broke slider and layout of new theme

  • This worked great with my old theme but I updated my theme to a MyThemeShop theme called Glamour and it broke the slider and the layout of the homepage and individual posts went wonky when I was not logged in. I retested the speed too and the improvement I saw with the old theme was not there with the new theme.

    I still recommend it for some situations (defo a really easy quick speed fix for old sites) but maybe, looking forward, we shouldn’t let this plugin hide other issues… and test those sliders first!

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  • Plugin Contributor redsand

    (@redsand)

    Hi simonmharding,

    I’m sorry to hear that the plugin did not provide the experience you expected.

    It’s really important for users to read through the full plugin documentation, as this is addressed there. I realize documentation is not always clear, and this is something we work to improve.

    We have the following on the front page:

    NOTE: As with any JS/CSS minification & caching plugin, it’s important to test, test, test before implementing on a production site. Because of the type of plugin it is, this plugin may not work for every site out there, but that does not mean the plugin is broken. If you have any issues, please submit a support request so we can look into it and make it as compatible as possible for everyone.

    And this in the FAQs:

    <h4>Does this plugin have any known issues?</h4>

    <p>Just one that we know of.</p>

    <p>Moving JavaScript to the footer of your page may create issues with some responsive themes that need the JS libraries to be in the head section of the code. If that’s the case then this plugin may not be right for you. Even for us, it’s right for 80% of our sites but not all of them. For the rest we use the RS Head Cleaner Lite plugin, which does everything the same, except for the JavaScript-to-Footer functionality.

    Test this plugin out on your site before deciding if it will be the right solution for you. Normally we would create an options page to let you turn the JS-to-Footer feature off, but this plugin is all about speeding up your site, and that means minimal calls to the database, so unfortunately it would defeat the purpose of this plugin if we added the ability to change that.

    If you don’t want the JS-to-Footer feature, use RS Head Cleaner Lite. It has all the same features except it won’t move JavaScript to the footer.

    Just a thought for the future: This might have been better as a support request instead of a review.

    If you would still like support, we’ll be happy to help. ??

    Thread Starter simonmharding

    (@simonmharding)

    You mention improving your documentation but maybe I can suggest something else. Why are they called Lite and Plus? Those names don’t actually help.

    If one version (Lite) should be used with some (most? all?) responsive themes and the other (Plus) can be used with everything else, why not just call your plugins “RS Head Cleaner” and “RS Head Cleaner (responsive)”?

    Clear labelling will help your cause better than all the documentation in the world! That way your “known issue” becomes a selling point for the other plugin!

    Simples!

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