Tagged ‘minify’
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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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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Beating rule #10 is easy. We want to serve CSS and Javascript that has been minified (and obfuscated, if you please) to our readers, because that's less overhead for them to download. We also want to do it without screwing up our code, so I recommend using Yahoo!'s UI Compressor.
