User Story

As a front-end developer, I need to effectively utilize the flags provided by PageApi to determine if a page is part of an experiment and manage page content before a redirect occurs. This is to eliminate the visual flickering seen when a user lands on a page that requires redirection to an experiment variant.

Acceptance Criteria

• Utilize the PageApi flags to check if the incoming page has an associated experiment and variant before fully rendering the page.
• Implement pre-fetching or a placeholder mechanism to prevent the initial content from rendering if a redirect to a variant is needed.
• Ensure the solution provides a seamless user experience with no noticeable flicker when navigating to a page involved in an experiment.
• The implemented solution should not adversely affect the page load time or performance.
• Document the approach and any changes made to the handling of page rendering and redirects.

Proposed Objective

User Experience Improvement, Performance Optimization

Proposed Priority

Priority 2 - Important

dotCMS Version

master

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Assumptions & Initiation Needs

Assuming that the current mechanism of handling redirects after the page has begun to load is causing visible flickering, leading to a suboptimal user experience.

Quality Assurance Notes & Workarounds

Quality assurance should focus on ensuring that the new mechanism effectively eliminates flickering without introducing new issues such as increased page load times or broken functionality.