[FOR-1139] the forrest output needs to be optimized in various ways

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.9
• Component/s: Core operations, Plugin: internal.dispatcher, Skins (general issues)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: David Crossley
• Created: 23/Dec/08 03:53
• Updated: 23/Dec/08 03:53

Description

There are a number of things that can be improved with the output. This optimization will assist with page download times and general usability. For example, an on-line store application needs to show the page layout and text content as quickly as possible, and let the rest of the content objects (images, extra javascript, extra css) load later.

This a high-level issue to help co-ordinate the tasks.

The main focus is to improve $FORREST_HOME/whiteboard/plugins/org.apache.forrest.plugin.internal.dispatcher/ although some tweaks could also be applied to the "skin"-based stylesheets.

Use this page for testing:
http://forrest.zones.apache.org/ft/build/forrest-sample-2/samples-b/sample.html

Sub-Tasks

• assess the output with an optimization tool to identify issues and gauge the improvements: Open
• use height and width and alt attributes for all images: Open
• reduce the size of the "head" section of html output: Open
• reduce the number of external CSS files: Open
• clean up CSS files, reduce whitespace, remove unnecessary definitions and comments: Open
• ensure that CSS validates okay: Open
• ensure that HTML validates okay: Open
• some JavaScript external files could be referenced in body not head of html: Open
• reduce the size of the "body" section of html output: Open