enabling gzip compression

[pandit]

Dear Admin,

Presently I am using edhanced Corporate account.
Pls let me know how can I enable gzip compression.

Thank You

 

[garrettroyce]

This must be enabled through your .htaccess file located in the parent directory of any files and any subdirectories on which you want this enabled. Here is an example:

# BEGIN GZIP
<ifmodule mod_deflate.c>
# Combine the below two lines - I've split it up for presentation
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text text/html text/plain text/xml text/css
  application/x-javascript application/javascript
</ifmodule>
# END GZIP

From here: http://www.thejackol.com/htaccess-cheatsheet/

 

[pandit]

Thanks alot

kindly tell me this will compress all CSS, JS, HTML, PHP, and all kind of images?
Edit:
one more thing pls tell me Whiling combining the two lines, whether I have to put a space between css and application or they have joined without any space.

(css application) OR (cssapplication)

 

[garrettroyce]

From what I can tell, you should not use this on image types. Images don't compress well anyways because they are already compressed, for the most part.

Use a space between the two. Sorry, the original author wasn't very clear

 

[pandit]

I did the same, but still it is not compressed. I checked here
http://www.gidnetwork.com/tools/gzip-test.php

after 10 mijnutes, it says there is no compression??

 

[garrettroyce]

I'm going to escalate this to staff attention. I don't think that mod_deflate is enabled. You may not be able to use this feature. A staff member should be able to give you the answer.