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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 30 March 2023 08:21 CDT
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I found this which says it's possible but what is the exact code that I need to add to the.htaccess file? - https://www.akeeba.com/support/admin-tools/32855-webp-and-htaccess.html
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Bill,
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We have already added the common WebP extensions (.webp and .WEBP) to the default list of allowed extensions since Admin Tools 5.3.3 released in July 2019. However, we can only do that on new installations. Existing installations have to add that manually.
Go to Components, Admin Tools, .htaccess Maker.
Find the “Backend file types allowed in selected directories” and add the following two lines at the end:
webp
WEBP
Find the “Frontend file types allowed in selected directories”
and add the following two lines at the end:
webp
WEBP
Click on Save & Create .htaccess in the toolbar.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
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Hello,
you have to add that extension inside the fields "Backend file types allowed in selected directories" and "Frontend file types allowed in selected directories".
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Hi Nicholas,
Weird question. Where is the .htaccess maker located in Admin Tools? Isn't it suppose to be in the security section?
Well, you are using NginX, not Apache. That's why you have the NginX Configuration Maker instead.
If you are not using the NginX Configuration Maker you do not need to do anything; Admin Tools is NOT blocking WebP images.
If you are using the NginX Configuration Maker —if you are unsure, you are not, since using the file it generates requires altering your NginX configuration— then and only then you can follow the instructions above in the NginX Configuration Maker page.
Please remember that what I described only has to do with allowing access to WebP files. If you want to manage WebP files through Joomla's Media Manager, that has nothing to do with Admin Tools. I have a feeling that maybe that's the problem you have and you didn't actually explain it in your earlier post.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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Hi Nicholas,
#1. Let me back track to where this issued started.
I got stuck at Joomla 3 php 7.4 because I built my website network using sh404sef since Joomla 1.5 linking thousands of urls over dozens of websites well Weeblr finally created an importer for the urls from sh404sef to 4SEF which is Joomla 4 compatible.
So in this nightmare process I'm working with Samuel at JCH Optimize to get my websites to run faster and he said: - " I've optimized the images, and the WEBP formats are enabled, but they're generating a 403 error on the site. Your server or some extension is blocking these. Check Admin Tools. It could be this component that's preventing them, so just configure it to allow WEBPs, then enable the load WEBP feature."
My dedicated server is using Ubuntu 18.04.6 with Plesk. - " The GD library shipped with Plesk PHP 7.2 and higher supports WebP starting from Plesk Obsidian 18.0.27."
Figuring it wasn't a server issue I moved on to Admin Tools and found https://www.akeeba.com/support/admin-tools/32855-webp-and-htaccess.html which looked like the configuring the .htaccess file correctly might solve the issue.
#2. A couple years ago I tried to use NginX Configuration Maker but I couldn't get it to work with my server. Do you recommend using the NginX Configuration Maker for better website loading speeds?
Since you are not using the NginX Configuration Maker your problem is not caused by Admin Tools.
I will refrain from commenting on what lies outside our core support due to lack of time.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!
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