actinic javascript huge files - Causing massive problem

[irwebonline]

Im having massive problems with Actinic Javascript.
Whenever the files have to be loaded for the first time they take an age. I believe this puts people off and makes them close my site before its loaded.

Act_sections_tree.js is currently 690kb and growing
Others are around the 200kb mark.

I notice if i delete the act_sections_tree.js then i dont have a navigation menu down the left hand side.
Is there any way to compress this info ?

[NormanRouxel]

You simply have a HUGE number of sections (due to having one product per section).

The only way to simplify this is to put all the relevant products (say all Alcatel Batteries) into a single section. Your top-level will still look the same but you'll have cut out that intermediate page.

This will greatly reduce the size of these files.

Norman

[irwebonline]

The reason there is one product per section is for the search engines. Doing it this way gets really good search engine rankings.

What i want is a way so actinic only generates the top level sections for the menu bar on the left. Would this reduce the size of the file.

The only other alternative i can see is using one of the basic themes and generating a design for it.

[NormanRouxel]

OK that's easy to do and the files will be tiny.

Edit Act_Primary.html (and any other Primary templates you use - see Design / Options / Layouts / Primary Templates) and replace the lines

<!--@act NETQUOTEVAR:SECTIONTREE_RAW -->

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
function YahooSections(ar)
{
var strIDs = '';
for (var i=1;i<=ar.length;i++)
  {
  if (ar[i].sURL != null)
    {
    strIDs += '<a href="' + ar[i].sURL + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><b><font color="NETQUOTEVAR:FGCOLORCSS">' + ar[i].sName + '</font></b></span></a><br>';
      {
      if (ar[i].pChild)
        {
        for (var j=1;j<=ar[i].pChild.length;j++)
          {
          if (ar[i].pChild[j].sURL != null)
            {
            strIDs += '<a href="' + ar[i].pChild[j].sURL + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><font color="NETQUOTEVAR:FGCOLORCSS">' + ar[i].pChild[j].sName + '</font></span></a><br>';
            }
          }
        }
      }
    strIDs += '<br>'
    }
  }
return strIDs
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>

with

<!--@act NETQUOTEVAR:TOPLEVELSECTIONS_RAW -->

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
function YahooSections(ar)
{
var strIDs = '';
for (var i=1;i<=ar.length;i++)
  {
  if (ar[i].sURL != null)
    {
    strIDs += '<a href="' + ar[i].sURL + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><b><font color="NETQUOTEVAR:FGCOLORCSS">' + ar[i].sName + '</font></b></span></a><br>';
    }
  }
return strIDs
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>

also replace the line

document.write(YahooSections(section_tree))

with

document.write(YahooSections(sections))


Norman

PS If you want the lines double spaced then replace <br> (in the very long line above) with <br><br>