How can we keep OpenX from blocking page load?

javascript performance client-side openx page-load-time
pjmorse picture pjmorse · Sep 22, 2010 · Viewed 7.4k times · Source

We're using OpenX to serve ads on a number of sites. If the OpenX server has problems, however, it blocks page loads on these sites. I'd rather have the sites fail gracefully, i.e. load the pages without the ads and fill them in when they become available.

We're using OpenX's single page call, and we're giving divs explicit size in CSS so they can be laid out without their contents, but still loading the script blocks page load. Are there other best practices for speeding up pages with OpenX?

Answer

leebutts picture leebutts · Oct 1, 2010

We load our ads in iframes to avoid the problem you're having. We size div and the iframe the same, with the iframe pointing to a page which just contains the ad snippet (you can pass the zone and other required options as parameters to that page).

cheers

Lee

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