Create fast pages

Simple tips to improve the load and rendering time of your Proteopedia pages.

• Keep the Jmol applet down to a reasonable size. A larger Jmol applet increases exponentially the demand of resources on the browser and the user computer. You may display enough details on an applet of size 300. The user may always click on the popup button to get a full screen applet, if needed.
• Keep the opening scene simple. Set the applet to display a simple and fast loading scene when loading the page. This will allow for the whole page to become ready in the shortest possible time. Give the user access to the heavier and more elaborated scenes via green links.

  

• Use one applet per page: Unless you must display multiple applets on a page, use the one applet-scrolling layout page format. The many advantages include keeping the applet always visible, enabling the user to scroll the text while reading (see image below), with the green links close to the rendering applet.

• Do not use Flash movies as this extension has been removed from MediaWiki and thus will not work in Proteopedia. Instead convert the Flash movie to 'mp4' with one of many web resources available, e.g. 'SWF Converter for Mac'. A example of a page with Flash movies converted to mp4 movies can be seen at: Alpha Subunit of Thermus aquaticus DNA Polymerase III.