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Replacing content to optimize page load time

[klauslovgreen]

Hi,

I am facing a bit of a strange problem. I am setting up an adsever and to make sure the page loads quickly regardles how long the ads are taking (if ever) I am using empty

<div id="oas-Top"></div>

and then replace the content end of the page as follows:

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
// returns AD content to visible
function showAdvert(pos) {
 document.getElementById("oas-"+pos).innerHTML = document.getElementById("oas-"+pos+"-parent").innerHTML;
 }
//--></script>

<div id="oas-Top-parent" style="display:none"><script type="text/javascript">
<!-- 
OAS_AD('Top');
//-->
</script>

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
showAdvert("Top");
//-->
</script>

It works most of the time (always in FireFox) but some complex JS code served by the adsystem get IE to stop loading. Any thoughts or ideas are welcomed.

Cheers
Klaus

[thesheep]

Just an idea but I've found that IE can have problems with script files placed within <div> elements. Sometimes putting them further down just before the closing </body> tag helps.