Frequently Asked Questions
CSS sometimes fails to load
Q.
Sometimes when I refresh a page, the CSS stylesheet loads only partially or takes a long time.
A.
A bug in some versions of mod_deflate — a compression add-on for Apache used on some shared hosting servers — can sometimes cause CSS caching to fail.
Textpattern’s caching feature is only enabled in Live mode, so temporarily set your production status preference to Testing to disable it, and see if the problem still occurs. If that stops the problem, the mod_deflate bug is probably the culprit. You’ll need to turn off caching to fix it (go to Admin > Preferences > Advanced, and set Send “Last-Modified” header? to No). You can switch production status back to Live once you’ve done this.
We’ve confirmed the problem occurs on at least one of Textdrive’s servers.
Posted 18 October 2006, 10:02 by Alex Shiels
