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Vector skin not compatible with mod_SPDY


SimChris

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Just as general FYI; for those using the third-party 'VECTOR' skin, we've come across a serious compatibility issue with their use of an [if] statement to load elements on page prior to the actual html doc class, and use of an indirect link to compiled less class, vs direct links to style sheets.

Case usage:

Firefox on Windows 7/6, OSX

Web server running Cube Cart 5x and mod_SPDY

Skin works in Safari OSX, iOS, Chrome iOS and Win7/64, and IE 11/Win7-64.

With Firefox the style sheet refuses to load due to the "structure" of how the style sheet is loaded by the skin, vs a "direct" method and/or the fact the entire HTML is wrapped in an [if] statement to load page skin variables, and dump 'fusion required' warning if not installed.

Since it takes weeks to get reply from developer, and one forum suggests the main support guy is no longer there (and looks like their ssl cert no longer works for their support area), it's questionable on future support/updates.

MOD_SPDY is the next gen framework for servers created by Google and donated to the Apache foundation, and will be part of the next gen web, and built in to future version of Apache, which is underneath most web servers.

On a positive note, the built-in skins for CC5 work just fine.

Downside for us, is we'd spent considerable time customizing vector, since it uses bootstrap 3 for its layouts, as does rest of our site, so there is consistency in things like buttons, etc. And since bootstrap has been widely adopted by many folks (e.g., ebay, paypal, godaddy, etc.), it's something of a major standard now.

If a savvy developer would like to help us debug the issue and perhaps keep using Vector, I have money to spend. Or, if anybody knows of a bootstrap-based skin for CC5, I'm ready to buy on that, too.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Thanks to those who have offered to help us debug the issue.

 

We have decided to abandon vector since the company is pretty much out of the picture who developed it, and likely won't work with CC6 which will have responsive features baked in. Not worth spending the time /effort to fix Vector since it uses proprietary ajax-based framework. For our purposes we're setting up temporary Woo store then will upgrade to CC6 when available from the CC5 store; running BOTH CC5 store and Woo store for Firefox users. Annoying but makes no sense to waste any more time/energy on a doomed skin/template system. Mod_SPDY will be built in to future version of Apache, so anything that doesn't work with mod_SPDY now, will definitely be useless in the near future. Thanks for  the personal messages, however. :-)


Thankfully CubeCart works with mod_SPDY just fine :-)

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