superfish.min.map 404 (Not Found)

[sangfroidweb]

One of our sites has the error:

/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/js/menu/superfish.min.map 404 (Not Found)

any idea what could cause this? I checked some other sites and none have that file in that path? I'm perplexed. If anyone can offer some advice I would be super thankful!

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[Nick]

When you use the Chrome Developer Tools, Chrome tries to find a JavaScript sourcemap file for any minified JavaScript files included in your page. Sourcemaps are designed to help you debug minified JavaScript – they are purely a debugging tool designed to help you find problems with compressed JavaScript files; they're not needed for essential functions on the site.

The error won't affect regular visitors – they won't even see it unless they open Developer Tools in Chrome – so it's not something you should be worried about, but you can clear those errors if you wish by disabling JavaScript source maps in Chrome:

1. Open the Developer Tools panel with View > Developer > Developer Tools
2. Click the grey cog in the top right of the Developer Tools bar.
3. Uncheck “Enable JavaScript Source maps”

Then close the options panel, refresh the page, and that error will not appear. If you never use Chrome to debug minified JavaScript, then this is the best option for you if you don't like to see errors related to min.map files when you work with Developer Tools.

The alternative would be to ask the Genesis core dev team to generate and include the superfish.min.map file in the lib/js/menu/ folder in a future release, but that's probably not necessary, as Genesis is starting to move away from Superfish anyway.

[Nick]

When you use the Chrome Developer Tools, Chrome tries to locate a JavaScript sourcemap file for any minified JavaScript files included in your page. Sourcemaps are designed to help you debug minified JavaScript – they are purely a debugging tool designed to help you find problems with compressed JavaScript files; they're not needed for essential functions on the site.

The error won't affect regular visitors – they won't even see it unless they open Developer Tools in Chrome – so it's not something you should be worried about, but you can clear those errors if you wish by disabling JavaScript source maps in Chrome:

1. Open the Developer Tools panel with View > Developer > Developer Tools
2. Click the grey cog in the top right of the Developer Tools bar.
3. Uncheck “Enable JavaScript Source maps”

Then close the options panel, refresh the page, and that error will not appear. If you never use Chrome to debug minified JavaScript, then this is the best option for you if you don't like to see errors related to min.map files when you work with Developer Tools.

The alternative would be to ask the Genesis core dev team to generate and include the superfish.min.map file in the lib/js/menu/ folder in a future release, but that's probably not necessary, as Genesis is starting to move away from Superfish anyway.

[sangfroidweb]

Nick,
Allrighty!... glad to know I'm not crazy. I really appreciate you taking the time to explain that to me. Thanks!

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Liz or Eddy @SangFroid Web — Customizing StudioPress themes at http://www.wpstudioworks.com and building custom Genesis Child themes for businesses at http://www.sangfroidwebdesign.com 🙂

[Nick]

When you use the Chrome Developer Tools, Chrome looks for a JavaScript sourcemap file for any minified JavaScript files included in your page. Sourcemaps are designed to help you debug minified JavaScript – they are purely a debugging tool designed to help you find problems with compressed JavaScript files; they're not needed for essential functions on the site.

The error won't affect regular visitors – they won't even see it unless they open Developer Tools in Chrome – so it's not something you should be worried about, but you can clear those errors if you wish by disabling JavaScript source maps in Chrome:

1. Open the Developer Tools panel with View > Developer > Developer Tools
2. Click the grey cog in the top right of the Developer Tools bar.
3. Uncheck “Enable JavaScript Source maps”

Then close the options panel, refresh the page, and that error will not appear. If you never use Chrome to debug minified JavaScript, then this is the best option for you if you don't like to see errors related to min.map files when you work with Developer Tools.

The alternative would be to ask the Genesis core dev team to generate and include the superfish.min.map file in the lib/js/menu/ folder in a future release, but that's probably not necessary, as Genesis is starting to move away from Superfish anyway.

[Andrea Rennick]

We've had tickets about this already. The weird part is Genesis does not call that file anywhere.

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