Internet Explorer Slow Loading of Pages

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Posted by jitj on December 4, 2008 at 1:30pm

I'm working to roll out some new district and building sites using zen theme as a base and am finding that the Internet Explorer pages are taking 5-7 seconds to load while firefox loads the pages almost instantly. Any ideas on what I might have done wrong in theming the site ( http://www.zps.org )?

So far I have tried turning off modules, using YSlow, using online page analysis tools, and changing out graphics. It feels like I may have some CSS issue...just not sure.

Thanks to anyone who might be willing to take a quick look and point me in some direction.

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Maybe IE isn't caching your

Posted by dwees on December 4, 2008 at 2:07pm
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Maybe IE isn't caching your files for some reason? Have you checked out to see what the headers are for your site? I see a lot of 304 - not modified, but maybe IE is redownloading all your CSS, JS and Image files each time?

Also, is taking a while to render, or to download? You could also try putting your JS in the footer of your website...

comparable load times

Posted by bonobo on December 4, 2008 at 2:29pm
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I just took a look, and the site loaded well in both IE 7 and FF3 on a PC -- and, a look at the source showed you are aggregating the js and css, which was my suspected culprit.

If you are still seeing issues, I recomment trying to replicate those issues on different computers over different networks/connections.

And nice site, btw!

Cheers,

Bill

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No access at all from Germany

Posted by frank ralf on December 4, 2008 at 2:44pm
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I can't access the site at all from Germany with neither browser at the moment :-(

That might indicate a problem with your hosting provider or the DNS system.

Tracing the path to www.zps.org

www.zps.org             CNAME   donald.zps.org 
donald.zps.org          A   207.74.23.79 
 
 1  chi02.thtdomains.com (208.100.10.35)  0.132 ms  0.081 ms  0.060 ms
 2  ip18.208-100-32.static.steadfast.net (208.100.32.18)  0.571 ms  0.377 ms  0.600 ms
 3  te-8-2.car3.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.71.101.1)  0.342 ms  0.342 ms  0.296 ms
 4  MERIT-NETWO.car3.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.71.100.58)  0.652 ms  0.584 ms  0.606 ms
 5  xe-0-0-0x14.lvl3-gr1.mich.net (198.108.22.11)  4.454 ms  4.441 ms  4.536 ms
 6  vlan35.allendale-gigsw1.mich.net (198.108.22.165)  5.438 ms  5.358 ms  5.629 ms
 7  vlan164.oaisd1.mich.net (198.108.22.66)  5.790 ms  5.640 ms  5.786 ms
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SOLVED...I think

Posted by jitj on December 4, 2008 at 4:21pm
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Thanks for the feedback. I think I tracked down the problem. I used Zen for my base theme and then modified the page.tpl.php file from Zen for some custom tweaks. Then I upgraded Zen to the latest version. It turns out that the page.tpl.php file had some [if IE] statements that appear to no longer be used in the latest version of Zen. So, long story short, I removed those if statements and it appears to be resolved.

Bill, I appreciate your feedback about the look of the site and some areas to check. BTW, I enjoyed your interview on the Lullabot podcast. I plan to buy the book very soon.

Frank, I'm suprised that you couldn't get to it from Germany. I'll do some research on that to see what is going on. Thanks for checking it.

Fishy domain registrar

Posted by frank ralf on December 4, 2008 at 4:36pm
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That shows a whois of your domain:

Domain ID:D103929849-LROR
Domain Name:ZPS.ORG
Created On:02-Feb-2004 15:37:48 UTC
Last Updated On:27-Nov-2008 15:36:56 UTC
Expiration Date:02-Feb-2011 15:37:48 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Register.com Inc. (R71-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:8291590987280490
Registrant Name:Domain Discreet
Registrant Organization:ATTN: zps.org
Registrant Street1:Avenida do Infante 50
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Funchal
Registrant State/Province:Madeira
Registrant Postal Code:9004-521
Registrant Country:PT
Registrant Phone:+361.19027495331
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:de986f430a14115200a6603fd1043316@domaindiscreet.co

According to http://www.bloggernews.net/110707 and http://www.websauces.com/phishing/st-george-bank-latest-scam-victim/ domains by that hoster have been involved in phishing attacks. That might be a reason, that your domain is not accessible.

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