Mike

[Mike]

Laura, it’s set as admin. just resaved.

[Mike]

Perfect. Thanks!!

[Mike]

Thanks!

[Mike]

Awesome! Should I remove from the child’s style.css file? And, in future, should I add CSS to the Theme Quick CSS?

[Mike]

Thanks so much!

[Mike]

I added it. Wonder if cache settings are not updating the CSS?

Admin login:

User: Nerd
Pass: n3rdv1ll3

[Mike]

This is the line that is causing the issue.

[Mike]

I added that to my child theme’s style.css file from Appearance -> Editor and it didn’t seem to change anything.

[Mike]

Apologies! Should have thought of that.

Username: Tester
Password: test

[Mike]

WP External Links seems to be working beautifully.

[Mike]

Thanks. I’ll see if I can find something!

[Mike]

Clarification: I mean External links, not links to other pages of my URL.

[Mike]

Laura, I posted mine in a private reply. Can you see it?

[Mike]

Oh, gotcha!

[Mike]

That’s what I figured. I’ll ask them and also search to see if I can find your previous thread. Thanks!

[Mike]

Nevermind, figured it out. I was trying to import the wrong thing into Fontello.

[Mike]

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[Mike]

Laura, I’ve scoured this forum for ways to resolve the issue. It’s not the number of plugins but Buddypress through KLEO specifically.

Using Cloudflare + VPS has increased page load times dramatically (I think I’m up to 80s on PageSpeed, where previously I was 50s-60s), but simple Buddypress functions like Add Friend button are super slow, taking 3-6 seconds for the button the “change” into request sent. Posting a comment on the activity stream takes a few seconds to load, clicking “load more”, etc. etc.

It’s a shame because you guys have been really supportive and awesome in terms of helping out with advice and solving other issues quickly. I’d love to keep using this awesome theme.

[Mike]

I’ve been having issues with this theme’s speed since I installed it. I’ve tried everything, including W3 Total Cache, CDN, upgraded to VPS, etc. etc.

It’s sped up a little, but still experiencing extremely slow loading on simple functions like Add Friends, Load More on activity stream, posting comments, etc. etc.

This theme chugs and when I switch over to the 2013 the difference is drastic. I’m at the point where I’m about to give up on this theme due to its poor speed / slow loading, etc. This seems to be pervasive too, as you can see when you search this forum.

As amazing as the helpful support community has been here, the core of this theme seems broken.

[Mike]

Is there any way to make the gradient darker so the white text is easier to read?

[Mike]

Just had this happen and re-saving Permalinks helped. Just wanted others to know in case they run into this issue!

[Mike]

Okay, I’ve deactivated Rocket Loader. Will install iTheme Security! Thanks so much!

[Mike]

Oh, also, why should I turn off Rocket Loader? My hosting advice was that Rocket Loader would help speed up the website.

[Mike]

Do you think upgrading to a VPS would affect the site performance?

[Mike]

This is great info, Laura! Thanks.

Here’s what I currently have setup:

• Setup on Cloudflare (seems to help a lot)
• Activated EWWW Image Optimizer (not sure how much this is helping, as PageSpeed still flags some images as unoptimized – shame since I paid for the service)
• W3 Total Cache with settings as you described already (there’s a thread int he KLEO forums where someone posted their settings as a PDF and it was similar to your suggestions)

On your suggestion, I’ve disabled what I can to improve performance (some of those things are essential to the functionality of my site).

-Wangguard ( really slow downs the website )
-Revslider ( do not disable )
-Composer ( do not disable )
-Contact form 7 ( optional )
-Jetpack ( can disable )
-GD attachments (can disable )
-Events manager ( can disable )
-Buddypress sitewide activity widget ( can disable )
-rtMedia ( optional )
-bbpress support topic ( optional )

The only one I might be hesitant to do is Wangguard since I’m trying to prevent spam registration, which I was having issues with. I tried Spamshield, but that was causing a conflict with the Registration page (cookies error).

Do you have a recommendation for a spam registration prevention for KLEO that is more optimized than Wangguard?

[Mike]

Specifically, these query strings are showing as problematic. Is there a way to deal with some / any of these?

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/buddy-bbpress-support-topic/css/bpbbpst-bbpress-widget.css?ver=2.0
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-media/app/assets/css/main.css?ver=3.8.6
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-sitewide-activity-widget/swa.css?ver=4.2.2

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/css/styles.css?ver=4.2.1

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/css/events_manager.css?ver=5.55

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/gd-bbpress-attachments/css/gd-bbpress-attachments.css?ver=2.2_b1422_free

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/css/jetpack.css?ver=3.5.3

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/assets/css/js_composer.css?ver=4.5.3

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/revslider/rs-plugin/css/settings.css?ver=4.6.5

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/wangguard/css/wangguard-bp.css?ver=1.6

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo-child/style.css?ver=3.0.3
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/assets/css/app.min.css?ver=3.0.3
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/assets/css/bootstrap.min.css?ver=3.0.3
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/assets/css/fontello.css?ver=3.0.3
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/assets/css/plugins.min.css?ver=3.0.3
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/assets/js/plugins/magnific-popup/magnific.css?ver=3.0.3
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/bbpress/css/bbpress.css?ver=4.2.2
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/buddypress/css/buddypress.css?ver=2.3.2.1

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/uploads/custom_styles/dynamic.css?ver=3.0.3

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-includes/css/dashicons.min.css?ver=4.2.2

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/mediaelementplayer.min.css?ver=2.16.2
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-mediaelement.css?ver=4.2.2

[Mike]

Seems to work! Thanks!

[Mike]

Awesome! Great work. I’m assuming when I upgrade when it’s released I should remove the code you gave me from my child theme?

[Mike]

Also, would you advise against any of the settings in this tutorial for KLEO?

http://customizewp.com/eliminate-render-blocking-javascript-and-css-above-the-fold-content-in-wordpress-w3-total-cache/

[Mike]

Laura, thanks. I’m getting a bunch of flagged “render-blocking JavaScript and CSS” when I scan my site on PageSpeed.

https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnerdlouisville.org%2F

Is there a way to fix these using Cloudflare?

[Mike]

I’ll take your suggestion. Thanks for the info though!

[Mike]

Would it be an easy change to number by # of notifications instead of # of types using the KLEO theme notification bubble?

[Mike]

That seems to work great! Thanks so much!

[Mike]

Great. Thanks!

[Mike]

Great point. Just wasn’t sure if there was something KLEO specific that may be handled in the way Group forums interact with other bbPress forums on the site. Thanks!

[Mike]

Quick question about this:

I want the notifications bubble on my main menu “My Account” – that also acts as a dropdown with other Profile options. I added the Live Notifications to my menu, changed the name to My Account. However, two problems:

You can’t have a dropdown apparently because the notifications popup overrides it. Will I not be able to do this? Or, is there some other option? Basically, I want the My Account to have a full dropdown with all the login / logout / edit profile, but also have the notifications bubble right there obvious on the main menu.

[Mike]

Awesome! Thank you!

[Mike]

Nvm. Realize this is standard now that I click on the github thing. Can someone explain how I add the bubble to a custom menu item?

[Mike]

That was it! I’m an idiot. Sorry! Thanks so much!!!!

[Mike]

So, I just edited my username on this forum, and there is an option with dropdown to change Display Name. That’s not on my BuddyPress site. Can I add that and the Nickname option on the BuddyPress profile?

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