Comments on: Stop Widgets From Slowing Down Your Blog http://blog-op.com/stop-widgets-from-slowing-down-your-blog/ Opportunities, Opinions, Optimize Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ken Xu http://blog-op.com/stop-widgets-from-slowing-down-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-6264 Ken Xu Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:17:46 +0000 http://blog-op.com/stop-widgets-from-slowing-down-your-blog/#comment-6264 Hmm... It's a great plugin. I will try it on my blog. Iframe might become the best solution to speed up download time and avoid error widgets. Hmm… It’s a great plugin. I will try it on my blog. Iframe might become the best solution to speed up download time and avoid error widgets.

]]> By: Michael Martine http://blog-op.com/stop-widgets-from-slowing-down-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-6168 Michael Martine Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:45:36 +0000 http://blog-op.com/stop-widgets-from-slowing-down-your-blog/#comment-6168 That sounds like a great plugin! Thanks so much for the tip. That sounds like a great plugin! Thanks so much for the tip.

]]> By: Stephen Cronin http://blog-op.com/stop-widgets-from-slowing-down-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-6167 Stephen Cronin Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:58:18 +0000 http://blog-op.com/stop-widgets-from-slowing-down-your-blog/#comment-6167 Hi Chris, Thanks for trying out the plugin. Let me know if there's any problems! I just want to mention that there is one known problem which is listed on the <a href="http://www.scratch99.com/wordpress-plugin-iframewidgets/" rel="nofollow">plugin's home page</a> - that is the site who make the widget won't know which page the widget was called from. This is the main reason that it's still a beta version. For example, the Bumpzee widget works and shows who has been visiting your site, but the stats show This Page and Blog Total as being the same (basically because This Page is pointing to the IFrame, not the page it's on). If your stats are important for you, please think twice. The BlogCatalog widget may have a similar problem, but the MyBlogLog one has a separate tracking code available from the widgets area of their site which can be added to the IFrame widget and should prevent any problems. BUMPzee are looking at adding this, but it may take some time. It's probably not a good idea to put the Alexa widget in an IFrame, in case it is recording traffic. Anyway, all the details are on the home page if people are interested. Hi Chris,

Thanks for trying out the plugin. Let me know if there’s any problems!

I just want to mention that there is one known problem which is listed on the plugin’s home page – that is the site who make the widget won’t know which page the widget was called from. This is the main reason that it’s still a beta version.

For example, the Bumpzee widget works and shows who has been visiting your site, but the stats show This Page and Blog Total as being the same (basically because This Page is pointing to the IFrame, not the page it’s on). If your stats are important for you, please think twice.

The BlogCatalog widget may have a similar problem, but the MyBlogLog one has a separate tracking code available from the widgets area of their site which can be added to the IFrame widget and should prevent any problems. BUMPzee are looking at adding this, but it may take some time. It’s probably not a good idea to put the Alexa widget in an IFrame, in case it is recording traffic.

Anyway, all the details are on the home page if people are interested.

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