How To Boost The Speed Of Your Website With Remote Caching Static Content

Despite the fact that most websites these days are dynamic, a large amount of static content is still present. Content that is not created dynamically or altered is referred to as static content. Content such as images, videos, CSS for websites, and Java scripts are included in this.

If your visitors frequently come back to your website, then you must take the necessary steps to instruct their browsers to store the static content locally for a certain span of time and re-use this content. For doing this, you can use Apache ‘mod_expires’ function. This function can be enabled in a local .htaccess file where you can specify all the rules as well.

Here is an example:

1 <IfModule mod_expires.c>

2 ExpiresActive On

3 ExpiresByType text/html “access plus 1 days”

4 ExpiresByType image/gif “access plus 1 weeks”

5 ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access plus 1 weeks”

6 ExpiresByType image/png “access plus 1 weeks”

7 ExpiresByType image/x-icon “access plus 1 years”

8 ExpiresByType text/css “access plus 1 weeks”

9 ExpiresByType text/javascript “access plus 1 weeks”

10 ExpiresByType application/x-javascript “access plus 1 weeks”

11 ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash “access plus 1 weeks”

12 </IfModule>

The rules mentioned above assign specific expiration periods for every type of content like text, images, css etc. The counter gets started when the content is accessed for the first time and then a certain pre-defined period is added to it resulting in an expiration date. After this expiration date, the remote browser has the task of re-downloading the content unless the browser cache is manually cleared by the user.

Your website can load much faster and the server load can be reduced by using the Apache function “mod_expires” to cache the static content at the visitor’s end. Typically, static content is the largest and takes the longest to download. Turning on “mod_expires” can be quite helpful, particularly for websites with forums, chat rooms, or other content that people frequently visit.
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