Autoptimize problem

in your original CSS (style.css and others, but do take into account that theme and plugin updates may squash your changes, creating a child theme is the better option), cfr. https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F%3Fao_noptimize%3D1&profile=css3&usermedium=all&warning=1&vextwarning=&lang=en

frank (ao dev)

Frank,

I fixed the CSS code. But when I put the critical css in above-the-fold through Autoptimize, the website comes up blank. In other words, it somehow blocks ALL code from showing.

Here’s the above-the-fold CSS code I’m trying to use:

html,
body,
div,
span,
h1,
h2,
h3,
p,
a,
em,
img,
ins,
center,
ul,
li,
form,
label {
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  vertical-align: baseline;
}

body {
  line-height: 1;
}

h1,
h2,
h3 {
  clear: both;
  font-weight: normal;
}

ul {
  list-style: none;
}

a img {
  border: none;
}

#container {
  float: left;
  margin: 0 -240px 0 0;
  width: 100%;
}

#content {
  margin: 0 245px 0 20px;
}

#primary {
  float: right;
  overflow: hidden;
  width: 220px;
}

body,
input {
  font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif;
}

#access .menu,
#site-title,
.entry-meta,
.entry-title,
.navigation,
.widget-title {
  font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", sans-serif;
}

input[type="submit"] {
  font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", sans-serif;
}

#access .menu-header,
#branding,
#main,
#wrapper {
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 1012px;
}

#wrapper {
  background: #fff;
  margin-top: 20px;
  padding: 0 20px;
}

body {
  background: #f1f1f1;
}

body,
input {
  color: #000000;
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 18px;
}

p {
  margin-bottom: 18px;
}

ul {
  list-style: square;
  margin: 0 0 18px 1.5em;
}

ul ul {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

em {
  font-style: italic;
}

ins {
  background: #FFFFFF;
  text-decoration: none;
}

a:link {
  color: #0066cc;
}

.screen-reader-text {
  clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
  overflow: hidden;
  position: absolute !important;
  height: 1px;
  width: 1px;
}

#header {
  padding: 0 0 0 0;
}

#site-title {
  display: none;
}

#site-title a {
  display: none;
}

#site-description {
  display: none;
}

#branding img {
  display: block;
  float: none;
  width: 900px;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}

#access .menu-header {
  font-size: 13px;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  width: 928px;
}

#access .menu-header ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
}

#access {
  display: block;
  text-align: center;
}

#access ul {
  display: inline-block;
}

#access .menu-header li {
  float: left;
  position: relative;
}

#access a {
  color: #aaa;
  display: block;
  line-height: 20px;
  padding: 0 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

#main {
  clear: both;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 40px 0 0 0;
}

#content {
  margin-bottom: 36px;
}

#content {
  color: #333;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 24px;
}

#content p {
  margin-bottom: 24px;
}

#content h2 {
  color: #000099;
  line-height: 1.5em;
  margin: 0 0 20px 0;
}

.hentry {
  margin: 0 0 48px 0;
}

#content .entry-title {
  color: #000;
  font-size: 21px;
  font-weight: bold;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

.entry-title a:link {
  color: #000;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.entry-meta {
  color: #777;
  font-size: 12px;
}

.entry-content {
  clear: both;
  padding: 12px 0 0 0;
}

img.wide {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 100%;
  height: auto;
}

.entry-meta a {
  color: #777;
}

.navigation {
  color: #777;
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 18px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.navigation a:link {
  color: #777;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.nav-previous {
  float: left;
  width: 50%;
}

.nav-next {
  float: right;
  text-align: right;
  width: 50%;
}

#nav-above {
  margin: 0 0 18px 0;
}

#nav-above {
  display: none;
}

input[type="submit"] {
  color: #333;
}

.widget-area ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin-left: 0;
}

.widget-area ul ul {
  list-style: square;
  margin-left: 1.3em;
}

.widget_search label {
  display: none;
}

.widget-container {
  word-wrap: break-word;
  -webkit-hyphens: auto;
  -moz-hyphens: auto;
  hyphens: auto;
  margin: 0 0 18px 0;
}

.widget-title {
  color: #222;
  font-weight: bold;
}

.widget-area a:link {
  text-decoration: none;
}

@media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) {
  .widget-area {
    display: none !important;
  }

  #main .widget-area ul {
    margin-left: 0;
    padding: 0 20px 0 0;
  }

  #main .widget-area ul ul {
    border: none;
    margin-left: 1.3em;
    padding: 0;
  }

  #access,
  .entry-meta,
  .navigation,
  .widget-area {
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 120%;
  }

  #site-description {
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;
  }
}

the CSS optimizer AO uses can in some cases crash (well, technically it’s PCRE, the regex-component in PHP that crashes). as per the FAQ you could try with the legacy minifier?

frank

Frank,

Thank you! Got it working with:

define(“AUTOPTIMIZE_LEGACY_MINIFIERS”,”true”);

Now, I’ve got to beat back that render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold …