Dave that speed penalty only occurs in the firts load page right? After that the "compiled" class file will load very fast... right?
Cheers Marco On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:37:31 -0500, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When developing an entire website, I occasionally develop a page with > > no CF-specific content whatsoever (although it happens remarkably > > rarely). Is there any advantage or disadvantage to naming these pages > > with a HTM extension rather than a CFM extension? Is there a speed > > penalty? > > Yes, there is a speed penalty for CFM pages. Static files are much faster > than CFM files, even if those CFM files don't actually contain program > commands. If you don't want to incorporate some CF functionality into those > pages, such as controlling access via Application.cfm, you're better off > using a static file extension. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > phone: 202-797-5496 > fax: 202-797-5444 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:185975 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54