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#12195 .htaccess maker and css files

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Latest post by on Thursday, 07 June 2012 18:00 CDT

Monday, 07 May 2012 12:04 CDT

user27991
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Database Version: 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.10
PHP Version: 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9
Joomla! Version: Joomla! 1.5.23 04-March-2011 18:00 GMT
Admin Tools version: (latest)

Description of my issue:

I am using .htaccess maker on our website www.asafeworldforwomen.org
And have been working on the speed of the site
I have been testing using https://developers.google.com/pagespeed
And am getting a good high score of 90

In the recommended changes it mentions
'Specify an expiration at least one week in the future for the following resources:'
Amongst the resources mentioned are several css files we use as well as .js files

In our .htaccess file it says
# CSS and JS expiration: 1 week after request
ExpiresByType text/css "now plus 1 week"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "now plus 1 week"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "now plus 1 week"

Which I think means that .css files and .jss should be covered

We are using a .cdn system which images and .js files are being pushed through
(I am not sending the .css files because of some conflicts)
Does Google not recognise the .ht access when we use a CDN system?

But having said that - the css files aren't going through the CDN - so I am baffled!

Thx in advance

Andrew


Monday, 07 May 2012 12:16 CDT

nicholas
Hi Andrew,

Ehen you activate the "Set default expiration time to 1 hour" option in the .htaccess Maker and click on the Save and Create .htaccess we add exactly that kind of .htaccess directives to the generated .htaccess but with an expiration time of 1 hour, not 1 week. In fact, I would suggest against using a longer timeout on a Joomla! site. The next time you update a component or modify something in the CSS files of your template you don't want your visitors to experience a broken site for one week unless they clear their browser's cache. One hour is enough to ensure adequate caching in real life conditions without becoming a nuisance. Remember that Google's suggestions apply to sites where the web master is using custom code (not off the shelf components), making it possible to add versioning tags and/or different file names every time you update something on your site.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Monday, 07 May 2012 14:26 CDT

user27991
Hi Nicholas
Thx for that
I am a little puzzled though why for instance Mootools is not showing as having any expiration on it
or rather this link on the cdn doesn't have
http://asafeworld.higheffectdesign.netdna-cdn.com/.../mootools-1.2.5.js

shows as (expiration not specified)

Tuesday, 08 May 2012 03:05 CDT

nicholas
That is a question for the CDN provider. Please note that the .htaccess file only controls how your site's web server will serve the files. When the files are transferred to the CDN and served from the CDN, it's the CDN's responsibility to set the expiration headers. For example, when I upload static files (e.g. packages for download) to our CDN I use the default expiration time of 24 hours. When I upload time-sensitive data (e.g. update information) I use an expiration time of 1 hour. These settings are honoured by our CDN (CloudFront) and sent with the HTTP headers by the CDN's servers. In your case, it sounds like the CDN doesn't send that information. Please ask your CDN provider. Most likely it's a configuration option.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Thursday, 07 June 2012 18:00 CDT

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Edited by on 2012-06-07 18:00 CDT

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