empty #system-message-container

Why is comprofiler putting out empty #system-message-container divs? That is bad for SEO, bad for custom coding, not good for anything AFAIK.

Joomla is entirely responsible for outputting the system message container. CB API can't even create a message queue with an empty string. Your issue has nothing to do with CB and is just how Joomla handles the message queue when the message tag is added to the Joomla template.

If you want to confirm it's entirely Joomla feel free to use Joomlas test drive demo and check there as well. You'll see it's in the DOM.

demo.joomla.org/#

That is bad for SEO, bad for custom coding, not good for anything AFAIK.

This is completely false, but if you want it improved feel free to contribute to Joomla below and change it.

github.com/joomla

This is completely false

According to google and the SEO experts you are wrong. They say you should not clutter the page with unnecessary code. And of course it is bad for custom coding when you have to deal with meaningless DOM elements. And what exactly is the empty div good for?

But it is indeed Joomla that puts out the empty message div. I think my cck is why it does not appear in all my other pages except the cb pages.

Thanks for the github link but I am in no way qualifyed to touch any of the core files.

The issue can be considered closed since it is not related to CB.

It'd impact the SEO if it was piled with data that slowed the page load, but it isn't as It's an empty div. Page load does affect SEO, but again it's a single empty div in the DOM so it's not really contributing to page load time at all. I guess if you've some JS parsing through every DOM element with a weak selector usage it'd have a slight impact, but that'd just be a symptom of the JS. So yeah I guess I could be wrong depending on the situation, but as for your situation you've no reason to worry about it; you won't gain any performance removing it.

Also dug into it further. It's a problem with the template where message queue is output. The IF check is inside of the container div. The IF check just needs to be moved. More specifically see the below file for Joomlas protostar template.

templates/protostar/html/layouts/joomla/system/message.php

I'm not sure why they're doing it this way. There might be a styling reason behind it. I don't know.

Thanks for the github link but I am in no way qualifyed to touch any of the core files.

There is no qualification for contributing to Joomla. Just follow their coding standards and make a pull request. It'll be tested, reviewed, and if accepted merged.