Comments on: Table Of Contents Discussion Resumed http://hackadelic.com/table-of-contents-discussion-resumed Think More, Code Less! - Intelligent WordPress Solutions Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:51:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Hackadelic http://hackadelic.com/table-of-contents-discussion-resumed/comment-page-1#comment-5578 Hackadelic Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:18:57 +0000 http://hackadelic.com/?p=523#comment-5578 Jim, I do value performance, but I wouldn't say it's the <strong>most</strong> important thing about a website. Page loading needs to be fast enough, but not faster. Beyond that, sacrificing flexibility for speed makes no sense. It is true that WP's plugin load mechanism imposes some overhead, but alas, many plugins (and themes) suffer from performance problems because of the way they are coded in the first place. I do strive for the most simple solutions, both with the plugins I implement and those I choose to use on my blog, so I can probably afford to have a few plugins more ;) Jim, I do value performance, but I wouldn’t say it’s the most important thing about a website. Page loading needs to be fast enough, but not faster. Beyond that, sacrificing flexibility for speed makes no sense.

It is true that WP’s plugin load mechanism imposes some overhead, but alas, many plugins (and themes) suffer from performance problems because of the way they are coded in the first place.

I do strive for the most simple solutions, both with the plugins I implement and those I choose to use on my blog, so I can probably afford to have a few plugins more ;)

]]> By: Jim http://hackadelic.com/table-of-contents-discussion-resumed/comment-page-1#comment-5557 Jim Sun, 30 May 2010 07:31:40 +0000 http://hackadelic.com/?p=523#comment-5557 IN a more general sense, plug-ins do slow Wordpress down, which constrains their utility since I hazard the opinion that speed is absolutely the most important thing about a website. No one is going to read a website that is slow, and slow is something less than 3-5 seconds IMHO. At the same time, plug-ins are preferable to hard coding in that they are transportable across themes. So most users must prioritize the plug-ins they use. I hazard to guess that is why we see relatively few Table of Contents on sites. I read an interesting discussion about conditionally loading plug-in code <a>from Beer Planet</a> showing a couple ways to avoid load bloat as well as ensuring that code doesn't get loaded twice. I hope it's germane to your discussion. IN a more general sense, plug-ins do slow WordPress down, which constrains their utility since I hazard the opinion that speed is absolutely the most important thing about a website. No one is going to read a website that is slow, and slow is something less than 3-5 seconds IMHO.

At the same time, plug-ins are preferable to hard coding in that they are transportable across themes. So most users must prioritize the plug-ins they use. I hazard to guess that is why we see relatively few Table of Contents on sites.

I read an interesting discussion about conditionally loading plug-in code from Beer Planet showing a couple ways to avoid load bloat as well as ensuring that code doesn’t get loaded twice.

I hope it’s germane to your discussion.

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