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Step by Step guide to speed up your VB4 OR VB3
final kaoss
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,314
07-27-2011, 10:00 PM
There are several steps to improve your page loading speed. I will go over a few steps that will improve your site's loading time. Step 1: Tweak your htaccess. Open the htaccess file in your forum root and add the following below any url rewrite rules you may have from: Vbulletin 3 or 4 with VBSEO installed VB4 Forum Classic VB4 Suite VB3 by itself This covers the following Pagespeed Rules. Leverage browser caching Specify a cache validator Enable gzip compression Make the following changes in your admincp Code:
Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs From: Settings > Options > Friendly Urls: Select Mod Rewrite Friendly Urls *some people report login problems, I have posted below what works for me. Be sure to do this step as well to avoid problems!! https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=267588#3 Browse to the bottom of this first post for the .htaccess code. Step 2: Optimize images There is no more need to do this for vb4 packages unless you wish to do this on other images such as avatars, custom buttons, attachments, gallery uploads etc. This covers the following PageSpeed Rules: Optimize Images If you have access to Visual Studio 2010 (grab the trial edition here which should be compatible with the addon), you can complete this step in just a few clicks using this addon http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.micr...77c3?SRC=VSIDE You can also use pnggauntlet which will compress images as well. This is great to use on new skins/themes and also non animated gifs for Smileys, Signatures, Photo Album & Group Images and Avatars that your forum stores on your server! Please note that both of these methods produce lossless images, meaning that even though it uses various methods to decrease file size there is absolutely no visual loss in quality of the image. For non-windows users, I suggest Imageoptim & Trimage If you have alot of jpeg images, you can compress 10 per day with this jpegmini. Your other options with this tool are to upload jpegs to a jpegmini album which will compress the images for free which you can download soon after! Your other option is to buy the tool for $20, which will enable you to compress a unlimited amount of jpegs, although it won't compress images above 28 MegaPixels. Optional Step 3: Add CSS Sprites. Not compatible with VB3 This covers the following PageSpeed Rules: Combine images using CSS sprites Code:
Install the addon United-Forum CSS Sprites and follow all of the instructions. Can be found in the sprite_0.6.3a.zip file. Below are 3 free CDN's. I can vouch for cloudflare but have yet to try incapsula. 1) Incapsula 2) Cloudflare *Disable the Rocketloader feature to avoid potential issues. New article on how to setup your forum for HTTPS with cloudflare (Optional) Step 5: Make a free Server Optimization request Now that you've done all of the steps above, there is one final thing left to do if you are using a vps or dedi, tweak the Server! You can go here to request a free tuneup: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum...-configuration Here's one additional trick to help improve your seo btw: [SEO Enhancement] Replace "reload this page" to the thread title [v1.00] Enjoy! Optional (Recommended) Step 7: Lazy load images. Lazy Load will delay the loading of images outside of viewpoint to make the page load faster. That is, images in the visible part of the web page are only loaded and remaining images are loaded when visitor scrolls down the page, at some times it can even helps to save bandwidth. Consider linking to us at http://video-game-chat.com/forum to help show your appreciation, since you'll be saving bandwith, reducing the loading time and thus keeping more visitors who visit your site. And impoving seo as google is now factoring in loading times into it's algorithms. Test your page speed & yslow score's If you would like to test your website and see what changes need to be made while you follow any part of this guide you can do so at several sites: GTMetrix Webpage Test Pingdom Here's a new htaccess that I've been testing, it's pretty solid so far. Simply throw in your url rewrite rules (for friendly urls).... this part may confuse people... they are usually located near the top of an existing htaccess file. Example of what rewrite rules look like... Code:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
# Forum
RewriteRule ^threads/.* showthread.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^members/.* member.php [QSA]
Code:
# Author: Final Kaoss (aka: Extreme-Gaming)
# Version 3.2
# Special Thanks Goes to W3Total Cache for much of the htaccess rules
RewriteEngine on
# This file is only needed if you have set the Forum Component URL in your admincp and you are
# using the mod_rewrite option for friendly urls. If this is the case, copy this file
# to your forum component stub directory.
# If you are having problems or are using VirtualDocumentRoot, uncomment this line and set it to your forum component directory.
#If your site is located at site.com/forum, then go down one line uncomment (remove the #) and replace /vbtest/ with /forum/
# RewriteBase /vbtest/
# If you are having problems with the rewrite from content/ to content.php, uncomment this line to turn MultiViews off.
Options -MultiViews
#add your friendly url rewrite rules below.
#stop adding your friendly url rewrite rules here.
#Deny attempts to view the Htaccess file.
<Files .htaccess>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>
# BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
AddType text/css .css
AddType application/javascript .js
AddType application/x-javascript .js
AddType text/html .html .htm
AddType text/richtext .rtf .rtx
AddType image/svg+xml .svg .svgz
AddType text/plain .txt
AddType text/xsd .xsd
AddType text/xsl .xsl
AddType text/xml .xml
AddType video/asf .asf .asx .wax .wmv .wmx
AddType video/avi .avi
AddType image/bmp .bmp
AddType application/java .class
AddType video/divx .divx
AddType application/msword .doc .docx
AddType application/x-msdownload .exe
AddType image/gif .gif
AddType application/x-gzip .gz .gzip
AddType image/x-icon .ico
AddType image/jpeg .jpg .jpeg .jpe
AddType application/vnd.ms-access .mdb
AddType audio/midi .mid .midi
AddType video/quicktime .mov .qt
AddType audio/mpeg .mp3 .m4a
AddType video/mp4 .mp4 .m4v
AddType video/mpeg .mpeg .mpg .mpe
AddType application/vnd.ms-project .mpp
AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database .odb
AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart .odc
AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula .odf
AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics .odg
AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation .odp
AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet .ods
AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text .odt
AddType audio/ogg .ogg
AddType application/pdf .pdf
AddType image/png .png
AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint .pot .pps .ppt .pptx
AddType audio/x-realaudio .ra .ram
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
AddType application/x-tar .tar
AddType image/tiff .tif .tiff
AddType audio/wav .wav
AddType audio/wma .wma
AddType application/vnd.ms-write .wri
AddType application/vnd.ms-excel .xla .xls .xlsx .xlt .xlw
AddType application/zip .zip
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType text/css A31536000
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A31536000
ExpiresByType text/html A3600
ExpiresByType text/richtext A3600
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A3600
ExpiresByType text/plain A3600
ExpiresByType text/xsd A3600
ExpiresByType text/xsl A3600
ExpiresByType text/xml A3600
ExpiresByType video/asf A31536000
ExpiresByType video/avi A31536000
ExpiresByType image/bmp A31536000
ExpiresByType application/java A31536000
ExpiresByType video/divx A31536000
ExpiresByType application/msword A31536000
ExpiresByType application/x-msdownload A31536000
ExpiresByType image/gif A31536000
ExpiresByType application/x-gzip A31536000
ExpiresByType image/x-icon A31536000
ExpiresByType image/jpeg A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-access A31536000
ExpiresByType audio/midi A31536000
ExpiresByType video/quicktime A31536000
ExpiresByType audio/mpeg A31536000
ExpiresByType video/mp4 A31536000
ExpiresByType video/mpeg A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-project A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text A31536000
ExpiresByType audio/ogg A31536000
ExpiresByType application/pdf A31536000
ExpiresByType image/png A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint A31536000
ExpiresByType audio/x-realaudio A31536000
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A31536000
ExpiresByType application/x-tar A31536000
ExpiresByType image/tiff A31536000
ExpiresByType audio/wav A31536000
ExpiresByType audio/wma A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-write A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-excel A31536000
ExpiresByType application/zip A31536000
</IfModule>
# BEGIN Compress text files
<ifModule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/xml text/css text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml application/xhtml+xml application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rdf+xml application/rss+xml application/atom+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript application/javascript application/x-javascript application/json
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf application/x-font-otf
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/truetype font/opentype
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
</ifModule>
# END Compress text files
# BEGIN Cache-Control Headers
<ifModule mod_headers.c>
Header set Connection keep-alive
<filesMatch "\.(ico|jpe?g|png|gif|swf)$">
Header set Cache-Control "public"
</filesMatch>
<filesMatch "\.(css)$">
Header set Cache-Control "public"
</filesMatch>
<filesMatch "\.(js)$">
Header set Cache-Control "private"
</filesMatch>
<filesMatch "\.(x?html?|php)$">
Header set Cache-Control "private, must-revalidate"
</filesMatch>
</ifModule>
# END Cache-Control Headers
# BEGIN Turn ETags Off
FileETag None
# END Turn ETags Off
# proc/self/environ? no way!
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} proc/self/environ [OR]
# Block out any script trying to set a mosConfig value through the URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|\%3D) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to base64_encode crap to send via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*(.*) [OR]
# Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C).*script.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
# Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
##
## Commented version of Rewrite rules attributed to Ronald van den Heetkamp
## Comments by http://bodvoc.com
#
# Prevent use of specified methods in HTTP Request
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(HEAD|TRACE|DELETE|TRACK) [NC,OR]
# Block out use of illegal or unsafe characters in the HTTP Request
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*(\\r|\\n|%0A|%0D).* [NC,OR]
# Block out use of illegal or unsafe characters in the Referer Variable of the HTTP Request
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^(.*)(<|>|'|%0A|%0D|%27|%3C|%3E|%00).* [NC,OR]
# Block out use of illegal or unsafe characters in any cookie associated with the HTTP Request
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} ^.*(<|>|'|%0A|%0D|%27|%3C|%3E|%00).* [NC,OR]
# Block out use of illegal characters in URI or use of malformed URI
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(,|;|:|<|>|">|"<|/|\\\.\.\\).{0,9999}.* [NC,OR]
# NOTE - disable this rule if your site is integrated with Payment Gateways such as PayPal
# Block out use of empty User Agent Strings
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$ [OR]
# Block out use of User Agent Strings beginning with java, curl or wget
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^(java|curl|wget).* [NC,OR]
# Block out use of User Agent Strings containing specific robot (crawler) identifiers
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(winhttp|HTTrack|clshttp|archiver|loader|email|harvest|extract|grab|miner).* [NC,OR]
# Block out use of User Agent Strings containing references to specific crawler libraries
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(libwww-perl|curl|wget|python|nikto|scan).* [NC,OR]
# Block out use of illegal or unsafe characters in the User Agent variable
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(<|>|'|%0A|%0D|%27|%3C|%3E|%00).* [NC,OR]
# Measures to block out SQL injection attacks
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(;|<|>|'|"|\)|%0A|%0D|%22|%27|%3C|%3E|%00).*(/\*|union|select|insert|cast|set|declare|drop|update|md5|benchmark).* [NC,OR]
# Block out reference to localhost/loopback/127.0.0.1 in the Query String
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(localhost|loopback|127\.0\.0\.1).* [NC,OR]
# Block out use of illegal or unsafe characters in the Query String variable
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(<|>|'|%0A|%0D|%27|%3C|%3E|%00).* [NC]
#
## End of commented Rewrite directives
#
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#122
04-15-2013, 01:44 PM
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That did the trick, thank you for all of this. Using this I was able to get my Pagespeed score up from 51 to 92.
Also went from F and D ratings on GTMetrix to A+'s Oh and my board is stupid fast. --------------- Added [DATE]1366070488[/DATE] at [TIME]1366070488[/TIME] --------------- Don't know if this is related, but now when I try to post an embed of a tweet, it takes you to "about:blank" but the post is posted still. --------------- Added [DATE]1366078991[/DATE] at [TIME]1366078991[/TIME] --------------- Also...ability to mark forums read by clicking the forum icon does not work now?
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#123
04-16-2013, 02:30 PM
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I've just tried the doubleclicking on the forum icon to mark as read and it is still working for me, just don't "double click" as fast as you normally would outside of a browser. Also, I'm not sure about the twittter issue.
Also not only is your board faster but you should see drastic improvements in bandwith, cpu & memory usage.
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#124
04-17-2013, 06:55 PM
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One more question, is there a way to disable these features on just a specific style? I ask because many users and me are experiencing the page numbers on the mobile style not showing up anymore, randomly. Sometimes they are there, sometimes they are not. It has to be a caching issue. As for double clicking, tried a few things...no go.
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#125
04-17-2013, 07:23 PM
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Link me to your site & I'll have a look at it for you, I myself don't use mobile that much but I'll check it out for you to see what's going on.
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#126
04-17-2013, 07:38 PM
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#127
04-18-2013, 12:20 AM
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Noticed all the javascript was not being gzipped.
Seems "application/x-javascript" is not doing it. Need to add "application/javascript" to the mod_deflate output filters. After adding that all vBulletin javascript is being reporting as compressed. Edit Line: Code:
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css application/x-javascript text/html text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon Code:
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css application/x-javascript application/javascript text/html text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon Before Change: Code:
Use gzip compression for transferring compressable responses: 77/100 286.3 KB total in compressible text, target size = 220.5 KB - potential savings = 65.8 KB FAILED - (51.1 KB, compressed = 15.2 KB - savings of 35.9 KB) - http://www.XXX.com/forum/clientscript/vbulletin-core.js?v=420 FAILED - (14.4 KB, compressed = 3.8 KB - savings of 10.6 KB) - http://www.XXX.com/forum/clientscript/vbulletin_overlay.js?v=420 FAILED - (12.5 KB, compressed = 3.6 KB - savings of 8.9 KB) - http://www.XXX.com/forum/clientscript/vbulletin_lightbox.js?v=420 FAILED - (7.2 KB, compressed = 2.5 KB - savings of 4.7 KB) - http://www.XXX.com/forum/vbseo/resources/scripts/vbseo_ui.js?v=a4 FAILED - (5.7 KB, compressed = 2.3 KB - savings of 3.4 KB) - http://www.XXX.com/forum/clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js?v=420 FAILED - (4.4 KB, compressed = 2.0 KB - savings of2.4 KB) - http://www.XXX.com/forum/clientscript/vbulletin_cms.js?v=420 Code:
Use gzip compression for transferring compressable responses: 100/100 220.5 KB total in compressible text, target size = 220.5 KB - potential savings = 0.0 KB --------------------- Edit: Any reason you are not also recommending the caching of static javascript?
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#128
04-18-2013, 02:20 AM
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I'll have to look into that a bit more tomorrow.
Right now, I have to use my iPod, due to the storms over here just a bit east of OKC, oklahoma. Most of that htaccess is from the mod w3tc total cache for Wordpress with the vbulletin friendly URL rewrites. Odd, I've never noticed my scores failing on that part. http://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.vide...t.com/Bzmh2VF9 At any rate, it's been added to the htaccess in the first post. Thanks for that!
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#129
04-22-2013, 06:00 PM
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First post updated with an assortment of different htaccess setups that should help people using vbseo, clogic seo for vb3 or yabbseo for vb3.
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#130
07-07-2013, 02:47 PM
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I have applied Step one and the effect is wonderful, now I'm optimising images, but in the vB4 SuperCharged mod it states that we sould'nt use on vB 4.21. Can I use it? with your recomendations to disable:
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#131
07-07-2013, 04:52 PM
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The author hasn't updated it in quite some time. I still use it on my vbulletin 4 which is updated to the latest version. You can use them if you find they work for your forum but be aware of the warnings listed for each one.
I don't use the html optimizer because using gzip/mod deflate, the whitespace really doesn't become a big issue... unless you have thousands of linebreaks with no content, even so, I don't find a reason to let it consume extra cpu & memory when compressing with gzip/mod deflate. Javascript Optimizer, I think I remember there being issues with loading the editor & other mods with it enabled, so I leave it off. The Attachement Optimizer has a warning against using it on apache servers, since I run apache, I leave it off.
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