Question Forum position shifting from left to centre on first load

Can anybody offer some advice as to why my forum starts on the left-hand-side briefly when it first loads. It ends up centring itself, but it would be nice if it didn't do that awkward jump.

My forum

Regards

I tried four different browsers and two different appliances (a desktop PC and my iPad).

Maybe it's a timing thing related to how fast/slow the user's internet connection speed is, or maybe it's related to server load/capacity serve data content, but in my case the effects were minimal. I don't know what that "progress indicator" application is, but it's a nuisance that it appears whenever you go from one page to another.

It's entirely up to you, of course, if you want to show a percentage page load but it I think it will turn people off if they see it every time they flip from one part of your forum - or any other part of your site, for that matter - to another.

My guess as to the reason that your page "shifts" during page load is simply that - your browser is waiting for information and the page is being rendered "on-the-fly" as more information is downloaded to your appliance.

It may help, instead of simply posting your site URL when you ask questions on this forum, to think about using the Kunena configuration report. It will save you time and it saves us time (and it may eliminate some of the guesswork) ...

sozzled wrote: I tried four different browsers and two different appliances (a desktop PC and my iPad).

Maybe it's a timing thing related to how fast/slow the user's internet connection speed is, or maybe it's related to server load/capacity serve data content, but in my case the effects were minimal. I don't know what that "progress indicator" application is, but it's a nuisance that it appears whenever you go from one page to another.

It's entirely up to you, of course, if you want to show a percentage page load but it I think it will turn people off if they see it every time they flip from one part of your forum - or any other part of your site, for that matter - to another.

My guess as to the reason that your page "shifts" during page load is simply that - your browser is waiting for information and the page is being rendered "on-the-fly" as more information is downloaded to your appliance.

It may help, instead of simply posting your site URL when you ask questions on this forum, to think about using the Kunena configuration report. It will save you time and it saves us time (and it may eliminate some of the guesswork) ...

Yes I agree with you about the percentage page load when it loads the forum, it's not ideal, there is a way to turn it off but it does it for the whole site rather than just the forum.

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Why are you still using K 3.0.4? You are aware, aren't you, that K 3.0.4 is unsupported?

sozzled wrote: Why are you still using K 3.0.4? You are aware, aren't you, that K 3.0.4 is unsupported?

Not anymore, thanks for the heads up about the update.

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this is because your js is load first, then load joomla template css.

Contact your template builder to remove that % Loader. Its slowing down your website.


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