Which servers do infinityfree use?
so i can add the compatible speed-codes.
Apache servers
NGINX
Microsoft IIS
On Linux
Edit: Apache and NGIX servers on Linux
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It’s a mixture
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It’s a combination of Apache and NGINX.
What do you mean by “speed codes”?
If you’re referring to tuning the web server configuration, please remember that web hosting is a managed servers, meaning you don’t get full access to the server configuration. You can tune some things with .htaccess rules (like browser caching), but fine tuning the web server configuration itself is the responsibility of the hosting provider, not you.
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Thanx for the info
i didnt know you could speed things up within the web-server-configuration…i thought it was already set to Optimal.
regarding speed-codes, i was reffering to this…
although once implimented, it made NO difference to the speed.
Web server configuration is a little bit more involved than clicking a button or dragging a speed slider. But yes, our servers are fine tuned already.
Right. In that case, you’ll need .htaccess codes for Apache, like those specified there.
Caching also doesn’t make your website assets load faster. The referenced configuration only tweaks caching in the browser. This does make the overall browsing experience faster for visitors, but doesn’t affect what the server does.
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I see that you have been very worried about caching lately but I think I should warn you of something important.
There’s a guide somewhere in these forums with those .htaccess rules stating that, if you want to change your caching rules you just have to remove them from your .htaccess for about 30 minutes, or so.
That’s not true unless all your past visitors visit your website in those 30 minutes.
If you put those rules in your .htaccess and a user browses your website, your website files are going to be cached in that user’s browser for as long as it’s defined there.
If you make changes to your CSS or JavaScript and then change your rules for half an hour, if the user doesn’t open your website in that half an hour, he won’t download the new files and will still use the old cached ones.
So my advice is, if you’re still building your website, don’t cache the files for too long.
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Remember that browsers cache the .htaccess file as well. If you replace the .htaccess file, the browser will still see the old one until it’s caching period is up. You need to add the .htacccess file, and leave it there. Any changes to .htaccess files can take up to a month to take effect for everyone, and it is impossible to speed that up if you don’t have access to the browser. (Which, if it’s the client’s browser, you don’t)
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Thanx Guys
thats good to know about, as im a novice regarding the “Behind the scenes” info.
iv removed all the custom .htaccess files
as there wasnt a change in speed, if anything, it slowed things down.
I was hoping to get a “100%” reading from Gtmetrix
but iv done everything i can, and its just not possible for me.
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