Top "Preload" questions

The term preload relates to techniques for improving performance by loading data/contents into memory/cache before processing or displaying it to users: preloading images in browsers to avoid delay in image rendering, preloading data from databases to RAM to avoid DB queries, and so on.

Preloading CSS Images

I have a hidden contact form which is deployed clicking on a button. Its fields are set as CSS background …

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JQuery wait for page to finish loading before starting the slideshow?

I have a site with a rotating header image (you've all seen them). I want to do the following: Load …

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display a gif while asp.net page loads

I have a lenghty ASP.NET page load process. Is there a way to display a loading gif while the …

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How to preload a sound in Javascript?

I can preload images easily thanks to the onload function. But it doesn't work with audio. Browsers like Chrome, Safari, …

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HTML5 video autoplay but with a 5 seconds of delay

I have a 20 second long HTML5 video loop as the background on my webpage and it is set to autostart. …

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preloading font with rel preload

I am preloading a font using the <link> HTML tag with the rel attribute set to preload as …

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Flexslider slow image load

I am using Flexslider on a website I'm building. I like the responsiveness very much and thats the reason I …

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Preload font-awesome

I am trying to pre-load font-awesome to improve my page load times: <link rel="preload" as="style" href="//maxcdn.…

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How can I preload a page using HTML5?

I remember reading about a meta tag that makes the browser preload a page. What's the tag again?

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Block UI spinning preloader

I was wondering if anyone could shed insight as to how I could add a spinning preloader (like apple uses) …

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