A Question for Ning about the CSS They Serve to Us?

[JFarrow]

I've been working quite hard lately on transforming my network into less of an art project and more for businesses networking.  And in my findings I'm constantly trying to optimize my CSS files and javascript files for faster loading.  However, what worries me is the number of individual CSS files that Ning injects into the site (without combining them) and these files account for the majority of the bulk added to my pages, due to not being combined and optimized.  Also the lack of Expires Headers on most of the files served by Ning accounts for slower loading as well.

 

 

I'm wondering how other NCs are dealing with this on their networks.  Is there some sort of override which will allow me to combine these files and have the combined file served up instead of all the individual files?  Shouldn't these files be optimized before being served to our networks??

Are other NCs  using a subdomain or separate domain for hosting their CSS and JS files and images and if so, is it performing faster for you that way?

Any feedback you might provide would be very helpful

[Phil McCluskey]

Hi JFarrow,

What's the url that you're seeing this at? Main page, or somewhere else?

Thanks,
Phil 

[Emmanuel Ace]

http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/

[JFarrow]

http://landsurveyorsunited.com/main  thanks Phil

[Eric Suesz]

I'm not sure I have a great answer for this one! But, if we can find someone to answer, we'll give it a go. 

[JFarrow]

thanks Eric...  yes I am still seeing the same...MANY css files now gzipped on Ning site and javascript is same way...