Speed Up Your Site with htaccess Caching

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://websiteat100.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/106132588815909305164" target="_blank">+Asia Eats</a>  <a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/106128640087000006399" target="_blank">+Andrew Grills</a>  <a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/111299284628326868039" target="_blank">+Ama Diavolessa</a> <img border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6coQ9W8DOZNgUFDkKJ87WAO40IDtHnFk7bxcGVUGncWjme3rsHH9B7YVSuGZ1jh99cIT6CmW6ADL_ot8rHQwhDkKj1x2PXbO-yB5a-JBmadhz3kqYw6SPrLos0W43ZTngoX6M3I3E5aY/s640/Speed+Up+your+website-+websiteat100.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> As far as SEO concern, Google and other search engine like yahoo, bing and msn like fast loading website and fast website is one of the SEO benefits, in this tutorial I will show you two methods to speed up your site both methods are extremely simple to set up and will dramatically speed up your site.<br /> <br /> <strong>Note:</strong> Please do a backup of your .htacess file first before trying these solutions as you need to edit .htaccess file and any miss configuration will laid your site down.<br /> <br /> <table class="crayon-table"><tbody> <tr class="crayon-row"><td class="crayon-nums " data-settings="show"><div class="crayon-nums-content" style="font-size: 12px !important; line-height: 15px !important;"> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-1"> 1</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-2"> 2</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-3"> 3</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-4"> 4</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-5"> 5</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-6"> 6</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-7"> 7</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-8"> 8</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-9"> 9</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-10"> 10</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-11"> 11</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-12"> 12</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-13"> 13</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-14"> 14</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-15"> 15</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-16"> 16</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-17"> 17</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-18"> 18</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-19"> 19</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-20"> 20</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-21"> 21</div> </div> </td> <td class="crayon-code"><div class="crayon-pre" style="font-size: 12px !important; line-height: 15px !important;"> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-1"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-e">ifModule </span><span class="crayon-v">mod_expires</span><span class="crayon-sy">.</span><span class="crayon-i">c</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-2"> <span class="crayon-p"># 1 YEAR</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-3"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"\.(ico|pdf|flv)$"</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-4"> <span class="crayon-e">Header </span><span class="crayon-e">set </span><span class="crayon-i">Cache</span><span class="crayon-o">-</span><span class="crayon-i">Control</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"max-age=29030400, public"</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-5"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-o">/</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-6"> </div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-7"> <span class="crayon-p"># 1 WEEK</span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-8"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf)$"</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-9"> <span class="crayon-e">Header </span><span class="crayon-e">set </span><span class="crayon-i">Cache</span><span class="crayon-o">-</span><span class="crayon-i">Control</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"max-age=604800, public"</span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-10"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-o">/</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-11"> </div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-12"> <span class="crayon-p"># 2 DAYS</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-13"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"\.(xml|txt|css|js)$"</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-14"> <span class="crayon-e">Header </span><span class="crayon-e">set </span><span class="crayon-i">Cache</span><span class="crayon-o">-</span><span class="crayon-i">Control</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"max-age=172800, proxy-revalidate"</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-15"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-o">/</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-16"> </div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-17"> <span class="crayon-p"># 1 MIN</span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-18"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"\.(html|htm|php)$"</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-19"> <span class="crayon-e">Header </span><span class="crayon-e">set </span><span class="crayon-i">Cache</span><span class="crayon-o">-</span><span class="crayon-i">Control</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"max-age=60, private, proxy-revalidate"</span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-20"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-o">/</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-21"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-o">/</span><span class="crayon-i">ifModule</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-21"> <br /></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-21"> <br /></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbc0214192703-21"> <div class="crayon-syntax crayon-theme-classic crayon-font-consolas crayon-os-pc print-yes" data-settings=" minimize scroll-mouseover" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597" style="clear: both; float: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 12px;"> <div class="crayon-main" style="overflow: auto; position: relative; z-index: 1;"> <table class="crayon-table"><tbody> <tr class="crayon-row"><td class="crayon-nums " data-settings="show"><div class="crayon-nums-content" style="font-size: 12px !important; line-height: 15px !important;"> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-1"> 1</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-2"> 2</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-3"> 3</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-4"> 4</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-5"> 5</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-6"> 6</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-7"> 7</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-8"> 8</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-9"> 9</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-10"> 10</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-11"> 11</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-12"> 12</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-13"> 13</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-14"> 14</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-15"> 15</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-16"> 16</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-17"> 17</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-18"> 18</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-19"> 19</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-20"> 20</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-21"> 21</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-22"> 22</div> <div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-23"> 23</div> <div class="crayon-num crayon-striped-num" data-line="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-24"> 24</div> </div> </td> <td class="crayon-code"><div class="crayon-pre" style="font-size: 12px !important; line-height: 15px !important;"> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-1"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-e">ifModule </span><span class="crayon-v">mod_headers</span><span class="crayon-sy">.</span><span class="crayon-i">c</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-2"> <span class="crayon-p"># Turn on Expires and set default expires to 3 days</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-3"> <span class="crayon-e">ExpiresActive </span><span class="crayon-e">On</span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-4"> <span class="crayon-e">ExpiresDefault </span><span class="crayon-i">A259200</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-5"> <span class="crayon-h"> </span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-6"> <span class="crayon-p"># Set up caching on media files for 1 month</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-7"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"\.(ico|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|flv|pdf|swf|mov|mp3|wmv|ppt)$"</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-8"> <span class="crayon-h">  </span><span class="crayon-e">ExpiresDefault </span><span class="crayon-e">A2419200</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-9"> <span class="crayon-e">  </span><span class="crayon-e">Header </span><span class="crayon-e">append </span><span class="crayon-i">Cache</span><span class="crayon-o">-</span><span class="crayon-i">Control</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"public"</span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-10"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-o">/</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-11"> <span class="crayon-h"> </span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-12"> <span class="crayon-p"># Set up 2 Hour caching on commonly updated files</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-13"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"\.(xml|txt|html|js|css)$"</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-14"> <span class="crayon-h">  </span><span class="crayon-e">ExpiresDefault </span><span class="crayon-e">A7200</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-15"> <span class="crayon-e">  </span><span class="crayon-e">Header </span><span class="crayon-e">append </span><span class="crayon-i">Cache</span><span class="crayon-o">-</span><span class="crayon-i">Control</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"private, must-revalidate"</span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-16"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-o">/</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-17"> <span class="crayon-h"> </span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-18"> <span class="crayon-p"># Force no caching for dynamic files</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-19"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"\.(php|cgi|pl|htm)$"</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-20"> <span class="crayon-h">  </span><span class="crayon-e">ExpiresDefault </span><span class="crayon-e">A0</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-21"> <span class="crayon-e">  </span><span class="crayon-e">Header </span><span class="crayon-e">set </span><span class="crayon-i">Cache</span><span class="crayon-o">-</span><span class="crayon-i">Control</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0"</span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-22"> <span class="crayon-h">  </span><span class="crayon-e">Header </span><span class="crayon-e">set </span><span class="crayon-i">Pragma</span><span class="crayon-h"> </span><span class="crayon-s">"no-cache"</span></div> <div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-23"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-o">/</span><span class="crayon-i">filesMatch</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> <div class="crayon-line crayon-striped-line" id="crayon-529c7f061dbca942084597-24"> <span class="crayon-o"><</span><span class="crayon-o">/</span><span class="crayon-i">ifModule</span><span class="crayon-o">></span></div> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <br /></div> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> If they aren’t available, and you have administrative access, you can recompile Apache to include them.<br /> This can be done either by uncommenting the appropriate lines in the Configuration file, or using the <strong>-enable-module=expires</strong> and <strong>-enable-module=headers</strong> arguments to configure (1.3 or greater).<br /> <br /> <br /></div>

Speed Up Your Site with htaccess Caching

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