Slideshow with cloudflares rocket loader

Rocket Loader could potentially impact. Is it only happening on that URL? You could set a PageRule to have Rocket Loader turned off on that URL.

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I have slideshow throughout my entire site so page rule won’t help here.
If i defer parsing of java trough coding or a plugin i get the same results – slideshow loads buggy BUT i can exclude jquery.js and then i don’t have a problem with loading of the slideshow. The reason why i would like to continue using rocket loader for defering(instead of a plugin or function.php code) is because in combination with tweaks, cache plugins and rocket loader i get a 95+ gtmetrix (and other) testing tools … and my site loads in 1.5 sec which is terrific except for that little small thing, loading of the slideshow which i s buggy.

There is a way to exclude a script from loading trough rocket loader but when i do that, it doesn’t work … by looking through the head of my site, i can see that the loader seems to skip jquery.js but it loads the slideshow awkwardly anyway.

That is the reason why I posted, maybe someone resolved this issue or perhaps can see why my nextgen slideshow is loading this way …

Honestly, I can’t believe that no one else is complaining about this, because nextgen(slideshow as well) is so widespread and probably many users stumble on this problem … and would certainly like to use rocket loader because it’s so blazing fast.

With all the imaginable tweaks and optimizations … caches and what not, i couldn’t get my site loading in less than 3.5 sec … and it was usually around 5 sec … and the score wasn’t as good … with rocket loader i get 1.5 sec …

Rocket Loader doesn’t impact each site the same way because of other JavaScript that may be running on the page. It may work for one site owner for the gallery & not the next (it can also vary by browser for the behavior).

If you open a support ticket with details, we can assign it to our engineers to look at.

@damoncloudflare – We would definitely be interested in those findings as well. Unfortunately the Cloudflare Rocket Launcher has been at the root of the issue any time I have seen it in use on a site.

Please feel free to reach out to use (and our developers) via our Contact form or Bug Reports form if there is anything we can help with.

@dslkic – Unfortunately all I have to offer at the moment is to suggest disabling the cloudflare service or just the rocket launcher part of it. Hopefully a better solution/work-around will be sorted out soon.

Thanks!

– Cais.

Links:
– https://www.nextgen-gallery.com/contact
– https://www.nextgen-gallery.com/report-bug/

Hi Cais,

Can you actually drop me a line? If you’re seeing that many issues with Rocket Loader, I do believe the engineers have a way to exclude the plugin in some way from Rocket Loader (I think we have done something similar with Disqus). You can reach me at damon <at> cloudflare.com & I’ll try to intro you to the engineering lead for that product.

@damoncloudflare – It seems we are the messengers here … using either form would start the process for tracking this issue in our system and would be forwarded directly to one of our developers to carry on with.

In this particular case I would not be much more involved than logging the issue (which we already have noted in our internal system) and passing along any new details you (Cloudflare) might be providing.

I’ll send a note momentarily all the same. Thanks for taking an interest.

– Cais.

Hi all,
I’m currently experimenting the problem described above. CloudFlare Rocket Loader disable the nextgen features, the page remain frozen with the thumbnails.

Do you have any news for the mitigation/solution of the problem ?

Thanks

@nerimizi – Although it would be best for you to start your own topic for your specific site/”experiment” as it is all we can recommend is to not use the Cloudflare rocketlaucher services at this time. We are still waiting on Coudflare to get back to us on this issue.

– Cais.

It’s still a problem. Rocket Loader is a HUGE improvement from a performance standpoint for a large website which is much more valuable than the photo gallery in my case. You guys have to figure out a way to make instructions to insert a Rule. I’m going to need to replace my Photo Gallery at this point as I cannot give up the Rocket Loader performance increases I’ve gained and accompanying increases in Google rank just by the site loading faster. Bummer!

@progresst – I agree something should be done about this and we are still waiting for the Rocket Loader / Cloudflare developers to follow-up with us.

– Cais.