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Forum Topics => Webmaster Tools, Tips and Tricks => Topic started by: mario on January 06, 2009, 05:40:39 PM

Title: Speed Up Sites with htaccess Caching
Post by: mario on January 06, 2009, 05:40:39 PM
This article shows 2 awesome ways to implement caching on your website using Apache .htaccess (httpd.conf) files on the Apache Web Server. Both methods are extremely simple to set up and will dramatically speed up your site

Apache .htaccess caching code

# 1 YEAR
<FilesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=29030400, public"
</FilesMatch>
# 1 WEEK
<FilesMatch "\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800, public"
</FilesMatch>
# 2 DAYS
<FilesMatch "\.(xml|txt|css|js)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=172800, proxy-revalidate"
</FilesMatch>
# 1 MIN
<FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|php)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=60, private, proxy-revalidate"
</FilesMatch>


For fail-safe code implement this to the above

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
# any Expires Directives go here
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
# any Header directives go here
</IfModule>


At least one of the 2 modules needs to be built into Apache; although they are included in the distribution, they are not turned on by default. To find out if the modules are enabled in your server, find the httpd binary and run httpd -l; this should print a list of the available modules. The modules we
Title: Re: Speed Up Sites with htaccess Caching
Post by: rabinalvin on November 26, 2017, 05:27:42 PM
It's ignore java scripts ans CSS, yes or not.
Title: Re: Speed Up Sites with htaccess Caching
Post by: mario on November 27, 2017, 06:12:01 PM
You see js and css file in the two days line ;)
Title: Re: Speed Up Sites with htaccess Caching
Post by: smithloo on January 29, 2024, 04:48:42 AM
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