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5 August 2014

Compress site using mod_deflate to reduce bandwidth and loading time, also Google Speed suggests it. You can test your site via whatsmyip.org/http-compression-test. Add this to your .htaccess file, to the bottom.

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  1. <IfModule mod_deflate.c>
  2.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
  3.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
  4.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobject
  5.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font
  6.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-opentype
  7.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-otf
  8.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-truetype
  9.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf
  10.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
  11.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
  12.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
  13.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/opentype
  14.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/otf
  15.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/ttf
  16.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
  17.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon
  18.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
  19.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
  20.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
  21.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
  22.   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
  23. </IfModule>
Programming Language: Apache configuration