Will 4 or more Switch or IF calls in a template slow my site?

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Menno Pietersen Reply #1, 14 years, 11 months ago

Hello I am working on my template project for MODX Revo: Flexibility.
https://github.com/DESIGNfromWITHIN/Flexibility

I am creating a template with some default TV's where you can change the layout of the page.
And I would like to use a Switch call to add my footer.

[[switch?
    &get=`[[*footer_boxes]]`
    &c1=`2` &do1=`
	<footer class="grids">
		<div class="grid-6">
			[[*footer_box_01]]
		</div>
		<div class="grid-6">
			[[*footer_box_02]]
		</div>
	</footer>`
    &c2=`3` &do2=`
	<footer class="grids">
		<div class="grid-4">
			[[*footer_box_01]]
		</div>
		<div class="grid-4">
			[[*footer_box_02]]
		</div>
		<div class="grid-4">
			[[*footer_box_03]]
		</div>
	</footer>`
    &c3=`4` &do3=`
	<footer class="grids">
		<div class="grid-3">
			[[*footer_box_01]]
		</div>
		<div class="grid-3">
			[[*footer_box_02]]
		</div>
		<div class="grid-3">
			[[*footer_box_03]]
		</div>
		<div class="grid-3">
			[[*footer_box_04]]
		</div>
	</footer>`
]]

This way, choosing a value for footer_boxes will change the layout of the footer in 2, 3 or 4 columns.
I am planning to use the same concept for a optional slider, image gallery and sidebar.

My question is if this will slow down the site and if anybody has suggestions on how to improve this idea.

This question has been answered by multiple community members. See the first response.

[ed. note: ThaClown last edited this post 14 years, 11 months ago.]

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smooth-graphics Reply #2, 14 years, 11 months ago

Of course it will slow down site-load but it shouldn't do much.
Is there an existing online-example we can look? You can test on your own by trying with If-statements and w/o them. You look for site-load in developer tools (network tab) for each of the versions.

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Menno Pietersen Reply #3, 14 years, 11 months ago

Thanks Anselm,
The link is here: http://designfromwithin.com/flexibility2/

My check do not show any big slow down. I think i will use switch more for some site-wide options.

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smooth-graphics Reply #4, 14 years, 11 months ago

Your page is loaded (initially) after 300-700ms. That's a great value so I don't think there's a major slow-down.
From your current code I can't see anything because we don't know how switch-snippet works. wink

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romain Reply #5, 14 years, 11 months ago

Just a quick reply : you might want to give a try to http://www.jasoncoward.com/technology/2010/10/the-executioner-snippet.html (a really good -- not enough known -- snippet wrapper ;p)

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