SpeedDemon discussion thread

bwg · March 26, 2006

Mike Lane wrote:

Oh geeze, I never would have thought of that.

Dude seriously, I've done that a bunch of times. What I come up with is ajaxWorking which as you obviously know is the green loading box and that's it. Like I was getting at, obviously there is a div that handles this sort of thing but like other things it's only generated in the source as needed apparently. And since it is speeddemon after all, I can't seem to view the source at the right time to see it because I'm slow.

So, onethumb, jt, ben, baldy, andy, anyone with a straight answer, how can I customize the speedDemon ajax?

Thanks.

id="AJAXGalleries"

id="AJAXKeywords"

has nothing to do with when you view source. The ajax div blocks are placeholders for the content that gets dynamically inserted via javascript, but when you view source, you are viewing the original code that is sent to the browser. All that dynamic stuff happens in memory and isnt reflected in the code you get from view source. make sense?

i'm wondering if you've actually got speedDemon turned on?

Mike Lane · March 26, 2006

bigwebguy wrote:

id="AJAXGalleries"

id="AJAXKeywords"

has nothing to do with when you view source. The ajax div blocks are placeholders for the content that gets dynamically inserted via javascript, but when you view source, you are viewing the original code that is sent to the browser. All that dynamic stuff happens in memory and isnt reflected in the code you get from view source. make sense?

i'm wondering if you've actually got speedDemon turned on?

Ah crap there it is. I could have sworn that i looked in the generated source. Guess not. Thanks.

Mike Lane · March 26, 2006

And I'm fixed. No more footer crashing into the altered featured galleries when loading with speedDemon. Now I like it much better

Jamoke · March 26, 2006

Andy wrote:

We'll happily take any and all feedback on any browsers though, keep it coming!

Konqueor 3.4.1 (KDE Build 3.4.1)- Works great.
Safari

No problems in anything windows based though. (IE, FF, etc.)

http://stickspics.smugmug.com

cabbey · March 27, 2006

onethumb wrote:

No, I just decided "Screw them, my customers are more important". We'll see how it shakes out...

And to think people sometimes wonder why Smugmug's userbase is so loyal?

As a customer, I just have to say, Thanks Don (and Baldy, and everyone else at smugmug) Y'all rock.

Seamus · March 30, 2006

Thanks Don,

Much faster

Shay.

flyingdutchie · April 7, 2006

(BUG?)Strange homepage behavior: 'Gallery Categories' section missing
When i go to my site like this:
http://flyingdutchie.smugmug.com
my 'Gallery Categories' is missing (click on the "Other Galleries" button and you'll get a javascript error, since the entire section is missing). I checked this by checking the HTML source.

However,
If i go to my site like this:
http://www.streetsofboston.com
my 'Gallery Categories' section is there. No problem at all.

This is strange!

I went to my 'Control Panel', and it tells me that my 'Gallery Categories' section should be there (this is correct, because i never removed it from my homepage)

flyingdutchie · April 7, 2006

flyingdutchie wrote:

When i go to my site like this:
http://flyingdutchie.smugmug.com
my 'Gallery Categories' is missing (click on the "Other Galleries" button and you'll get a javascript error, since the entire section is missing). I checked this by checking the HTML source.

However,
If i go to my site like this:
http://www.streetsofboston.com
my 'Gallery Categories' section is there. No problem at all.

This is strange!

I went to my 'Control Panel', and it tells me that my 'Gallery Categories' section should be there (this is correct, because i never removed it from my homepage)

This buggy behavior only happens when SpeedDemon is On.
If i disable it, the 'Gallery Categories' section re-appears on both.

Strange that www.streetofboston.com did work fine, but flyingdutchie.smugmug.com did not work fine.... Is it because the SpeedDemon was 'On' only for flyingdutchie.smugmug.com?...

Update:
Happens on both IE and FireFox.
It happens only when SpeedDemon is On.

ivar · April 7, 2006

flyingdutchie wrote:

When i go to my site like this:
http://flyingdutchie.smugmug.com
my 'Gallery Categories' is missing (click on the "Other Galleries" button and you'll get a javascript error, since the entire section is missing). I checked this by checking the HTML source.

However,
If i go to my site like this:
http://www.streetsofboston.com
my 'Gallery Categories' section is there. No problem at all.

This is strange!

I went to my 'Control Panel', and it tells me that my 'Gallery Categories' section should be there (this is correct, because i never removed it from my homepage)

Anton, i checked both of the links in FF and IE, and i see the gallery categories, and i don't get a javascript error. Geen problemen hier.

flyingdutchie · April 7, 2006

ivar wrote:

Anton, i checked both of the links in FF and IE, and i see the gallery categories, and i don't get a javascript error. Geen problemen hier.

Thanks for checking!
Try to switch the SpeedDemon to 'On' and try http://flyingdutchie.smugmug.com again.

Here is the link to toggle the SpeedDemon:
http://www.smugmug.com/hack/enable.mg?feature=SpeedDemon

For me it happens on both IE and FireFox.

ivar · April 7, 2006

flyingdutchie wrote:

Thanks for checking!
Try to switch the SpeedDemon to 'On' and try http://flyingdutchie.smugmug.com again.

Here is the link to toggle the SpeedDemon:
http://www.smugmug.com/hack/enable.mg?feature=SpeedDemon

I think you are on to something there. With SD enabled, FF doesn't do anything clicking on "other galleries" and in IE it does give me script errors.

IE wrote:

Line: 162
Char: 5
Error: Object required
Code: 0
URL: http//flyingdutchie.smugmug.com

flyingdutchie · April 7, 2006

flyingdutchie wrote:

This buggy behavior only happens when SpeedDemon is On.
If i disable it, the 'Gallery Categories' section re-appears on both.

Strange that www.streetofboston.com did work fine, but flyingdutchie.smugmug.com did not work fine.... Is it because the SpeedDemon was 'On' only for flyingdutchie.smugmug.com?...

Update:
Happens on both IE and FireFox.
It happens only when SpeedDemon is On.

I observed this as well, just now:
When SpeedDemon is 'On' and when my flyingdutchie.smugmug.com homepage is loading, i see an animated graphic and text "Galleries loading" for a while... then it disappears and nothing happens, and the buggy behavior is there.

ivar · April 7, 2006

flyingdutchie wrote:

I observed this as well, just now:
When SpeedDemon is 'On' and when my flyingdutchie.smugmug.com homepage is loading, i see an animated graphic and text "Galleries loading" for a while... then it disappears and nothing happens, and the buggy behavior is there.

I do get to see your gallery section, both with SD enabled, and disabled.

flyingdutchie · April 7, 2006

I have this script that is needed for the 'Other Galleries' button to work:
This script is run as soon as the document has loaded (<body> onload event)

g_elmGalleries   = document.getElementById("galleriesBox");
if (!g_elmGalleries)
    g_elmGalleries   = document.getElementById("categoriesBox");

The g_elmGalleries is then used to toggle the visibility of the Galleries section (g_elmGalleries.style.display = "" or "none").

When SpeedDemon is on, g_elmGalleries seems to be null and the script fails.

flyingdutchie · April 7, 2006

ivar wrote:

I do get to see your gallery section, both with SD enabled, and disabled.

I think you may be confusing that section with the 'most popular' section

ivar · April 7, 2006

flyingdutchie wrote:

I think you may be confusing that section with the 'most popular' section

It's the one directly under your bio, right? I see 8 of them, with a darker blue background, other being on the bottom row in the middle, and below that i see your popular photos with a lighter background....

Are we talking about the same thing here?

This is what i see in IE 6, with SD enabled:

flyingdutchie · April 7, 2006

ivar wrote:

It's the one directly under your bio, right? I see 8 of them, with a darker blue background, other being on the bottom row in the middle, and below that i see your popular photos with a lighter background....

Are we talking about the same thing here?

Try to go to http://www.streetsofboston.com and click the "Other Galleries" button. Then your page scrolls down. Towards the bottom you'll see a section "Gallery Categories" appear.

These 8 pics are part of my Bio. They provide a direct link to my portfolio-category.

ivar · April 7, 2006

flyingdutchie wrote:

Try to go to http://www.streetsofboston.com and click the "Other Galleries" button. Then your page scrolls down. Towards the bottom you'll see a section "Gallery Categories" appear.

These 8 pics are part of my Bio. They provide a direct link to my portfolio-category.

AHHHHHH, hold on, i am starting to get it....In that case, i don't get your galleries in either IE or FF with SD enabled, and i do get them with SD disabled.

Seems like SD is fighting with your page, and your page lost...

flyingdutchie · April 7, 2006

This may be the problem?

flyingdutchie wrote:
I have this script that is needed for the 'Other Galleries' button to work:
This script is run as soon as the document has loaded (<body> onload event)
g_elmGalleries   = document.getElementById("galleriesBox");
if (!g_elmGalleries)
    g_elmGalleries   = document.getElementById("categoriesBox");
The g_elmGalleries is then used to toggle the visibility of the Galleries section (g_elmGalleries.style.display = "" or "none").

When SpeedDemon is on, g_elmGalleries seems to be null and the script fails.

When the SpeedDemon is On, i think this is what happens:
-The HTML page loads, but without the Gallery Categories section.
-The onload event of the <body> is fired and executed
-The script in the above post is executed when handling this onload event.
-The Gallery Categories section is not there and the g_elmGalleries variable is null
-Then AJAX stuff loads the Gallery Categories section. But it is too late... since my script has already been executed during the onload event.

Question:
Is there a way to execute script after all the HTML has been loaded (through AJAX or not), whether the SpeedDemon is on or not?

Andy · April 7, 2006

flyingdutchie wrote:

When the SpeedDemon is On,

Anton, I moved your thread here - Don will see it when he's online. Thanks.

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