Questions tagged [resources]
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When webservers send a page, why don't they send all required CSS, JS, and images without being asked?
When a web page contains a single CSS file and an image, why do browsers and servers waste time with this traditional time-consuming route:
browser sends an initial GET request for the webpage and waits for server response.
browser sends another…
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What are some good feeds/blogs/twitter accounts to follow if I want to learn more about web development?
Who are some of the big names out there (besides Jeff Atwood/@codinghorror, of course) that I should be following as a resource if I want to stay on top of what's new as well commentary on what exists?
Please consider simply editing this question,…
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How to find what is maxing out my entry processes?
My site has been going down due to the max number of Entry Processes being hit. Here's a screenshot from cPanel:
Looking into the Resource Usage Details, I'm seeing I/O and Entry Processes max out as well as a huge increase in CPU and Memory…
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What are sources of free/cheap stock photos?
Need photos for a website and the client has zero cash, What are sources of free stock photos? And how do I understand what the terms and conditions mean?
UPDATE: Changed the title from "free" to "free/cheap". I need an easy to use source of photos,…
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How to test a set of browser touch icons, favicons and tiles for a website?
Various browsers and devices have their own specifications and standards for the kinds of favicon-like icons they use to represent web pages. This answer on the graphic design site gives a pretty good overview.
Suppose you've gone to the trouble to…
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What's the point of cross-origin resource sharing if there's a bunch of CORS proxies running?
I never really liked the direction CORS (cross-origin resource sharing) is taking. I think there's a misconception how client-server communication should work.
The general concept is:
User: Hello Server, I'm sending such request
Server supports…
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How do you track client sites' software?
I've got a bunch of clients, each using various applications, scripts, etc. and not all of those clients are necessarily "active" at any given moment. Some may be in current development, some may only get occasional updates, others dormant because…
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Ideas for making money off a website
I'm considering acquiring a website that traffics close to 20k a month. It's currently unprofitable, but obviously I would need to change that to justify the cost.
It's a support site for a framework similar to CakePHP. A resource that allows people…
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Google mobile friendly test is reporting "resources not loading"
The google mobile friendly test conveniently shows resources that could not be loaded...but it says nothing regarding how to go about fixing them.
I know this may be a broad question, but I'm just looking for some direction on where to go to figure…
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Good tools to get all resources for a particular URL?
I'm looking for clues on which tool to use to see all the resources that a browser would load when going to a particular URL. This would be similar to the list seen in Chrome's Developer Tools -> Frames, but output as something nice like JSON or…
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URI design for many-to-many relationship: advice needed
I'm stuck designing URIs for a many-to-many relationship between users and other resources. Specifically I'm having difficulty predicting the consequences of different approaches.
Given a resources types user and widget (user represents a registered…
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Should I use DNS prefetch and preconnect when loading resources from CDN?
In my web page I load around 12 resources from jsdelivr (CSS and JS).
Should I optimize it with one (or both) of following techniques? If yes, should I put the tags right before loading tags or at the beginning of the page?
DNS prefetch
DNS…
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Google Chrome audit: resources are explicitly non-cacheable?
If I run a Google Chrome audit on a site, it lists all CSS, PNG, JPG, JS files and even the main domain (i.e. www.example.com) under the heading:
Leverage browser caching
The following resources are explicitly non-cacheable. Consider making them…
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How to best understand website design for those with a background in graphic design?
What are the best resources (i.e. tutorials, video keynotes, blog posts, etc) that best assist graphic designers understand the paradigm of website design? As a web designer, I'm really interested in having my sister (a graphic designer) working…
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Why is Chrome not allowing resources to load?
I have a web server, built into a device, sitting behind a firewall. The web server is on port 80, but many times port 80 is already in use by some other device. i.e. DVR.
To access the server from the web, I use an alternative port, like 9300.…
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