RE: cvs: phpweb /include layout.inc /user css.php index.php

> > > we were making an extra apache request for _every_ page. even > if it returns > > 304, we still made the hit. when we push 100-250 reqs per > second, like we do > > when we're real busy, then an extra request for each 'real' > apache request > > is just insane. > > Well, with the changes made by Sascha (1.3->1.4) there would be no > duplicate requests if the software involved supports "Cache-control". I > thought this would solve the problem. > no, there would still be a request, of sorts.... the problem is that it's completely redundant and it's too expensive. > > The code still works, it only includes the css style if the > ip2country stuff > > works out. we eat a bit on it being cached... but then again, > it's in every > > header, so it'll work as the user browses around... > > > > if we get reports, investigate another method or ditch it, but i'm quite > > confident that this works well enough now. > > OK, what do you think about some JS stuff? :) We have the cookie on the > client side accessible for JS, so we can style the page accordingly > without any explicit spec in the ouptout. I am planning to implement > "search keyword" and "search option selection" remembering code the same > way. > js is more than fine, as far as i am concerned.... passing off the responsibility to the browser is fine. we just can't afford more processing on the server till we optimize and improve what we have right now. -- james