Website Compression

I’ve been getting a bit frustrated with the performance of this Blog for a while, so finally decided to do something about it and using Google webmaster tools it was suggested to enable compression. This seemed a bit odd because I assumed that this was probably already being done, either as a default for my server or because it would seem a sensible thing for WordPress installations to do. Anyhow, a quick search came up with an excellent page at betterexplained.com a site I hadn’t come across before, but I think I will make more use of it in the future. As well as a simple run through of how to set it up, there’s also a clear explanation of what is happening and why the fix makes a difference. Since this site runs on an Apache server all I needed to do was cut and paste a few lines into the .htaccess file for the directory and I was done… the improvement was immediate, and hopefully makes reading this blog a quicker process than before.

Given this post is now very old, have had a more up to date site recommended to me at: https://www.websiteplanet.com/webtools/gzip-compression/ (added 26/5/19).

Dave

Mathematician at the University of Warwick in the UK with research interests in equivariant bifurcation theory and applications, especially in modelling of insect locomotion. Teaching interests include online learning and innovative teaching methods. Also in a past life has been involved in summer school courses, and online material, for Gifted and Talented. He has been active on the Internet since 1995, initially though his UFO and Michael Schenker website, but now through a multitude of projects.

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