Lazy Loading

To ensure maximum performance of the template, all images (including backgrounds) are loaded in a deferred way. This speeds up page loading times and decreases traffic for your users by only loading the content currently in view.

Markup: Images

To take advantage of this feature, use the special markup for your images. Instead of putting the image source URL in the standard src attribute, put it in data-src as shown in the following example:

<div class="lazy">
  <img
    src="#"
    data-src="img/assets/project5/img-5-3.jpg"
    width="960"
    height="960"
    alt=""/>
</div>

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To minimize page reflow events, it’s recommended that you always specify the width and height of the image. Using these explicitly set dimensions, the script will calculate the correct wrapper width and height so your images will not jump when they are being loaded.

Markup: Backgrounds

For background images, use the lazy-bg class with the path to a background image in data-src:

<div 
  class="lazy-bg" 
  data-src="img/assets/projects/bg-5.jpg">
</div>