AJAX Website Help?

[Shadow121]

I have a js file loading external files can you help me change the load time? XD

var bustcachevar=1 //bust potential caching of external pages after initial request? (1=yes, 0=no)
var loadstatustext="<img src='ajaxtabs/loading.gif' /> Requesting content..."

////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW////////////////////////
var loadedobjects=""
var defaultcontentarray=new Object()
var bustcacheparameter=""

function ajaxpage(url, containerid, targetobj){
var page_request = false
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // if Mozilla, Safari etc
page_request = new XMLHttpRequest()
else if (window.ActiveXObject){ // if IE
try {
page_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
} 
catch (e){
try{
page_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
}
catch (e){}
}
}
else
return false
var ullist=targetobj.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName("li")
for (var i=0; i<ullist.length; i++)
ullist[i].className=""  //deselect all tabs
targetobj.parentNode.className="selected"  //highlight currently clicked on tab
if (url.indexOf("#default")!=-1){ //if simply show default content within container (verus fetch it via ajax)
document.getElementById(containerid).innerHTML=defaultcontentarray[containerid]
return
}
document.getElementById(containerid).innerHTML=loadstatustext
page_request.onreadystatechange=function(){
loadpage(page_request, containerid)
}
if (bustcachevar) //if bust caching of external page
bustcacheparameter=(url.indexOf("?")!=-1)? "&"+new Date().getTime() : "?"+new Date().getTime()
page_request.open('GET', url+bustcacheparameter, true)
page_request.send(null)
}

function loadpage(page_request, containerid){
if (page_request.readyState == 4 && (page_request.status==200 || window.location.href.indexOf("http")==-1))
document.getElementById(containerid).innerHTML=page_request.responseText
}

function loadobjs(revattribute){
if (revattribute!=null && revattribute!=""){ //if "rev" attribute is defined (load external .js or .css files)
var objectlist=revattribute.split(/\s*,\s*/) //split the files and store as array
for (var i=0; i<objectlist.length; i++){
var file=objectlist[i]
var fileref=""
if (loadedobjects.indexOf(file)==-1){ //Check to see if this object has not already been added to page before proceeding
if (file.indexOf(".js")!=-1){ //If object is a js file
fileref=document.createElement('script')
fileref.setAttribute("type","text/javascript");
fileref.setAttribute("src", file);
}
else if (file.indexOf(".css")!=-1){ //If object is a css file
fileref=document.createElement("link")
fileref.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet");
fileref.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
fileref.setAttribute("href", file);
}
}
if (fileref!=""){
document.getElementsByTagName("head").item(0).appendChild(fileref)
loadedobjects+=file+" " //Remember this object as being already added to page
}
}
}
}

function savedefaultcontent(contentid){// save default ajax tab content
if (typeof defaultcontentarray[contentid]=="undefined") //if default content hasn't already been saved
defaultcontentarray[contentid]=document.getElementById(contentid).innerHTML
}

function startajaxtabs(){
for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++){ //loop through passed UL ids
var ulobj=document.getElementById(arguments[i])
var ulist=ulobj.getElementsByTagName("li") //array containing the LI elements within UL
for (var x=0; x<ulist.length; x++){ //loop through each LI element
var ulistlink=ulist[x].getElementsByTagName("a")[0]
if (ulistlink.getAttribute("rel")){
var modifiedurl=ulistlink.getAttribute("href").replace(/^http:\/\/[^\/]+\//i, "http://"+window.location.hostname+"/")
ulistlink.setAttribute("href", modifiedurl) //replace URL's root domain with dynamic root domain, for ajax security sake
savedefaultcontent(ulistlink.getAttribute("rel")) //save default ajax tab content
ulistlink.onclick=function(){
ajaxpage(this.getAttribute("href"), this.getAttribute("rel"), this)
loadobjs(this.getAttribute("rev"))
return false
}
if (ulist[x].className=="selected"){
ajaxpage(ulistlink.getAttribute("href"), ulistlink.getAttribute("rel"), ulistlink) //auto load currenly selected tab content
loadobjs(ulistlink.getAttribute("rev")) //auto load any accompanying .js and .css files
}
}
}
}
}

[jaint]

change the load time? That's dependent on several factors:
- the file itself, html file will load faster since it's plaintext, while php or server side scripts will load slower since they have to be rendered on the server first. Coding of the script and intensiveness will determine the speed of rendering on the server, resource intense scripts will be slower to load.

- network congestion, if the servers are busy -your scripts will be slower to load.

You can't do anything about it, you just have to rely on less resource intense pages, and code optimization of the AJAX. Also if your still having problems, switch to html - ajax is new, but its not necessarily the best thing to use just because its new and popular.