Hi T.J. I am amazed by the support I am getting. Thanks. Will try it Johan
On Apr 3, 12:33 pm, "T.J. Crowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > @ T.J. I am gzipping files and using a pluging to do more > >http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-super-cache/thatincludes gzipp. > > V. cool. > > Getting a bit OT here, but it's probably worth just double-checking > that the gzipping is really working; it's easy to get the config > wrong. It doesn't look like that script is getting gzipped to me. > You can check pretty easily with telnet: > > Run a telnet: > telnet simonstownrealty.info 80 > And type (or more likely paste) this (without the leading spaces): > GET /wp-includes/js/prototype.js?ver=1.6 HTTP/1.1 > Host: simonstownrealty.info > Accept-Encoding: gzip > Connection: close > > ...and press enter twice. You should see gobbledygook (e.g., > compressed data), but I'm getting the actual script. (Naturally, > displaying compressed data may cause unexpected things in your > terminal window, not least beeping and possibly worse.) > Compare with CNN, which is gzipped: > > telnetwww.cnn.com80 > GET / HTTP/1.1 > Host:www.cnn.com > Accept-Encoding: gzip > Connection: close > > Of course, your config could be set to do browser sniffing or some > such and only gzip for certain browsers, but given the Accept-Encoding > header, really it should trust that the user agent can do what it says > it can do... :-) I also checked with a free online tool I found with > a quick Google from a company trying to sell you web server add-ons > for compression, etc.:http://www.port80software.com. But they don't > seem to be lying just to sell you stuff, in that they do show > compression working for sites I know are compressed. :-) > > FWIW, > -- > T.J. Crowder > tj / crowder software / com > > On Apr 3, 10:14 am, JohanHorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Thanks for the great assistance. > > > I will check out these resources. > > > @ T.J. I am gzipping files and using a pluging to do > > morehttp://ocaoimh.ie/wp-super-cache/thatincludes gzipp. thanks. > > @JDD and Andrew Thanks. > > > This is what another wordpress blogger had to say: > > > "The only way to resolve that is to find out which plugins require it > > and ask the authors to use Jquery instead which is smaller. 29K > > according to that report." Andy arickmann.co.uk > > > Before I do what Andy suggest I will use the compressed version as > > suggested by Andrew. > > > Have fun Johan > > > On Apr 3, 10:47 am, "T.J. Crowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > @Johan: 121k is a decent size, yeah. I'd definitely check out the > > > compressions versions JDD has put together (see the link from Andrew), > > > and make sure that your web server is gzipping .js files. > > > > @Andrew: Thanks for the link! > > > -- > > > T.J. Crowder > > > tj / crowder software /com > > > > On Apr 3, 6:27 am, Andrew Dupont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > You can download a compressed version of Prototype at <http:// > > > > groups.google.com/group/prototype-core/files> (the "protopacked" zip). > > > > With compression and gzip, Prototype can get as small as 24k. > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Andrew > > > > > On Apr 2, 11:04 pm, JohanHorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi T.J. Thanks for the reply. I miss quoted the size. My problem. > > > > > Apologies. This file is the most largest file. Should I try and do > > > > > anything about it or focus on other issues Regards and thanks again > > > > > for this support group. Johan > > > > > > On Apr 2, 2:16 pm, "T.J. Crowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > (to check why it's slow) it tells me that the > > > > > > >http://simonstownrealty.info/wp-includes/js/prototype.js?ver=1.6is > > > > > > > plus 12 megs. > > > > > > > A quick retrieval of that link shows that it isn't (it's about > > > > > > 121k). > > > > > > This suggests the tool is wrong. It's good to double-check these > > > > > > things rather than just believing what tools tell you... > > > > > > -- > > > > > > T.J. Crowder > > > > > > tj / crowder software / com > > > > > > > On Apr 2, 9:35 am, JohanHorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Thanks for this group. My wordpress blog is slow due to > > > > > > > prototype.js?ver=1.6 According to this > > > > > > > toolhttp://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/ > > > > > > > (to check why it's slow) it tells me that > > > > > > > thehttp://simonstownrealty.info/wp-includes/js/prototype.js?ver=1.6is > > > > > > > plus 12 megs. > > > > > > > > What can be done to fix the problem? > > > > > > > > Thanks Johan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
