Offline Template Compressor
 

This hack is similar to Logicians Realtime Template Compressor
(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=56589), but uses
a slightly different approach:

Instead of doing the compression realtime when the pages are
generated, it compresses the templates right in the database when they
are being saved, so there will be zero overhead during normal operation.
The templates will still look normal when you edit them, just the
parsed versions will be compressed.

Currently this hack does not touch JavaScript, so there should be
no issues with that.
(JavaScript could also be compressed, but then there must be no
comments in it)

Results may vary, but this could reduce traffic approx. 5-10%,
even if you use GZip (recommended).

Details
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Difficulty: Easy
Files to modify: 1

Thanks for sharing your hack with the community

what improovments on load time ?

Nett :)

[high]* MrNase clicks install...[/high]

How do you create a setting in "vBulletin Options/Server Settings and Optimization Options" ??

I believe you have to have debug turned on in the config.php

great job!

So if we purposely used a space anywhere in the templates we will need to make it   then to get the space back after compressing?

Yes, this might be necessary, although I tried to add some code to preserve spaces that are there intentionally, eg. for layout purposes.

I am having trouble getting the files in the phpinclude_start to run. Like the phreak statisick counter and my $banner software.

Any ideas?