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Font Awesome stored locally (included in package) or from CDN?

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Does the include for Font Awesome in IPB 4.x pull from a local resource or from their CDN?

Does the include for Font Awesome in IPB 4.x pull from a local resource or from their CDN?

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If I check the CSS then it looks like it is from local ..

applications/core/interface/font/fontawesome-webfont

 

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Should be from CDN!

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Should be from CDN!

​yes then as new stuff gets added to the set we will automatically have them included. However, maybe IPB will include font awesome updates as part of their upgrade distributions.

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After thinking a bit, Shouldn't this load from a CDN every time? Larger sites will really benefit from this.

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After thinking a bit, Shouldn't this load from a CDN every time? Larger sites will really benefit from this.

​Sure, but admins of larger sites choose their own CDN and set this up themselves. 

I actually don’t like that stock software makes all sorts of calls to all sorts of external sites if it’s not absolutely necessary. 

After thinking a bit, Shouldn't this load from a CDN every time? Larger sites will really benefit from this.

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It stays in cache in your browser for 1 week .. I've checked the expire date ..

you load a 93 kb font file one time .. it's not that bad  :)  ..

 

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But if it comes from the Font Awesome CDN it may be already cached when the user visited another website.

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But if it comes from the Font Awesome CDN it may be already cached when the user visited another website.

​good point!

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