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The following call is proving problematic from a page load perspective:

{exp:channel:entries channel="channel" limit="1000" disable="categories|member_data|trackbacks|pagination" search:product_year="2004|2005|2006|2007|2008" dynamic="yes"}

Firstly, I call this in a simple if conditional based on url_segments so it should be parsed early but the use of else means it is advanced and not simple in EE speak.

{if segment_2 == ""}

{if:elseif segment_4 == "archive"}

***the code***

{if:else}

{/if}

I cannot disable custom_fields as I need to search them as shown.

Bug debugging the template shows that 5 of the 6 seconds it takes this page to load is repeated calls by Matrix to grab this data.

(0.418034 / 43.67MB) Calling Extension Class/Method: Matrix_ext/channel_entries_tagdata

etc etc

Annoying it only happens on the template_group/index/ page as the category indexes are limited to just the number of entries for that category and not the site total (approx. 4000). Essentially all the matrix data is loaded for all entries on the index page even though I am only outputting categories.

Anyway I can disable specific custom fields or only make these data calls where it is required? I tried using an embed for the code, but according to the debug the matrix calls are still made.

UPDATE:

Managed to solve this - tried the embedded templates again and it worked this time.

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  • 1000 entries on one page is an aweful lot, can you not restrict the home page to say the current year, then have separate page views for each year? – Bluedreamer Oct 29 '13 at 13:45
  • It's a limit and the page doesn't work unless we can show all of them. Even if I reduce to 500 there is still significant lag so I want to solve the base problem. – Dan Oct 29 '13 at 14:36
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Using embeds to ensure they are parsed after advanced conditional eventually worked for me.

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