Font files for flex slider are missing

Hi @kmbt,

We’re not using that font so they shouldn’t attempt to load. Are you having some issues?

Hi @kmbt,

I’ll mark this as resolved since we didn’t hear back from you, but please open a new issue if you have any more problems. Have a good week!

Hi, @kbat82 ,

I’m sorry for having missed your reply. Thank you for your time.

The font is actually queried by the browser causing unnecessary network queries. You can see that for yourself in the Chrome browser developer tools, “Network” tab. I am concerned about this because of unnecessary network load it may cause for mobile users.

I have discovered this by accident when migrating a WordPress website from HTTP to HTTPS. The website has been using a plugin that redirects all queries that would normally return 404 error, to the home page (by means of 301 HTTP status code). The redirection plugin had been still configured for the https:// address and so the browser displayed a mixed content warning for the font files.

I believe that removing the references to the font files from CSS should do no harm as they files are not present anyway. What’s more, this would improve mobile network performance by a tiny bit.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by kmbt.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by kmbt.

Hi @kmbt,

Do you have a link to the page in question? We override those styles so perhaps there’s another issue causing the page to default to the original FlexSlider files. We want to avoid altering the FlexSlider library as much as possible so we can deliver their best features.

@kbat82, the website in question is www.bib.olsztyn.pl. You can easily spot the files by looking for “301” in the Status column in the Chrome Developer tools, “Network” tab. If you have any additional questions or requests concerning the issue please let me know. I will try to answer them best as I can.

Hi @kmbt,

Thanks for sharing the link. I’ll look into this and get back with you.