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Have you ever gone onto an image-heavy site and marveled at how fast it loads; at how the images just “fade in” as you scroll down the page? Cool, yes? While it may seem, to the average Joe/Josephine, that this nice little bell and or whistle is the result of a fancy and expensive tool created just for big sites like Mashable — it’s actually just a little jQuery script. It doesn’t take too much to install, either, especially if you have a WordPress site. In fact, there are at least two plugins for WordPress that make it extremely simple for you to do too.
1. jQuery Image Lazy Loader
No configuration required, this plugin is quite literally plug and play. All you have to do is install the plugin and activate it and every page on your site will be treated to faster load times and the awesome that is images that fade in on demand. The bandwidth you will save isn’t hard on your pocketbook, either.
2. Lazy Loader
Lazy Loader does exactly the same thing as jQuery Image Lazy Loader, but it gives you configuration options. For example, you can choose to only use the plugin on pages or posts, or even specific pages and posts, or by category. You can also choose a jQuery effect other than fade-in, a placeholder image, and more. This plugin is not available in the WordPress repository, so you have to download it from the source.
What experiences have you had with Lazy Loader scripts or plugins?
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dave says:
Ahh, nice tip thanks. I must implement this for my blog.
October 16, 2010 — 5:16 am
Bobby Travis says:
Glad you liked it, Dave! I’d been curious about the how of it for a while, myself, and am glad I took the time to research it!
October 16, 2010 — 9:51 am
Evan Kline says:
Now that Google will be figuring load times into their site rankings, any idea whether the site is considered “loaded” when the stuff off the screen isn’t loaded? Sounds very promising.
October 16, 2010 — 2:49 pm
Bobby Travis says:
Nothing I’ve read has indicated that this would hinder SEO efforts in any way.
October 16, 2010 — 4:20 pm
Friedrich Beyer says:
Die Links hier sind total klasse und hilfreich, vielen Dank dafür und bis bald.
October 26, 2010 — 7:19 am
Bobby Travis says:
My German is a bit rusty — but Google Translate helps much!
Gut, dass Sie wie sie, Friedrich! zurück jederzeit kommen. :D
October 26, 2010 — 1:17 pm