only once and cached in my browser.

For my phpBB forum it works very nice. (Only the one-line reference in the code)

Still didn't find anything how to do this on an Invisionboard.

@XtremeMaC: where is your forum? What kind is it?

OT@un4given1: nice Avatar! (Cried out loud when I saw it!)

My favourite song: You Know What You Are!!

greetSteffe/\/

[prathapml]

PHP compiles on the server side so the external CSS file is included in the page when compiled server side.  It works this same way with every CSS file.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Exactly.

Therefore, doing the kind of hacks as in phpBB..... dunno. That forum software has been GODDAMN slow, so it needs such hacks whereas Invision is very fast already.

If I understand it correctly..: If I just reference it it will be downloaded only once and cached in my browser.

For my phpBB forum it works very nice. (Only the one-line reference in the code)

Still didn't find anything how to do this on an Invisionboard.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

What's there to be done?

Invisionboard already does it. Most elements are already downloaded and shown from cache on Opera for me here.

On a VERY slow connection, MSFN forum pages take an average of 2 seconds to load, no matter how heavy or whichever page (and I have set 30 posts/page). That's DEFINITELY because all elements of the page are already in my cache, its only the dynamic part being downloaded when requested.

Here's a replay:

MSFN + Invisionboard + Opera = 2 seconds page-loading time!

[boenki]

Hello again,

I just found out there IS the option in the Invision- Admin Control Panel to put the CSS code into a seperate file!

It's here:

ACP

Skins & Templates

Edit Settings

CSS Options

Cache CSS to text files?

This will reduce the size of the HTML as the CSS will be in a browser cachable file.

just for your information....

Steffen