Add htaccess expires tags

To add Expires tags to your website, paste this into your root folder .htaccess file

by randompixels 2 years, 4 months ago and tagged with: expires-tag htaccess mod_expires
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<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 10 years"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 10 years"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 10 years"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 10 years"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 10 years"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 10 years"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 10 years"
ExpiresByType image/ico "access plus 10 years"
ExpiresByType application/x-unknown-content-type "access plus 10 years"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 10 years"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 10 years"
</IfModule>

Currently 2 comments

gravatar sasha wrote 2 years, 4 months ago:

Why use this? Just for a good grade in Yslow?

gravatar randompixels wrote 2 years, 4 months ago:

It makes smaller headers requests, therefore speeding up the page loading process, and lowering the server load. It's a nice to have feature on a normal website, but it can be crucial on a huge one (facebook like).

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