VaultWiki CSS and js files are included in every forum page - VaultWiki - Wiki for vBulletin Forums

VaultWiki Team

AFAIK, this is done by design, because those files contain the formatting for wiki BB-Codes which can be used in forum content (and are listed on misc.php). For vBulletin 4, the number and size of the requests were reduced, and this is something we're working on improving further in RC 2 or 3.

March 11, 2010 10:44 AM

Junior Member

Are Javascript files required for styling, too?

If we disable the usage of Wiki bbcodes outside of the Wiki forums, could injecting of the VaultWiki styles be disabled?

March 11, 2010 11:30 AM

VaultWiki Team

The Javascript files are required for the functionality of the H tag and wiki link AJAX popups.
There is currently no way to disable usage of wiki BB-Codes outside of wiki forums.

Any of these files should only be included if the BB-Code parser was initialized on a page. Again, reducing the footprint of these items is going to be addressed in an upcoming RC build.

March 11, 2010 11:43 AM

Junior Member

I got an impression that the styles footprint will only be reduced in vB 4?

March 11, 2010 11:54 AM

VaultWiki Team

The style footprint is already slightly reduced in vB 4, because it allowed handling CSS in a more focused way (e.g. combined HTTP requests, CSS-rollup, loading CSS templates individually). Selective CSS inclusion is already done in vB 3 to an extent, but it is only possible when the CSS is NOT saved as a file.

While some improvements simply aren't possible in vB 3, we are planning a rewrite of the CSS for both vB 3 and vB 4 to improve client-side performance across the board.

March 11, 2010 12:48 PM

Junior Member

Ok, disabling AJAX preview popup gets rid of special_autolink.js.
Since we don't need VaultWiki codes in the main forums (except [wiki] itself), I think I'll remove them from the bbcode list and see about removing those stylesheets from the rest of the forums.

March 11, 2010 2:59 PM

VaultWiki Team

Don't delete the Custom BB-Code entry, as this will cause problems in other places. You should just set $show['special_css'] = false; before global_complete.

March 11, 2010 3:23 PM

Junior Member

I just used the Code Manager to disable displaying all VaultWiki codes in the non-wiki areas, including the bbcode list ("Show BB-Code in the vBulletin FAQ"). That should stop 99% of the members from using them in the forums. Even if some bbcode sneaks in, only [H] and AJAX preview (which could be disabled) will be unstyled once all custom VaultWiki styles are gone from the rest of the forums. I can live with that.

To make VaultWiki related styles to load only in showwiki.php, I did this small change:

Code:

VaultWiki code is only viewable by license holders.

March 11, 2010 3:36 PM

VaultWiki Team

That change will remove it from the cached template list, which will mean that it will use resources to query the database for them instead. Like I said above, you just want to set $show['special_css'] = false - recommend finding it in vault/special_plugins_bbcode.php.

March 12, 2010 12:09 AM

Junior Member

Thanks for the quick and informative replies and support, much appreciated!

I can see the merits of your approach, however I think you are mistaken about my solution. Nowhere else these two templates responsible for the inclusion of VaultWiki CSS and JS (vault_general_headinclude and vault_general_footer) are added to the retrieved template list, so they won't be fetched again from the database if disabled in that place.