Tagged ‘.htaccess’
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
The problem is that while the info is definitely out there, it's not all in one place (at least as far as I've browsed). Moreover, there are a couple of specific applications of the speed tricks that haven't been clearly laid out before (particularly, applying Cache-Control headers to dynamic images generated by the WordPress Facelift plugin, or the ideal .htaccess settings if your host is MediaTemple). In the interest of time (and laziness, our one true virtue), I've compiled an easy-to-apply series on YSlow that will get your WordPress sped up in no time.
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
For those of us cheapskates on shared servers, our greatest weapon against the admonitions of YSlow is .htaccess, that innocuous text file that has the capacity to blow up your website if you mistreat it. To defeat rules #3: Add an Expires or Cache-Control Header, #4 GZip Components, and #13 Configure ETags, we need the following .htaccess swank.
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Here's quick list of my favorite WordPress plugins that I've come back to time and time again on client projects. Each of these plugins have withstood the test of time (when it comes to new versions of WordPress), have diligent support in the community, and remain stable to date. I'll be returning to this post from time to time to provide hacks wherever mentioned.
