YSLOW 1.0.3 (Make Your Forum Faster)

[Jack0919]

Info
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This mod can make your vbulletin seem faster.

It works only with apache. It works with VB 3.5.X, VB 3.6.x, VB 3.7.x ...


How it works: http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/


bbs.SiKua.com (http://bbs.sikua.com)



Update
==============================
1.0.1 First release.
1.0.2 Correct the problem of the Charset.
1.0.2 fix the bug that's not work with vbseo.
1.0.2 fix the bug by forum on the different directory.
1.0.3 A very important update for safe.
1.0.3 fix the bug that YSLOW do PHP source reads.
1.0.3 【Thanks very much to bahisyeri】
1.0.3 Adjustment server load and speed to an acceptable set .



INSTALLED
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If you have any piont please leave your replay, and it will be helpful.

IF YOU LIKE IT , PLEASE MARK AS INSTALLED


What does it do?
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Add an Expires header

Adding an Expires header to your components with a date in the future makes them cacheable, reducing the load time of your pages. Certainly this should be done with images, but that's fairly typical. Go a step further and add it to scripts and stylesheets, too. This won't affect performance the first time users hit your page, but on subsequent page views it could reduce response times by 50% or more.

Gzip componentes

Gzipping all the js and css files types to reduce page weight. The greatest advantage is compressed to reduce the amount of data transmission network, thereby improving the client browser access speed. Of course, but also increase the burden on the server a little bit. Gzip is a more common form of HTTP compression algorithm.

Configure ETags

1. Client requests a page (A).
2. The server Back to A, and A to add a ETag.
3. Client display the page, and pages together with the ETag cache.
4. Customers once again request pages A, and the last request to the server to return to the ETag transmitted to the server.
5. Server checks the ETag, and to determine the page since the last client request has not been modified, to return to direct response to a 304 (Not Modified) and a response of the air.
So. ETag is a Tag to your components to see if they has been modified. If not here will be no request happened. Configure it is a good way.

Easy Install
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1. Upload all the content to your forum directory.
2. There is no step two. It's done.

UNinstall
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1. Remove all.
2. Done.

If
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If the mod does not work,open and edit httpd.conf like this:
find:
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
remove # as:
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
save, and restart apache, then it's should be OK.
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IF there has a .htaccess File in your forum root directory yet, Do not cover it, open the .htaccess in the zip,copy all the code,add below your own .htaccess.
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[Tianuc]

Very good ! After I install, forum quick many !

顶你啦~ 哈哈

[cafenetland]

seo did not work after i uploaded these things..

[vietdjclub]

install-->shoubox 2.1 not load, it's keep loading..........................
uninstall shoubox 2.1 is working fine

[Jack0919]

seo did not work after i uploaded these things..

IF there has a .htaccess File in your forun root directory, open the .htaccess in the zip,copy all the code,add below your own .htaccess.

the vbseo has a owen .htaccess

copy the code in one .htaccess

[Jack0919]

install-->shoubox 2.1 not load, it's keep loading..........................
uninstall shoubox 2.1 is working fine

I'll check this problem as soon as I can. thanks.

[amore1981]

works fine with me

[viker]

Good!

[MaxiMal]

does this work on IIS7?

[PoetJA-1975]

wow - works fine on 3.6.8 PL2 - very nice piece of work.
Can you please explain a little more what this mod does though to make the board load so substantially faster?

Thanx for sharing!

[projectego]

* projectego clicks install :)

[macc]

hello!

i have not .htaccess file in my forum root. can i use this hack?

reg

macc

[Jack0919]

hello!

i have not .htaccess file in my forum root. can i use this hack?

reg

macc

yes; upload the files then done

[Mr:Ishi]

got internal server error after i uploaded files..so removed .htaccess now its ok n other php file is still there

[Deimos]

Worked ok, until I navigated to a thread, then I got a blank white page
Seemed to happen for every thread
I to use VBSEO

(Yes I added the code to the htaccess file to, heh)

[webmsz]

Very good hack! Why it is not implemented in basic vBulletin!? It should be official and next version of vB should have it built in - please Jelsoft invest for hacks like this! Big thanks man. ;)

[romanticyao]

I m using VBSEO too, it works fine for me, thanx for this mod.

[soundbarrierpro]

Wow! Holy snap. Way faster. Thanks for this. Installed.

[Jack0919]

Worked ok, until I navigated to a thread, then I got a blank white page
Seemed to happen for every thread
I to use VBSEO

(Yes I added the code to the htaccess file to, heh)

If the VBSEO worked,this hack should be worked too.

sorry, I'll find the problem as soon as I can.

[digicom]

Works fine for me thanks :up:

[Mr:Ishi]

give solution for my1 too

[-=Leb=-]

Hi Jack,I installed this version and removed the old one from the HEADER
<meta http-equiv="Page-Exit" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />
<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />

Anyway i'm just wondering if i should keep the old code inside the header.

[Deimos]

Not sure if the settings in VBSEo make any difference at all, but I'm using......

002 - Hierarchic directory type URLs with content relevant threads (used at www.vBSEO.com)

[Jack0919]

got internal server error after i uploaded files..so removed .htaccess now its ok n other php file is still there

sorry , my English is poor, I try to find the word to explain the problem

this hack need the webServer supported.


Usually，upload the files ,if everything is ok, then it works, if not then not.

but I will try to get the wey to make it work as I can, thank you

[Mr:Ishi]

ok man...Thanx...if u can add me on msn drakezslay@anemanda.com
hope u ll..

[romanticyao]

just wonderin are u 中国人？

[Jack0919]

Hi Jack,I installed this version and removed the old one from the HEADER
<meta http-equiv="Page-Exit" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />
<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="BlendTrans(Duration=0)" />

Anyway i'm just wondering if i should keep the old code inside the header.



yes, you can keep this code.

[Jack0919]

just wonderin are u 中国人？

恩，是的。

[Gsmdenis]

Not bad , keep on ur nice work !

BR.,

Denis

[romanticyao]

If you have vbseo installed, try to change this line in config_vbseo.php

define('VBSEO_UTF8_SUPPORT', 0);

to

define('VBSEO_UTF8_SUPPORT', 1);

That might help..

[uberjon]

works great here. no seo as we run a private clan forum.. we do have vbadvanced. and it works great there too so far! marked "installed" :)

[romanticyao]

Nominated for MOTM

[Deimos]

Adding the UTF support to 1, fixed it
Thanks!

[romanticyao]

no problem

[mrtwrz]

thx. installed. works like a charm.

[M-Tuning]

Nice, how much faster is it for a site with about 200 users online all the time?

[Jack0919]

Nice, how much faster is it for a site with about 200 users online all the time?
this is a simple mod to reduce page weight, and make the explore cache as much as possible.

so, the number of users online has very little influence.

[valdet]

Does this work on Firefox or only on IE?

[Jack0919]

I tested in Firefox and IE both.

It works fine.

[Cybertims]

Server error for me, and I'm running Apache.

So if it doesnt work with IIS or Apache, what does it work with?

Cheers

[CoreIssue]

Server error for me, and I'm running Apache.

So if it doesnt work with IIS or Apache, what does it work with?

Cheers
My site is on Apache 1.3.37 (Unix) with Linux. Running fine.

Runs faster on Firefox than IE7.

[993ti]

Using on Apache 2.2.8 and working great :)
Thanks.

[soundbarrierpro]

My site is on Apache 1.3.37 (Unix) with Linux. Running fine.

Runs faster on Firefox than IE7.

IE Sucks thats why mine is like lightning fast on FF

EDIT***Nominated for MOTM

[MrNase]

How do I know it's running? :D

I added only these two lines to my .htaccess:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)(js|css)$ redir.php?file=$1$2&type=$2 [L]



What do the others do? :)

[Jack0919]

How do I know it's running? :D

I added only these two lines to my .htaccess:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)(js|css)$ redir.php?file=$1$2&type=$2 [L]



What do the others do? :)
if you just added the two lines to my .htaccess

you must upload the redir.php.

the others do :Add Expires header and Configure ETags.

if you can not fell fast use the "yslow" in firefox, it will tell you if it works.

[MrNase]

Thanks!

I access the file directly and I got this error message:

Warning: filemtime() [function.filemtime]: stat failed for http://www.pagodentreff.de/diskussionsforum/clientscript/jquery-1.2.3.min.js in /www/htdocs/***/diskussionsforum/redir.php on line 11

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /www/htdocs/***/diskussionsforum/redir.php:11) in /www/htdocs/***/diskussionsforum/redir.php on line 13

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /www/htdocs/***/diskussionsforum/redir.php:11) in /www/htdocs/***/diskussionsforum/redir.php on line 21

[Jack0919]

Thanks!

I access the file directly and I got this error message:

Warning: filemtime() [function.filemtime]: stat failed for http://www.pagodentreff.de/diskussionsforum/clientscript/jquery-1.2.3.min.js in /www/htdocs/***/diskussionsforum/redir.php on line 11

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /www/htdocs/***/diskussionsforum/redir.php:11) in /www/htdocs/***/diskussionsforum/redir.php on line 13

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /www/htdocs/***/diskussionsforum/redir.php:11) in /www/htdocs/***/diskussionsforum/redir.php on line 21

delete the code of gzip the css and js.

you had already done it by other way.

[Bounce]

if you can not fell fast use the "yslow" in firefox, it will tell you if it works.

how you do that?

[MrNase]

I can. ;)

I tested my website without this Add-on and with this Add-on. These are the results:

BEFORE:
80055


AFTER:
80056


Test it yourselves: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/ :)

[crazymeezer]

This is great, thanks! Certainly does load much faster.

[ramsayeg]

Seems to work well, thanks!

Update - uhh, Cyb's chatbox doesn't seem to load after I load this mod. Anyone got a solution?

[peterpigman]

This does work, ty.

[PossumX]

Interesting. It is markedly faster with this leetle tweak.

<<Installed>>

Will keep an eye on it and see if there are issues in any browsers my members are using.

[unitedpunjab]

Nice hack, but I think expire timeout of a month is too high, A day or a week would be better.

[lostguy]

im IE user and seem the loading faster then before ! vb3.7.0 user

[dvsDave]

also installed and got a marked improvement ( I can't see it cause I have FIOS :) , but some of my other members have already reported a noticeable decrease in load time)

[KHALIK]

installed and nominated.

my forum is using vb3.7.0 gold + seo 3.10 gold

[Gsmdenis]

Use this take ur own risk , i did not make test

1. apache


RewriteRule ^/(.*\.)v[0-9.]+\.(css|js|gif|png|jpg)$ /$1$2 [L,E=VERSIONED_FILE:1]


2.And the redir.php

Open found this :

# output a mediatype header
switch ($_REQUEST['type']){
case 'css':
header("Content-type: text/css");
break;
case 'js' :
header("Content-type: text/javascript");
}

change it to :

# output a mediatype header
$ext = array_pop(explode('.', $_GET[path]));
switch ($ext){
case 'css':
header("Content-type: text/css");
break;
case 'js' :
header("Content-type: text/javascript");
break;
case 'gif':
header("Content-type: image/gif");
break;
case 'jpg':
header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
break;
case 'png':
header("Content-type: image/png");
break;
default:
header("Content-type: text/plain");
}

3. .htaccess


RewriteRule ^(.*)(js|css)$ redir.php?path=$1$2&type=$2 [L]


to :



RewriteRule ^/(.*\.)v[0-9.]+\.(css|js|gif|png|jpg)$ /redir.php?path=$1$2 [L]
Header add "Expires" "Mon, 07 May 2015 23:30:00 GMT" env=VERSIONED_FILE
Header add "Cache-Control" "max-age=315360000" env=VERSIONED_FILE


:)

BR.,

Denis

[M-Tuning]

What does it do GSMdenis?

[klaush]

Works fine in FF, in IE7 you can´t use the windows for setting links und graphics in the editor.

Any idea?

[Jack0919]

Works fine in FF, in IE7 you can?t use the windows for setting links und graphics in the editor.

Any idea?
thanks the report I will check it.

[MrPHD]

Working very well. Best regards

[trackpads]

Works for me, I am using Vbseo (latest ver) and had no problems with this. I added the .htaccess code above to the end of the Vbseo one and it worked.

Very nice!

-Jason

[Jack0919]

Works for me, I am using Vbseo (latest ver) and had no problems with this. I added the .htaccess code above to the end of the Vbseo one and it worked.

Very nice!

-Jason
have fun~!

[Elenna]

Works fine in FF, in IE7 you can?t use the windows for setting links und graphics in the editor.

Any idea?

Do you mean in the New Post screen, it doesn't let you click the https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/12/3.gif or https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/07/5.gif?

[klaush]

Yep! You can click, but the window which opens is not complete. You can´t type the url into.

[Elenna]

Odd - I checked it on my installation, and I am able to insert links and URLs. Do you have any other add-ons that might interfere? I don't have vbSEO.

[markbolyard]

Well, I was dying to try this and I did, however, running vbSEO and vBulletin 3.7 Gold, it didn't work. Shut my shoutbox down, and loading the site caused this error in IE:

See Attachment

[wd4x4]

URL's work Pics & e-mail link don't here in IE. FF all ok. no vbSEO.

[Jack0919]

Well, I was dying to try this and I did, however, running vbSEO and vBulletin 3.7 Gold, it didn't work. Shut my shoutbox down, and loading the site caused this error in IE:

See Attachment
I'm very sorry this mod bothered you.

and until now, I had no idea why this problem would be happen.

I hope there is someone good enough to help me straighten it.

[Kaycee123]

Everything is working fine for me!! Thank you for this mod!!

:D:D:D

[abrecher]

I'm running vbSEO and vBulletin 3.7 Gold, works without any issues. Great mod!!

[GoTTi]

im a n00b to this, what do you mean it makes the header cahceable? what does this mod do? please explain it to me as if i just started using a computer :)

i have installed this mod and the forum is running much faster, i just wanna make sure i understand what this does, and if any problems can come out of this mod also.

i am also using cyb shoutbox, and i am having no errors with it so far.

[GoTTi]

also i have photopost vbgallery installed, will this increase that speed as well? do i need to have the htaccess file in the /gallery/ folder?

[Jack0919]

im a n00b to this, what do you mean it makes the header cahceable? what does this mod do? please explain it to me as if i just started using a computer :)

i have installed this mod and the forum is running much faster, i just wanna make sure i understand what this does, and if any problems can come out of this mod also.

i am also using cyb shoutbox, and i am having no errors with it so far.
I don't think I'm good enough to teach others, However, There are some explain I think can help you.

Add an Expires header

Adding an Expires header to your components with a date in the future makes them cacheable, reducing the load time of your pages. Certainly this should be done with images, but that's fairly typical. Go a step further and add it to scripts and stylesheets, too. This won't affect performance the first time users hit your page, but on subsequent page views it could reduce response times by 50% or more.

Gzip componentes

Gzipping all the js and css files types to reduce page weight. The greatest advantage is compressed to reduce the amount of data transmission network, thereby improving the client browser access speed. Of course, but also increase the burden on the server a little bit. Gzip is a more common form of HTTP compression algorithm.

Configure ETags

1. Client requests a page (A).
2. The server Back to A, and A to add a ETag.
3. Client display the page, and pages together with the ETag cache.
4. Customers once again request pages A, and the last request to the server to return to the ETag transmitted to the server.
5. Server checks the ETag, and to determine the page since the last client request has not been modified, to return to direct response to a 304 (Not Modified) and a response of the air.
So. ETag is a Tag to your components to see if they has been modified. If not here will be no request happened. Configure it is a good way.

[Jack0919]

also i have photopost vbgallery installed, will this increase that speed as well? do i need to have the htaccess file in the /gallery/ folder?
no need. just upload to the root of vbulletin

[trackpads]

Yep! You can click, but the window which opens is not complete. You can?t type the url into.
Same with me, thats odd.

[wd4x4]

URL's work Pics & e-mail link don't here in IE. FF all ok. no vbSEO.

Just Uninstalled and problems remain. :confused: any ideas

[Jack0919]

Just Uninstalled and problems remain. :confused: any ideas
I'm very sorry about is. I make the code to addde fault charset as UTF8, And I think ,this is the problem.

Uninstalled the mod, Restart apache,hope it can correct this problem, and how sorry I am to make you bothered.

I update the mod to v1.0.2, hope it can works good.

[Hasann]

yeah upgraded works fine
now my site is very faster than before
great hack thanks a lot man

www.vbulletin-turkey.com/forum

[wd4x4]

I'm very sorry about is. I make the code to addde fault charset as UTF8, And I think ,this is the problem.

Uninstalled the mod, Restart apache,hope it can correct this problem, and how sorry I am to make you bothered.

I update the mod to v1.0.2, hope it can works good.


Fixed buy reuploading " ieprompt.html " in clientscript folder still not sure how that got effected.

I'll try new ver later.

[GoTTi]

no need. just upload to the root of vbulletin

your instructions say to upload to root of site i think, but i placed the files in public_html/forums/ not public_html.

[Jack0919]

your instructions say to upload to root of site i think, but i placed the files in public_html/forums/ not public_html.
That's ok too~

[993ti]

Well, I was dying to try this and I did, however, running vbSEO and vBulletin 3.7 Gold, it didn't work. Shut my shoutbox down, and loading the site caused this error in IE:

See Attachment

Try to remove these lines:
AddDefaultCharset utf8
AddCharset utf8 .html
AddType 'textml; charset=utf8' html
Should work then ;)

[soundbarrierpro]

This isn't stable in IE 6, (don't know about 7) with Cinvin's RSS Forum feed listing, or MGC Chat Evo. Once installed, if you use your F5 or manually click refresh, your CSS bomb's out and you lose all formatting. The only way to refresh is to use your forum link.

[wd4x4]

Ver 2 works good :up:

[prowarfare]

What if I update my website by changing some images, css and or js, will the code automaticaly cache the newly updated images, css, js?

[trackpads]

I'm very sorry about is. I make the code to addde fault charset as UTF8, And I think ,this is the problem.

Uninstalled the mod, Restart apache,hope it can correct this problem, and how sorry I am to make you bothered.

I update the mod to v1.0.2, hope it can works good.

Awesome!! Thanks!!!!

[Jack0919]

What if I update my website by changing some images, css and or js, will the code automaticaly cache the newly updated images, css, js?
css,js will be ok.

if you change a pic, you must press F5 in your explorer.

but if the pics have not the same name with before ,or it's not in the same folder. then dont need press F5.

[feham]

Very good hack! Why it is not implemented in basic vBulletin!? It should be official and next version of vB should have it built in - please Jelsoft invest for hacks like this! Big thanks man.

[kkilife]

nice mod
thx man

[Galeon]

I don't have .htaccess file in root dir.
I got an error if I put the .htaccess from zip.
Anyone help?

[klaush]

Yes, the update fixed the error in ie7! Thanks; this mod is amazing!

I will nominate!

[anwar.abdullakh]

I don't have a .htaccess in root either, so I simply added the zipped files to my forum root.
The site seems to have speedn up but I did encounter a small problem.

The quick reply, when I click on the quick reply button, it used to delete the text "Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply." and you would see the blinking cursor.

BUT now, when I press the quick reply button...nothing happens, the text remains there and there is no blinking cursor. It seems like nothing happened upon pressing the quick reply button, but I can select that text "Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply." and delete it and type my reply there.

I hope you understand the problem that I'm trying to explain.

*edit*

another issue that I have just noticed is, that some images aren't shown on site.
and when I check the path of the image in browser I get the following message "The image “http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/icons/icon9.gif” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.", even after re-uploading the image, the error doesn't go away and it is not only for the icon images but for many other (user avatars etc...).

After removing the files from forum root all works fine again.

[Galeon]

I don't have .htaccess file in root dir.
I got an error if I put the .htaccess from zip.
Anyone help?

Win2K3
Apache 2.2.8
PHP 5.2.6

Apach httpd.conf
LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so
LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
LoadModule asis_module modules/mod_asis.so
LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
#LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so
#LoadModule authn_alias_module modules/mod_authn_alias.so
#LoadModule authn_anon_module modules/mod_authn_anon.so
#LoadModule authn_dbd_module modules/mod_authn_dbd.so
#LoadModule authn_dbm_module modules/mod_authn_dbm.so
LoadModule authn_default_module modules/mod_authn_default.so
LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
#LoadModule authnz_ldap_module modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so
#LoadModule authz_dbm_module modules/mod_authz_dbm.so
LoadModule authz_default_module modules/mod_authz_default.so
LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
#LoadModule authz_owner_module modules/mod_authz_owner.so
LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so
LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so
#LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/mod_cern_meta.so
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
#LoadModule charset_lite_module modules/mod_charset_lite.so
#LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
#LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so
#LoadModule dav_lock_module modules/mod_dav_lock.so
#LoadModule dbd_module modules/mod_dbd.so
#LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
LoadModule disk_cache_module modules/mod_disk_cache.so
#LoadModule dumpio_module modules/mod_dumpio.so
LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so
#LoadModule ext_filter_module modules/mod_ext_filter.so
LoadModule file_cache_module modules/mod_file_cache.so
#LoadModule filter_module modules/mod_filter.so
#LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so
#LoadModule ident_module modules/mod_ident.so
#LoadModule imagemap_module modules/mod_imagemap.so
LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so
#LoadModule info_module modules/mod_info.so
LoadModule isapi_module modules/mod_isapi.so
#LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so
#LoadModule logio_module modules/mod_logio.so
LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
#LoadModule log_forensic_module modules/mod_log_forensic.so
LoadModule mem_cache_module modules/mod_mem_cache.so
LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
#LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so
LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so
#LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
#LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so
#LoadModule proxy_balancer_module modules/mod_proxy_balancer.so
#LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so
#LoadModule proxy_ftp_module modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so
#LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
#LoadModule speling_module modules/mod_speling.so
#LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
#LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
#LoadModule substitute_module modules/mod_substitute.so
#LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so
#LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
#LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
#LoadModule version_module modules/mod_version.so
#LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so

[soundbarrierpro]

Very good hack! Why it is not implemented in basic vBulletin!? It should be official and next version of vB should have it built in - please Jelsoft invest for hacks like this! Big thanks man.

It's not implemented because several people have reported several different issues with it. It should state "BETA" in the hack notes.

[PoetJA-1975]

It should be official and next version of vB should have it built in - please Jelsoft invest for hacks like this!

I agree - something similar perhaps. I think Jelsoft could actually better enhance the code here... There's lots of problems being reported with this modification. I have to uninstall because when installed, the forwarding of my affiliate site domain http://articlegalleryonline.com would not work. The domain forwarding is listed in my .htaccess file... Too bad - cause you could really tell a distinct difference with pageload time.

Thanx anyway :D

Jacquii.

[Jase2]

JvBulletin 4.0 is going to be re-coded and the style updated. This in turn will improve vBulletin's overall performance. I can't see vBulletin investing in such an hack...

[Jack0919]

JvBulletin 4.0 is going to be re-coded and the style updated. This in turn will improve vBulletin's overall performance. I can't see vBulletin investing in such an hack...
Obviously, I am not a good coder as you.

I made "such an hack" by my lack of technology. Since I put this mod on here, I update 2 times in 3 days to correct problem. And this is my first time that I try to talk to other pepole in my poor English.

However, I'm very sorry because this mod make some of the users bothering.

May be I should not put this mod on here utill it's matured. But all I think is share "such an hack".

[Jack0919]

another issue that I have just noticed is, that some images aren't shown on site.
and when I check the path of the image in browser I get the following message "The image “http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/icons/icon9.gif” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.", even after re-uploading the image, the error doesn't go away and it is not only for the icon images but for many other (user avatars etc...).

After removing the files from forum root all works fine again.

I'm testing the first problem.

about the 2nd problem, Try this:
find in .htaccess <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)(js|css|gif|jpg)$ redir.php?file=$1$2&type=$2 [L]
</IfModule>

change into
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)(js|css)$ redir.php?file=$1$2&type=$2 [L]
</IfModule>

[anwar.abdullakh]

@ jack...don't mind other users, sharing is caring.

By the way, after the edit you suggested, both the issues listed above got fixed.

But now a new problem arises.
I have a quick style chooser and now, that doesn't work.

[Jase2]

Jack0919, my comment wasn't aimed at your hack. I was replying to the previous comment by feham. :)

[Jack0919]

@ jack...don't mind other users, sharing is caring.

By the way, after the edit you suggested, both the issues listed above got fixed.

But now a new problem arises.
I have a quick style chooser and now, that doesn't work.

you mine this?80204

can i get the url of your site? because the 2 problems you asked before,is not happened to me and the other site of I know.

[SVTCobraLTD]

Installed on vB 3.6.10 and it works great. Will report if any problems arise. Nominated for MOTM. Thank you.

[hichew]

installed,... but i dont know if it works.
how to check if this yslow is working on my site?
any idea?
www.kaskus.us/come_inside.php

[Deimos]

Works fine for me, I assume
I haven't noticed much of a difference, but then again, I have my server fairly well optimized already, including APC cache and whatnot.

[Magnumutz]

I and my members have noticed quite a difference.
This mod deserves MOTM for sure !
Nominated.

[Jack0919]

I'm glad you like it.

Thanks for Installed and nominated

[Jack0919]

installed,... but i dont know if it works.
how to check if this yslow is working on my site?
any idea?
www.kaskus.us/come_inside.php
upload all the files, it would work auto.

If you want to check, you can download this plug for Firefox.

http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/

[hichew]

i already download the plugin for firefox, but i dont know what to see...
any help Jack? 谢谢

[Jack0919]

i already download the plugin for firefox, but i dont know what to see...
any help Jack? 谢谢
oh~ about this, there are too many needs answer, and google will be the best teacher.

[Lilyandy]

Ouye Lai Ting you ~~~~~^________^~

It is true plug-in!
But although able to correct implementation,
But little effect on .......
http://www.lilyandy.com

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

偶也來挺你了~~~~~^________^~

不錯的插件！
不過雖然能夠正確執行，
但是卻影響不大.......
http://www.lilyandy.com

[Jack0919]

Ouye Lai Ting you ~~~~~^________^~

It is true plug-in!
But although able to correct implementation,
But little effect on .......
http://www.lilyandy.com

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

偶也來挺你了~~~~~^________^~

不錯的插件！
不過雖然能夠正確執行，
但是卻影響不大.......
http://www.lilyandy.com
Thank you ~

[txspaderz]

Installed and nominated for MOTM. I have quite a few older users on dial up, and this cut my load times by 65%. Great Hack!!!

[fgforty2`]

Nice Work!!
Installed and running smooth as silk now.

[ShawneyJ]

will test this out now, sweet job man thx.

[ShawneyJ]

my board must be to big as i cant notice any difference. i mite try the default style.

[Jack0919]

my board must be to big as i cant notice any difference. i mite try the default style.
ask your member the feeling...:D:D:D

[apn3a]

I've tried installing this hack. works perfectly on my forum (makes it really fast); however, it screws up another software i run on my domain. The problem seems to be in under compressing java files. My other software has a dhtml menu (which includes java files), and it disappears whenever i install this hack. Also the images take a while to load. Any thoughts?

[rskg4]

just wanted to say thanks for the mod. It seems to be working well.

[Jack0919]

I've tried installing this hack. works perfectly on my forum (makes it really fast); however, it screws up another software i run on my domain. The problem seems to be in under compressing java files. My other software has a dhtml menu (which includes java files), and it disappears whenever i install this hack. Also the images take a while to load. Any thoughts?
try this:

edit .htaccess find
RewriteRule ^(.*)(js|css|gif|jpg)$ redir.php?file=$1$2&type=$2 [L]
coverd as
RewriteRule ^(.*)(css|gif|jpg)$ redir.php?file=$1$2&type=$2 [L]

[soundbarrierpro]

I tried this too, definitely speeded up my site. Problem was if you hit refresh or hit f5 all CSS formatting went out of whack. Every color went white and all font went Times New Roman. Any ideas why? I have to use refresh to monitor visitors.

[Jack0919]

I tried this too, definitely speeded up my site. Problem was if you hit refresh or hit f5 all CSS formatting went out of whack. Every color went white and all font went Times New Roman. Any ideas why? I have to use refresh to monitor visitors.
eh？ That's a rare issue, My I have the favor to get your url of the vbulletin?

I'll check what's the problem with it.

[soundbarrierpro]

eh？ That's a rare issue, My I have the favor to get your url of the vbulletin?

I'll check what's the problem with it.

It's not installed now. I had it installed but removed it because it only did it when I installed MGC Chat or Cinvins RSS mods.

[Coop1979]

Did anyone watch their server loads after installing this? My loads tripled.

It may provide some speed for my end users, but I'm not going to use it at the cost of server performance.

[Jack0919]

edit .htaccess find
RewriteRule ^(.*)(js|css|gif|jpg)$ redir.php?file=$1$2&type=$2 [L]
coverd as
RewriteRule ^(.*)(js|css)$ redir.php?file=$1$2&type=$2 [L]

And test it again. I need the Number to improve the mod. thanks.

[peterpigman]

Did anyone watch their server loads after installing this? My loads tripled.

It may provide some speed for my end users, but I'm not going to use it at the cost of server performance.

Yeah it does seem to add quite a bit of load.

[Coop1979]

Without YSlow:
1.36

With YSlow (using amended htaccess code above):
Holding at around 2.34

I was normally below 1 prior to adding the YSlow. Right now is a slow time on my server so I'm worried what will happen during a traffic surge.

[maxicep]

Thanks

installed

its working perfect i think :)

[pedroenf]

Great great mod. This is definitely MOTY (year) for me. Very nice work.

[Jack0919]

Thanks

installed

its working perfect i think :):confused::confused::confused::confused:
you have not mark the not installed yet.

[vietdjclub]

working perfect.thx

[thefifthlord]

Very nice, however you are adding a lot of unnecessary load by constantly redirecting images through redir.php ; gziping may reduce bandwidth, but it slows the server down.

A better fix would be:

Put this in your .htaccess file:

# Turn on Expires and set default to 0 ExpiresActive On ExpiresDefault A0 # Set up caching on media files for 1 year (forever?) ExpiresDefault A29030400Header append Cache-Control "public"# Set up caching on media files for 1 weekExpiresDefault A604800Header append Cache-Control "public, proxy-revalidate"# Set up 2 Hour caching on commonly updated filesExpiresDefault A7200Header append Cache-Control "private, proxy-revalidate, must-revalidate"# Force no caching for dynamic filesExpiresDefault A0Header set Cache-Control "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, max-age=0, proxy-revalidate, no-transform"Header set Pragma "no-cache"

[Stubbed]

I really like where the mod designer is coming from, sadly the execution is a bit flawed.

On a small forum, this will be fine, but on a large forum the extra load it would create by gzipping everything in real time would offset the original goal of the modification, as shown by several people already.

I've personally used the htaccess rules, leaving out the modrewrite rule and redir.php.

[Jack0919]

I didn't like my goverment for a long time, I think the goverment are antagonistic to the people.

but since 2008.4.13 some media inaccurate I changed my mind. Now I try to understand my goverment and then I find how good it is.

Well,The advice you take is very important to me. I will try to find a way to balance the load and speed.

welcome to China,the Chinese is trying all the best to give you a happy and unforgettable journey.

[mykkal]

does this work with VB 3.7?

[993ti]

Yes, it does ;)

[mykkal]

does this work fine with VBSEO now? Or are people still doing a lot of troubleshooting?

[Jack0919]

it work fine with vbseo, however, there is stil have few troubleshooting if you have use the mod like chatbox....

[KHALIK]

URL's work Pics & e-mail link don't here in IE. FF all ok. no vbSEO.

same problem.

fixed it with re-installing ieprompt.html

[Deimos]

I've personally used the htaccess rules, leaving out the modrewrite rule and redir.php.

Could you post a copy of the htaccess file coding you used?
Thanks :)

[thefifthlord]

I really like where the mod designer is coming from, sadly the execution is a bit flawed.

On a small forum, this will be fine, but on a large forum the extra load it would create by gzipping everything in real time would offset the original goal of the modification, as shown by several people already.

I've personally used the htaccess rules, leaving out the modrewrite rule and redir.php.


Please make sure you read the previous post before saying the exact same thing i did and also to Deimos use this:

# Turn on Expires and set default to 0 ExpiresActive On ExpiresDefault A0 # Set up caching on media files for 1 year (forever?) ExpiresDefault A29030400Header append Cache-Control "public"# Set up caching on media files for 1 weekExpiresDefault A604800Header append Cache-Control "public, proxy-revalidate"# Set up 2 Hour caching on commonly updated filesExpiresDefault A7200Header append Cache-Control "private, proxy-revalidate, must-revalidate"# Force no caching for dynamic filesExpiresDefault A0Header set Cache-Control "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, max-age=0, proxy-revalidate, no-transform"Header set Pragma "no-cache"


And yes it works on ALL VERSIONS OF VBULLETIN with no problem. However if you have an ajax based shoutbox you might incur some problems, just use the code i told demios to use above and get rid of the redir.php. Lastly it works with all versions of VBSEO

[Deimos]

Thanks Fifth :)
I assume it's working, no errors or anything, hehe.

[KHALIK]

Please make sure you read the previous post before saying the exact same thing i did and also to Deimos use this:

# Turn on Expires and set default to 0 ExpiresActive On ExpiresDefault A0 # Set up caching on media files for 1 year (forever?) ExpiresDefault A29030400Header append Cache-Control "public"# Set up caching on media files for 1 weekExpiresDefault A604800Header append Cache-Control "public, proxy-revalidate"# Set up 2 Hour caching on commonly updated filesExpiresDefault A7200Header append Cache-Control "private, proxy-revalidate, must-revalidate"# Force no caching for dynamic filesExpiresDefault A0Header set Cache-Control "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, max-age=0, proxy-revalidate, no-transform"Header set Pragma "no-cache"




That code is in one line, does not seem normal for htaccess, can you re-post the code properly as I am also interested.


or where do I put it ?

[KHALIK]

Deimos,

can you tell me where to put Fifth code?

or can you post your copy of htaccess and redir.php please.

[trackpads]

Obviously, I am not a good coder as you.

I made "such an hack" by my lack of technology. Since I put this mod on here, I update 2 times in 3 days to correct problem. And this is my first time that I try to talk to other pepole in my poor English.

However, I'm very sorry because this mod make some of the users bothering.

May be I should not put this mod on here utill it's matured. But all I think is share "such an hack".
I think you are doing great. At current speed we should see Vbulletin 4.0 sometime around 2010. So in the meantime please keep up the good work! :)

[Stubbed]

That code is in one line, does not seem normal for htaccess, can you re-post the code properly as I am also interested.

or where do I put it ?

This is a better example, put it in an .htaccess file in your forum root, or website root, is better if you can get it in your apache config however.

# Turn on Expires and set default to 0
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault A0

# Set up caching on media files for 1 year (forever?)
<FilesMatch "\.(flv|ico|pdf|avi|mov|ppt|doc|mp3|wmv|wav)$">
ExpiresDefault A29030400
Header append Cache-Control "public"
</FilesMatch>

# Set up caching on media files for 1 week
<FilesMatch "\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|swf)$">
ExpiresDefault A604800
Header append Cache-Control "public"
</FilesMatch>

# Set up 2 Hour caching on commonly updated files
<FilesMatch "\.(xml|txt|html|js|css)$">
ExpiresDefault A7200
Header append Cache-Control "proxy-revalidate"
</FilesMatch>

# Force no caching for dynamic files
<FilesMatch "\.(php|cgi|pl|htm)$">
ExpiresActive Off
Header set Cache-Control "private, no-cache, no-store, proxy-revalidate, no-transform"
Header set Pragma "no-cache"
</FilesMatch>

http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/speed-up-your-site-with-caching-and-cache-control.html

[Jack0919]

This is a better example, put it in an .htaccess file in your forum root, or website root, is better if you can get it in your apache config however.

# Turn on Expires and set default to 0
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault A0

# Set up caching on media files for 1 year (forever?)
<FilesMatch "\.(flv|ico|pdf|avi|mov|ppt|doc|mp3|wmv|wav)$">
ExpiresDefault A29030400
Header append Cache-Control "public"
</FilesMatch>

# Set up caching on media files for 1 week
<FilesMatch "\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|swf)$">
ExpiresDefault A604800
Header append Cache-Control "public"
</FilesMatch>

# Set up 2 Hour caching on commonly updated files
<FilesMatch "\.(xml|txt|html|js|css)$">
ExpiresDefault A7200
Header append Cache-Control "proxy-revalidate"
</FilesMatch>

# Force no caching for dynamic files
<FilesMatch "\.(php|cgi|pl|htm)$">
ExpiresActive Off
Header set Cache-Control "private, no-cache, no-store, proxy-revalidate, no-transform"
Header set Pragma "no-cache"
</FilesMatch>

http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/speed-up-your-site-with-caching-and-cache-control.html
Your code is much better than mine.

Do you mind if I take some of your code to my next version YSLOW?

[ayaam]

tried , thanks

[PGAmerica]

This crashes my 3.7.0 forums. In the ACP, the images do not display and most of the ACP options stop working. In the forums, the images do not display at all.

[blastup]

awesome tested it thanks

[Stubbed]

Your code is much better than mine.

Do you mind if I take some of your code to my next version YSLOW?

I can't take credit for the code, I just found it on the url I posted.. :)

[Jack0919]

An very important update for safe. please update it, thanks.

[mastertek2000]

thanks MT marked install

[Arbit3r]

I run a forum with 1200+ online at a time, and it seems to have made an impact on server load. But to be sure is there anyway to know for sure if it is working?

edit: Sent a few $ through paypal for you.

[Super Jinni]

installed

thanks

[abrecher]

Are there any changes to the .htaccess file from 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 ?

[Jack0919]

I run a forum with 1200+ online at a time, and it seems to have made an impact on server load. But to be sure is there anyway to know for sure if it is working?


edit: Sent a few $ through paypal for you.
Thank you very much.

For a big site, if the most of your user is member, this mod affect services very little, but if the most of your user is guest, it does made an impact on server load.

This mod will work since you upload it,If you want to make sure that you can download the plugin for firefox: http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/

Thanks again.

[Jack0919]

Are there any changes to the .htaccess file from 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 ?
Yes, there are. I stop the gif and jpg gzip, because it made much impact on server load

[ogameclub]

Thanks,
I added this code below the .htacces and zointsseo-2.2.2 is worked:
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]

[Ryuk]

updating, thx!

[tafreeh]

i have a question...

i have .htaccess file ... i copy all the code from provided .htaccess
and i didnt know where to paste it so i just put the code at the bottom of my .htaccess file.. and i cant really see the difference....

Did i do something wrong..

ohh and i tried overwriting .htaccess but i got some page not found error...

please help me out

[Jack0919]

i have a question...

i have .htaccess file ... i copy all the code from provided .htaccess
and i didnt know where to paste it so i just put the code at the bottom of my .htaccess file..


add it at the bottom is right ~~~

do not edit it if you don't know much about it.

[tafreeh]

so u mean i should not use it if i dunt know much about it....

[bahisyeri]

nice one dude :)

[Jack0919]

nice one dude :)
Thank you very much. your code is very helpful.

[bahisyeri]

Thank you very much. your code is very helpful.

No need to thanks , thanks to you for letting me know about that yslow thing:)

[l2-inferno]

Great hack,

Click Installed and Nominated

[pedroenf]

Yes, there are. I stop the gif and jpg gzip, because it made much impact on server load

Well, just adding that those who have a 2nd server for static content (such as images) should keep the gif and jpp gzip. I have upgraded and noticed that the absent of that slowed my forum. And just added other image file type: png|jpeg|swf|bmp|tif|tiff. Don't know if it will have any impact but why not try!

[Jack0919]

Well, just adding that those who have a 2nd server for static content (such as images) should keep the gif and jpp gzip. I have upgraded and noticed that the absent of that slowed my forum. And just added other image file type: png|jpeg|swf|bmp|tif|tiff. Don't know if it will have any impact but why not try!
Anyway, this is a choice between the speed and performance. However, I want the forum faster as possible, but, I do not want to let the server be extremely serious for this.

There still a thing, until now, I can not make sure if gzip the image is good for speed.

[pedroenf]

There still a thing, until now, I can not make sure if gzip the image is good for speed.

Neither do i :D. But your hack definitely turned my forum faster a bit. Thanks for that.:up:

[Jack0919]

Neither do i :D. But your hack definitely turned my forum faster a bit. Thanks for that.:up:
Thank you for installed.

[Phornixx]

Just 1 file inside the zip file, is this ok? I've only uploaded 1 php file and that is it?

Thanks in advance

EDIT: I use mac and OS X does not show .htacces files, could you put the htacces like .txt file? I've managed to upload it but would be good if you ad the txt file.

[Jack0919]

EDIT: I use mac and OS X does not show .htacces files, could you put the htacces like .txt file? I've managed to upload it but would be good if you ad the txt file.
here it is the .htaccess

RewriteEngine On

####Charset
AddDefaultCharset Off

####Gzip
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)(js|css)$ redir.php?file=$1$2&type=$2 [L]
</IfModule>

####ETags
FileETag None

####Expires
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2592000
ExpiresByType image/png A2592000
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A2592000
ExpiresByType text/css A2592000
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A2592000
</IfModule>

[swalker2]

installed, working great
thank you

[Jack0919]

I'm happy you like this mod.

[Leo Brazil]

Ni Hao Jack.

Installed and working fine. Nice job indeed.

Tks

[Jack0919]

Xie Xie ,

tell me anything if there is something wrong by this mod.

thx.

[MikeWarner]

I will try this, but my site pretty busy (dedicated server), so I'll keep an eye on any server load this may cause. Fingers crossed, any speed increase will outweigh the increase in server load.

[FENIX]

I uninstalled the other version to try the latest yslow and here are the bugs I have found:

*All topics do not open and just display blank pages
*When viewing user profiles, all the tabs/tables are out of line and each box shows underneath each other.
*Does not work with a chatbox

I have uninstalled this version in favour of the other one so fingers crossed you two develop something :)

Edit: I have uninstalled the other version as now topics do not update correctly after a new post is made (you must manually refresh the page to see the lastest post)

[redlabour]

to try the latest yslow and here are the bugs I have found:

*All topics do not open and just display blank pages
*When viewing user profiles, all the tabs/tables are out of line and each box shows underneath each other.
*Does not work with a chatbox

Alle "Bugs" are not Bugs - they only appear at you. Maybe Problems with your Style and Errors in your .htaccess. :rolleyes:

Feature Request:

Installationinstruction to make it work with vBadvanced. Sure it "works" with vBadvanced but it does not speed it up this Time.

[Kinneas]

Cor blimey. This really helped my site in loading times. Thanks for this!

*Installs

[bahisyeri]

Well, if you are running your forum on your machine and only its running there or you know how to manage it. Use lighttpd and enable mod_compress and mod_expire and make config on it :) , this plugin is so nice and good for people who is on hosting and cant access apache configs and i respect Jack because he is trying to help people with this plugin and i helped him a bit and i saw some guy only changed htaccess and called this plugin made by his own.
Respect,
Jack if you need some help you can ask me in private :)

[FENIX]

Alle "Bugs" are not Bugs - they only appear at you. Maybe Problems with your Style and Errors in your .htaccess. :rolleyes:

The other version of this worked fine (by simon) - someone else has said this mod does not work with a chatbox. If one works but the other doesn't, surely this is a problem with the code and not my forum! Either way, it gives Jack something to look into incase it is a problem several people are having.

[mikkitine]

<span style="text-decoration: line-through">Does this mod make any changes to the httpd.conf file? I need to know because after installing the update, recently my server's apache software has been turning off. Thanks in advance.</span>

Nevermind, this mod is fine with my stuff.

[Galeon]

I found a error message in apache error log. What does it means?
PHP Warning: ob_start() [<a href='ref.outcontrol'>ref.outcontrol</a>]: output handler 'ob_gzhandler' conflicts with 'zlib output compression' in X:\\Web\\redir.php on line 31

[soundbarrierpro]

The other version of this worked fine (by simon) - someone else has said this mod does not work with a chatbox. If one works but the other doesn't, surely this is a problem with the code and not my forum! Either way, it gives Jack something to look into incase it is a problem several people are having.

That would be me.

I need it to work with MGC_CHATBOX_EVO and CINVINS forum feed listings. It also screws up my default template CSS when I use the browser refresh or F5

[TheSupportForum]

hi guys, i know mine worked better, but vulletin rmeoved it, as i didnt has his permission to reuse it, however i will be helping him next week after i come off my annual leave

i know what the problem is with chat box, but we need to get VBseo working on it too

i will be posting the modief version i had on my own forum
www.dungeonlordsrpg.co.uk, by the end of next week
but my main concern it to help this coder

[redlabour]

The other version of this worked fine (by simon) - someone else has said this mod does not work with a chatbox.

This only means that it has no effects on Hacks that are in other Subfolders of your FTP.

But the Hacks are still working fine as before.

Instructions to make it work in vBadvanced if Forum is installed in /forum and vBa in /:

Move one copy of redir.php to / and add the .htaccess Modifications to /.
Move one copy of redir.php to /forum and add the .htaccess Modifications to /forum.

Should work with every FTP Directory.

On my Project it now boosts both Directorys. ;)

[alehawk]

this should work on any site has or not vb installed or not?

[Brandon Sheley]

does it only speed up on IE or firefox as well?

[Discussions]

This works pretty good. vBulletin already has compressed their .js files though, so, there is no need to have it gzipped.

[Discussions]

this should work on any site has or not vb installed or not?

Yes it should.

[TheSupportForum]

i have been able to get it to work properly with the following scripts

VBSeo 3.1.0
vBadvanced CMPS v3.0.1
Inferno vBShout Pro 2.5.1

I have PM'd the Author of this script with the updated htaccess file

just waiting for feedback for a new release from the author
my website is http://www.dungeonlordsrpg.co.uk
currently updating with new features, would like some idea's from all

[mikkitine]

This only means that it has no effects on Hacks that are in other Subfolders of your FTP.

But the Hacks are still working fine as before.

Instructions to make it work in vBadvanced if Forum is installed in /forum and vBa in /:

Move one copy of redir.php to / and add the .htaccess Modifications to /.
Move one copy of redir.php to /forum and add the .htaccess Modifications to /forum.

Should work with every FTP Directory.

On my Project it now boosts both Directorys. ;)Thanks a lot for this advice.

[Leo Brazil]

i have been able to get it to work properly with the following scripts

VBSeo 3.1.0
vBadvanced CMPS v3.0.1
Inferno vBShout Pro 2.5.1


I'll keeping a look on this closely once I have the same config on mine.

That's cool.

[joerns]

Works great, with VBSEO and all. Thanks!!

[TheSupportForum]

many people have said that version 1.0.3 has problems with vseo and chatbox
due to vseo using there own htaccess file

[trackpads]

I'll keeping a look on this closely once I have the same config on mine.

That's cool.
I am using the same. I had to merge the htaccess files but no biggie. works fine.

[redlabour]

many people have said that version 1.0.3 has problems with vseo and chatbox
due to vseo using there own htaccess file

Many People trying to install Version 1.0.3 and vBSEO and Chatbox are incompetently to edit a .htaccess File. It is not a Problem of YSLOW - it is a Problem of the Users trying to install it. :cool:

[Y-ZOOM]

man im in big trouble

i'v uploaded ur files into my forum and this is the first .htaccess in my forum root

but after i uploaded . the colore of thread and size and smiles in the liberator won't working

so i removed the 2 files but the problem still in my forum

. just in Internet Explorer , but in firefox every thing is okay

i'v tried and created a new folder in my root /vb3

and it's working in Internet Explorer , but all my pages are indexed in google

with this path /vb not vb3 .. and i really want to fix this folder "/vb"

please help me man

[soundbarrierpro]

Did you backup? Reload from your backup. This hosed up my site as well.

[misr.cc]

super speed ... i like it

thanx

[Leo Brazil]

I am using the same. I had to merge the htaccess files but no biggie. works fine.

I did that too right now and it's working great.

[Galeon]

I found a error message in apache error log.
PHP Warning: ob_start() [<a href='ref.outcontrol'>ref.outcontrol</a>]: output handler 'ob_gzhandler' conflicts with 'zlib output compression' in X:\\Web\\redir.php on line 31

Anyone help?

[neologan]

very nice :)

[tokenyank]

Installed


Results before hack enabled with my own server optimization in place:
http://www.mumsonline.net/techsupport/before.jpg

And after:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Not a huge difference, but enough over time!

Thanks! :)

[zlos]

Had to remove it - although for me worked perfectly.
I have had quite a lot of user complaints about problems with vB editor. Cleaning temps of their browsers does not help.
It seems that some combinations of MS IE 7.xx, Windows and Java could not read the .js files.

[mariocaz]

Installed and working like a charm in conjuntion with this mod:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=121315

thank you so much!!!

[nothing4me]

WARNING: DO NOT INSTALL.

This puts a CACHE on the your user's hard drive. Everytime they reload the page, it will load the CACHE. For example, if you close your forum for an upgrade, they will get the closed error even if you open it up again. The only way to reverse it is to remove this mod and ask the users to CLEAR THEIR CACHE. Also, new posts etc won't be seen either since they are keeping a CACHE!

This hack is reported.

[tokenyank]

Reported???

For forcing enduser cache? Something that enduser browsers should do as default? (well, FF and Opera does... But we can't expect IE to work properly... It is Microsoft after all!)

Using a hack that clearly says:

Add an Expires header

Adding an Expires header to your components with a date in the future makes them cacheable, reducing the load time of your pages.


Seems as though someone didn't read what this did before installing the modification!!! *tsk tsk*

As to not updating new posts, this hack does nothing to cache dynamic content of your site it only caches images/swf/css etc

ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2592000
ExpiresByType image/png A2592000
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A2592000
ExpiresByType text/css A2592000
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A2592000


Nothing in there about cacheing php (or if you are running some SEO mods, html)... And, if you're overly sensitive... If you turn the board off, when you re-enable it, also turn on "no cache" headers in your vb options for a day to force users' browsers to update upon return...

The warning isn't necessary, reporting it shows your nativity, and any of your problems can be solved or are simply imagined.

[mariocaz]

nothing4me are you very sure of that ??

[nothing4me]

Reported???

For forcing enduser cache? Something that enduser browsers should do as default? (well, FF and Opera does... But we can't expect IE to work properly... It is Microsoft after all!)

Using a hack that clearly says:


Seems as though someone didn't read what this did before installing the modification!!! *tsk tsk*

As to not updating new posts, this hack does nothing to cache dynamic content of your site it only caches images/swf/css etc

ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2592000
ExpiresByType image/png A2592000
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A2592000
ExpiresByType text/css A2592000
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A2592000


Nothing in there about cacheing php (or if you are running some SEO mods, html)... And, if you're overly sensitive... If you turn the board off, when you re-enable it, also turn on "no cache" headers in your vb options for a day to force users' browsers to update upon return...

The warning isn't necessary, reporting it shows your nativity, and any of your problems can be solved or are simply imagined.Try doing it yourself. The problem persists with IE and FF. One of the settings in this mod is causing the browser to cache the whole thing instead of what it was really supposed to cache. Edit: (I'm guessing the PHP file has something to do with it?)

And I know browsers cache webpages, but they keep it for a short amount of time. This mod increases that time too much. (Look at my 1st paragraph)

[nothing4me]

nothing4me aere you very sure of that ??Yes. I am positive. I have gotten complaints from my users (over 30 complained) after I told them that the site was back up. I was constantly getting "Forum is off" messages at the top of VBulletin too on random pages.

We were talking on MSN etc, so that's how I know. After I removed the mod + asked them to clear their cache, it worked for them and me. (Both FF and IE.)

If you guys don't believe me, just try it yourself.

[mariocaz]

Mmm very bad news because the mod is working very nice in my forum.

I hope the author come here to help us with this.

[nothing4me]

Mmm very bad news because the mod is working very nice in my forum.

I hope the author come here to help us with this.I PM'd him, so I guess we'll wait for a reply. This is a nice mod, just needs some fixing. :(

[Marco van Herwaarden]

This hack is reported.
We do not take any action for a modification that does as described: Cache items locally.

[tokenyank]

Try doing it yourself.

I have, been using it since I posted my results images... Absolutely no problems and significantly lower page load times in IE (firefox always cached properly, IE7 played silly buggers)

Edit: (I'm guessing the PHP file has something to do with it?)

php file only pipes css and js through a gzip routine to compress them.

switch ($_REQUEST['type']){
case 'css':
header("Content-type: text/css");
break;
case 'js' :
header("Content-type: text/javascript");
break;
default:
header("Content-type: text/plain");
}

Again, nothing to do with html or php.

This mod is safe to use and does exactly what it says it does on the tin. If you don't like the time limits lower them.

Change the value (2592000) in .htaccess to something else like:


# 300 5 MIN
# 600 10 MIN
# 900 15 MIN
# 1800 30 MIN
# 2700 45 MIN
# 3600 1 HR
# 7200 2 HR
# 10800 3 HR
# 14400 4 HR
# 18000 5 HR
# 36000 10 HR
# 39600 11 HR
# 43200 12 HR
# 46800 13 HR
# 50400 14 HR
# 54000 15 HR
# 86400 1 DAY
# 172800 2 DAY
# 259200 3 DAY
# 345600 4 DAY
# 432000 5 DAY
# 518400 6 DAY
# 604800 1 WEEK
# 1209600 2 WEEK
# 1814400 3 WEEK
# 2419200 4 WEEK
# 4838400 2 MONTH
# 7257600 3 MONTH
# 9676800 4 MONTH
# 12096000 5 MONTH
# 14515200 6 MONTH
# 16934400 7 MONTH
# 19353600 8 MONTH
# 21772800 9 MONTH
# 24192000 10 MONTH
# 26611200 11 MONTH
# 29030400 12 MONTH

[buileminh]

Work like a charm with my forums! Great! Installed!

[abrecher]

Works exactly as described on 3.7.1

[pross]

instead of your external script i use this on all my sites...

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
<FilesMatch "\\.(js|css|html|htm|xml)$">
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

[mariocaz]

Hi guys,

So this Mod is secure for our forums ??

thanx

[Leo Brazil]

We do not take any action for a modification that does as described: Cache items locally.

What does it mean exactly ?

Of course, I understood Vb.org will do nothing about this but so ?

[nothing4me]

Hi guys,

So this Mod is secure for our forums ??

thanxIt is, but you may have problems with caching. Test it out before using it, I guess.

[tokenyank]

Hi guys,

So this Mod is secure for our forums ??

thanx

Absolutely, this modification does nothing to the vb core files, nor is it a plug in... It simply uses existing technology (mod_expires on Apache) to force local cacheing.

What does it mean exactly ?

It means that no action will be taken against this mod because there is nothing wrong with it.

The mod forces browsers to cache (store files locally to avoid downloading images/files on every impression) which will 1) reduce bandwidth consumption of your forums and 2) increase the speed in which your pages will load in an end user's browser.

This mod is really for IE7 because Firefox and Opera are 'intelligent' enough to cache images and .js scripts to an acceptible level, however IE7 does not cache properly so using the .htaccess forces IE7 to cache images/.js files/swf files/etc and will also parse .js/text/.css files through an extra gzip routine which will reduce the over all bandwidth used because the files will be downloaded as compressed.
http://www.mumsonline.net/techsupport/after.jpg
As you can see, the first impression (or any impression with an empty cache) will be a 'normal' download. So, under these conditions, the user will download 210k of files and the server will be asked for 51 different operations. However, every revisit with a primed cache, the user will only have to download 28k worth of information and the server will only be asked to perform 17 operations as the rest of the information needed will be stored on the user's own computer in their local cache.

To put it in real terms... Using this hack will save me (everyone will be different depending on how big the forum is) almost 2mb of bandwidth per 10 impressions (roughly, it's late, I can't be arsed to do the maths! ;) ) so on a site like mine that does over 4 million impressions a month, my bandwidth consumption will be considerably lower as well as my users not being forced to download 1/5th of a meg every time they visit the site.

[Jack0919]

Sorry
==============================
As you know, There is a very big disaster taken place in China, I affected by this too. There is so many things need to do, and there is very little time to the Internet.

More or less, I had already know about this mod has some problem. and I want to say sorry to everybody. I pormise, this mod will be updated as soon as I check the problem, and I will try to get more time to the Internet.(Next week! I think I will have some time, and I will put the time on this.)

Thank and sorry for everybody. And again, If you realy like this mod, please support me, all the donate will be send to the victims in China.

[Galeon]

支持, 我己捐款給四川同胞.

[Jack0919]

<font color="Red">by the way , I had read the replys in a short time.

what the problem indeed ?</font>

I get a message from nothing4me, but I dont think that a problem...

maybe I'm worng ? who helps me ?

[Jack0919]

支持, 我己捐款給四川同胞.
众志成城，万众一心，多难兴邦。

[mariocaz]

These ones are the problems that nothing4me said:

WARNING: DO NOT INSTALL.

This puts a CACHE on the your user's hard drive. Everytime they reload the page, it will load the CACHE. For example, if you close your forum for an upgrade, they will get the closed error even if you open it up again. The only way to reverse it is to remove this mod and ask the users to CLEAR THEIR CACHE. Also, new posts etc won't be seen either since they are keeping a CACHE!

This hack is reported.

[mariocaz]

and this.

Yes. I am positive. I have gotten complaints from my users (over 30 complained) after I told them that the site was back up. I was constantly getting "Forum is off" messages at the top of VBulletin too on random pages.

We were talking on MSN etc, so that's how I know. After I removed the mod + asked them to clear their cache, it worked for them and me. (Both FF and IE.)

If you guys don't believe me, just try it yourself.

[Jack0919]

and this.
But , do any other peolple has this problem ?

I don't know why this happen to nothing4me, but it seemd ok for the other people.

[Leo Brazil]

I'm using this hack for a couple of weeks and no problems so far.

I didn't turn off my board yet as there's no need so far but so far so good.

And working with Vbseo too.

[tokenyank]

Jack0919, there is no problem with this hack... Just someone feeling the urge to press the report button! :)

Take care of yourself and don't worry... This mod is fine... Nothing to fix! :)

[TheSupportForum]

jack0919

Been waiting for a reply on the changes to try out
i am using them on my site and everything is ok

would like some feedback on progress of next version

[TheSupportForum]

everybody needs to read this thread Jacko919 is not the developer of this mod, i recently done a google search and found this


Click this link (http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://vitman.livejournal.com/262218.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2524file%253Dstr_replace(chr(0x0),%2 522%2522,%2524_REQUEST%255B%2527file%2527%255D)%25 3B%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG)

[bahisyeri]

everybody needs to read this thread Jacko919 is not the developer of this mod, i recently done a google search and found this


Click this link (http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://vitman.livejournal.com/262218.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2524file%253Dstr_replace(chr(0x0),%2 522%2522,%2524_REQUEST%255B%2527file%2527%255D)%25 3B%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG)

Hahaha you are really funny dude.
First check post time: @ 2008 - 05 - 30 11:22:00
Second Jack is developer and he is using my security fix for php source displaying the code at the top was given by me to jack coz he does not know php so much.
For mariocaz:
Lool its not about that mod its about you enabled NoCache feature from vbulletin settings or u changed htaccess permits.
Because this mod just rewrites static contents like js/css/images which is not needed to reload from server all the time. If you do not know about coding do not suggest Do Not Install
instead of your external script i use this on all my sites...

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
<FilesMatch "\\.(js|css|html|htm|xml)$">
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>


Actually using mod_deflate on bigger forums or sites make bigger problem on your server and you need to add expire settings to your configuration without expire header those static content always loaded everytime.

[tokenyank]

everybody needs to read this thread Jacko919 is not the developer of this mod, i recently done a google search and found this


Click this link (http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://vitman.livejournal.com/262218.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2524file%253Dstr_replace(chr(0x0),%2 522%2522,%2524_REQUEST%255B%2527file%2527%255D)%25 3B%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG)

LOL

Modification:

Released: 06 May 2008


Link posted on:

2008 - 05 - 30


Hehehe...

Between this and the reporting of the modification, I've had a right laugh! Thanks Jack! Great cacheing ability for my forums, and a surplus of humorous posts about it! Reminds me why I love vB!

[maxicep]

doesn't work with vbseo 3.2 RC7 for now..

[pedroenf]

Just one info for those who upgrade VBSEO to RC7. In .htaccess file you have to modify one line:

####Gzip
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.*)(js|css|jpg|gif)$ redir.php?file=$1$2&type=$2 [L]
</IfModule>
Just add the code line in red or your images and chats wont work right. At least for me that have static contents (images) in a second server.

[abrecher]

doesn't work with vbseo 3.2 RC7 for now..

Running VB 3.7.1 and vBSEO 3.2.0 RC5 . Works fine for me.

[pedroenf]

Running VB 3.7.1 and vBSEO 3.2.0 RC5 . Works fine for me.


He was talking about RC7! This new version requires a .htaccess modification, and this hack does too. For me the modification i referred in my previous post worked! And i suppose it works for everybody.

[netcommander]

i've add this hack Running VB 3.7.1 and vBSEO 3.2.0 RC5 . Works fine for me
but i've got a one question how can I test before and after is there any method ? it looks faster

[bahisyeri]

i've add this hack Running VB 3.7.1 and vBSEO 3.2.0 RC5 . Works fine for me
but i've got a one question how can I test before and after is there any method ? it looks faster

You need to install YSLOW extension to your firefox and it needs Firebug extension.

[PaylaX]

Perfect job!

[rootnik]

Installed, but having problems.

My ads do not seem to be displaying as they were before. This may be my ad server acting up because I restarted apache though (I have the rules in my vhost.conf file instead of htaccess).

I have the javascript redirects disabled and left everything else alone.

[netcommander]

You need to install YSLOW extension to your firefox and it needs Firebug extension.
thanks m8 dude

[flipstyle]

Great plugin. Keep up the good work. It works with vBulletin 3.7.1 with no problems and I see a difference. Thanks.

[ALil'Hope]

I can totally tell my forum is loading faster, Installed!

[maxicep]

Running VB 3.7.1 and vBSEO 3.2.0 RC5 . Works fine for me.
doesn't work with RC7