I want to leverage browser caching to increase page speed. I've done some research on this and it sounds like max-age and and last-modified are good choices, but I'm unclear on how to determine which files I should implement for it. In general, I'm confused on how to actually do this and what the code would look like in my htaccess. I guess I'm looking to get some more explicit help or to be shown some examples. Or maybe someone can direct me to a lesson/tutorial on this that a novice like me can understand, which I haven't had any luck finding. Any help from someone who knows more about max-age and last-modified and can help tell me how to do this would be greatly appreciated.
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leroy30
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Use externally linked css style sheets and javascript files instead of mashing it all in the same page.
Combine images such as icons in to one image then use backgroun-position to show only the image you want to show - the less files the fast your page will load.
Use http://tools.pingdom.com/ it's a free tool to see how many objects you are loading and how quickly. The less objects, the faster. Hence combining images to one image.
Make sure you ALWAYS put a width and height on all <IMG> tags. This will allow your page to render as it is being downloaded and will *appear* to load faster.
Experiment with images. Tile gradients instead of using massive images, index images that are small or have few colours...
There's a starting point. There's millions of things you can do!
Combine images such as icons in to one image then use backgroun-position to show only the image you want to show - the less files the fast your page will load.
Use http://tools.pingdom.com/ it's a free tool to see how many objects you are loading and how quickly. The less objects, the faster. Hence combining images to one image.
Make sure you ALWAYS put a width and height on all <IMG> tags. This will allow your page to render as it is being downloaded and will *appear* to load faster.
Experiment with images. Tile gradients instead of using massive images, index images that are small or have few colours...
There's a starting point. There's millions of things you can do!
xstortionist
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There's away that you can have your images hosted on another domain as well. That helps with page load as well.
Look into the YSlow add-on for Firefox and Chrome. Very helpful tool when it comes to optimizing page load time/speed. You even get graded on your performance 