I noticed that with this module enabled, whenever a page loads there are one if not more than one DNS Lookups to various ShareThis servers such as r.sharethis.com and w.sharethis.com. This slows down page loading and site performance considerably. Is there any way to reduce the number of ShareThis DNS lookups such as by localizing the ShareThis icons or JS such that DNS lookups only occur when users click on the ShareThis links?

On the other hand, I notice the PingThis module does not have any DNS lookups on page load...

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mrfelton’s picture

mrfelton commented

I have found this slowdown to be so bad that I have now disabled the module, with regret.

spiffyd’s picture

spiffyd commented

Second to that mrfelton. Not sure what the real culprit is... perhaps sharethis servers needs optimization!

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bejam commented

I am finding this too. I imagine it is possible to localise the icons and dynamically load the sharethis drop-down menu if it is actually clicked. Imagine.... being that I don't know hot to do it!

davestormuk’s picture

davestormuk commented

I don't know if it's related, but sharethis stops me accessing the admin sections of my site when it's enabled. It could be firewall related, but I doubt it.

spiffyd’s picture

spiffyd commented

This should not be related. I never had this issue on multiple 6.x installs. Start a new thread about this. Include details such as warning/error messages etc.

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robloach
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commented

Can we use jQuery to awesomeify this?

$(document).ready(function(){
  $.getScript("http://www.sharethis.com/mysharethiscode.js");
});
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robloach
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Version: 6.x-1.3-3 » 6.x-1.x-dev

Nope......... http://forums.sharethis.com/topic/jquery-documentready-breaks-sharethis

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robloach
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Status: Active » Fixed

BAM!

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.