Thu, 2010-08-12 12:52
I seem to have run into a problem with the way IE 8 renders a site whilst its loading.
IE appears to load the site first with positions incorrectly. Divs appear in the wrong place at first and then they readjusts.
It works fine in all other browsers. Any suggestions?
Fri, 2010-08-13 19:31
#1
Works fine..
It seems to be working just fine on IE8.
The visible readjustment is probably because of a delay in applying the CSS - that is, the HTML has been loaded, but the CSS has not yet been applied - so you get to see some stuff, and the thing gets corrected as soon as the CSS loads. This would only matter on a slow connection.
To speed up the CSS loading, you should :
1. Put it in a nearby directory (whatever dot co.uk/style.css), or even in another subdomain. Don't keep it in wp-content/whatever...
2. Use ONE css file. You're using FIVE css files and (I think) six or seven js files. Think of the overheads !
3. Gzip your js/css. You can do dis via your server config, or you can just use .htaccess (just google "htaccess gzip css"). If you want to, you can go all the way and disable etags + add cache-control + far future expires.
Fri, 2010-08-13 19:37
#2
Debayan this is a WP site and
Debayan this is a WP site and there are certain configuration defaults that have to be observed. Themes live in /wp-content/themes and associated style sheets in the theme folder, you can't simply move them where ever you fancy.
Sat, 2010-08-14 10:29
#3
Whoops... hehe
Forgot about that (though it _can_ be overridden).
So in that case - #2 and #3 apply - scrap #1.