This problem has been discussed before, but it seems the solution is never the same.
My website is quick to load in FF and Chrome, but extremely slow in IE-8 and -9.
I’ve tried disabling all plugins. I’m running W3TC with minify on. IE is not reporting any js errors.
Can’t switch themes because the site is live and I’m scared to lose custom stuff I did.
I know some PHP and JS, but please be gentle as I’m still a Newb.
Update 1:
Just adding my Header.php. If anyone sees anything strange, please tell me.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="<?php bloginfo('language'); ?>">
<head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-39366119-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();
</script>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" />
<title><?php wp_title(' '); ?> <?php if(wp_title(' ', false)) { echo ' : '; } ?><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></title>
<link rel="icon" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" href="http://www.clickology.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/favicon.ico" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/style-font.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<?php if ( get_option('solostream_responsive_off') != 'Yes' ) { ?>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/style-responsive.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
<?php } ?>
<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo('pingback_url'); ?>" />
<?php wp_head(); ?>
<?php if ( is_singular() ) wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' ); ?>
</head>
<body <?php body_class(); ?>>
<div id="outer-wrap">
<div id="wrap">
<div id="header">
<div style="float:right; vertical-align:top" id="header-widgets" class="clearfix">
<?php dynamic_sidebar('header-widgets'); ?>
</div>
<div id="head-content" class="clearfix">
<?php if ( get_option('solostream_site_title_option') == 'Image/Logo-Type Title' && get_option('solostream_site_logo_url') ) { ?>
<div id="logo">
<a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>"><img src="<?php echo get_option('solostream_site_logo_url'); ?>" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" /></a>
<div class="description"><p style="font-family:arial;color:#594c46;font-size:13px;"><?php bloginfo('description'); ?></p></div>
</div>
<?php } else { ?>
<div id="sitetitle">
<div class="title"><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a></div>
<div class="description"><?php bloginfo('description'); ?></div>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'banner468head' ); ?>
</div>
<?php if ( get_option('solostream_header_contact_on') == 'Yes' ) { ?>
<div class="header-contact-info">
<?php if ( get_option('solostream_header_contact_email') ) { ?>
<span class="head-email">
<strong><?php echo get_option('solostream_header_contact_intro'); ?></strong> <a href="mailto:<?php echo antispambot(get_option('solostream_header_contact_email')); ?>"><?php echo antispambot(get_option('solostream_header_contact_email')); ?></a>
</span>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ( get_option('solostream_header_contact_phone') ) { ?>
<span class="head-phone<?php if ( get_option('solostream_header_contact_email') ) { ?> sep<?php } ?>">
<?php echo get_option('solostream_header_contact_phone'); ?>
</span>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<?php if ( get_option('solostream_show_topnav') != 'no' ) { ?>
<div id="topnav">
<?php if (has_nav_menu('topnav')) { ?>
<ul class="nav clearfix">
<?php wp_nav_menu(array('container'=>false,'theme_location'=>'topnav','fallback_cb'=>'nav_fallback','items_wrap'=>'%3$s')); ?>
</ul>
<?php } else { ?>
<ul class="nav clearfix">
<li id="home"<?php if (is_front_page()) { echo " class="current_page_item""; } ?>><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>"><?php _e("Home", "solostream"); ?></a></li>
<?php wp_list_pages('title_li='); ?>
</ul>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ( get_option('solostream_show_catnav') == 'yes' ) { ?>
<div id="catnav">
<?php if (has_nav_menu('catnav')) { ?>
<ul class="catnav clearfix">
<?php wp_nav_menu(array('container'=>false,'theme_location'=>'catnav','fallback_cb'=>'catnav_fallback','items_wrap'=>'%3$s')); ?>
</ul>
<?php } else { ?>
<ul class="catnav clearfix">
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li='); ?>
</ul>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'banner728' ); ?>
I see you load a few scripts in the header, try relocate stuff in footer.php. Only load necessary stuff in the header. Could help.
And test without…
the to rule out, due it targets the browser where you encounter problems
Overall good practice to handpick stuff, disable and check.
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