Need help with the display of content table Spry

Hey there,

I am new to the world of Spry and AJAX. I created an online store for a customer using a Spry data set and everything works fine - except before content is loaded I see all of the fields (which is bit ugly). Is it possible to hide these fields during the charge of the content? Please take a look at the site to see what I mean. Any input is greatly appreciated!
-Joe

http://ronzacchi.info/pantry/gourmet.html

Thank you so much, Keith!

You are a life saver!

-Joe

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    RAID 10 is faster (and often more reliable) than RAID 5 or RAID-6 except in certain specific cases. In General RAID 10 is ideal for many random writes, since the calculation of parity for RAID-5 and - 6 adds to the overall latency between command and response - latency is cumulative if a little slow here and a little slow it adds up to a lot of overall slow synchronous especially with e/s on a network. OTOH RAID-5 and -6 can produce faster readings due to the number of heads, so you can use it for virtual machines that transfer bulk. Test. You may find that you need several different types subdashboards for best results.

    You said 3ware, they have some good grades on their site, but don't believe it. With my 9650 that I found myself with only a couple of their recommendations-, I put the (simple) table for allocation size 256 k, nr_requests at 2 x the queue_depth and use the planner date limit. I had the habit for the Ext4 file system formatted with stride and stripe-width synced to the table and used the options large_files with fewer inodes (do not use the huge_files option unless you plan to have single VMDK files in the terabyte range). Use a cache of great reading in advance.

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