PageSpeed Insight plugin.

ItsVizionTv

Hello, how hard would it be to make a plugin that automatic fixes render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content? I see that every website that uses VanillaForums gets killed on google PageSpeed Insights because of this issue for many people like me whose website is viewed by people with speeds under 1Mbit a 68/100 speed because of render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content can make the sites take forever to load.

Caylus

This might interest you: https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/32493/too-many-javascript-files-on-advanced-editor-slows-down-vanilla-forum-sites#latest

It's basically the same discussion.

I'm personally having trouble believing it's the way JS and CSS is loaded that's causing the slowness, it's (IMHO, but I'm an amateur programmer so what do I know) more likely to be big images or other things.

But if you're feeling really adventurous, you might want to try this plugin. https://vanillaforums.org/addon/consolidate-plugin

I would recommend testing it out on a local version of your forum before implementing it for real though, since it can break your forum in several hilarious ways (Probably. I think. I might be paranoid).

I'm using XAMPP: https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html, which works well for me. Do note that Vanilla 2.2 is not compatible with PHP 7, so you have to use a XAMPP version that has php 5.

You can make a backup of your forum by using the Porter: https://vanillaforums.org/addon/porter-core

And then import those export files to your local installation.

ItsVizionTv

@Caylus said:
This might interest you: https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/32493/too-many-javascript-files-on-advanced-editor-slows-down-vanilla-forum-sites#latest

It's basically the same discussion.

I'm personally having trouble believing it's the way JS and CSS is loaded that's causing the slowness, it's (IMHO, but I'm an amateur programmer so what do I know) more likely to be big images or other things.

But if you're feeling really adventurous, you might want to try this plugin. https://vanillaforums.org/addon/consolidate-plugin

I would recommend testing it out on a local version of your forum before implementing it for real though, since it can break your forum in several hilarious ways (Probably. I think. I might be paranoid).

I'm using XAMPP: https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html, which works well for me. Do note that Vanilla 2.2 is not compatible with PHP 7, so you have to use a XAMPP version that has php 5.

You can make a backup of your forum by using the Porter: https://vanillaforums.org/addon/porter-core

And then import those export files to your local installation.

Thanks, I will look into it.