thats a pretty good solution... ive also been thinking about using cachefly as a backup maybe... i'd rather use packed then minified though :) im sure i can find one here on googlecode thogh
thanks! On Aug 28, 9:48 pm, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These are just static files? > > You could use Google's copy of jQuery: > > <script type="text/javascript" > src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.min.js";> > </script> > > And host the rest of your files on Amazon S3. Let them worry about the > scaling. > > Combine the plugin and the other JS file into a single .JS file and minify > it. > > How big are the JS files and the images? > > -Mike > > > From: Alex Weber > > > First off hi! > > > Here's the scenario: > > > I have a banner that I'm going to put up on various different > > websites. The banner relies on the packed jquery core > > library, 1 plugin and another simple js file. > > > Oh, and obviously, I can't host anything on the destination > > site's servers. > > > What's happening is that every time a banner is displayed, > > all 3 javascript files and 3 images are downloaded and > > displayed on the page. Which works fine for 1 user at a time > > visiting 1 website at a time. > > > Now, our goal is to have this banner up on running on maybe > > 10-20 websites each of which have between hundreds and > > thousands of pageviews a day. So basically this will be a > > disaster because there is no way our server will be able to > > handle this. > > > I've been suggested 3 possibilities: lazy-loading, caching > > and dynamic javascript generation. > > > I don't see how lazy-loading will help much and caching seems > > like a great idea because the external files won't change but > > I don't really know how to go about implementing it. And I > > have NO idea what was meant by dynamic js generation... > > > Can somebody please shed some light on this and point me in > > the right direction please? > > thanks! > > > -Alex
