Realtime Template Compressor: Reduces page sizes, loads pages faster, saves bandwidth

This is a port of Logican's Realtime Template Compressor hack from vBulletin 2.2.x to vBulletin 3.5.0 Beta 1. I wrote this by rewriting a version of the original hack, that I wrote for my forums when they ran 3.0.x, so that it would function as a plugin for 3.5.0.

I had originally sent this to Logican for him to release it but he replied granting me permission to release it; hence why I'm releasing this.

Installation is very simple. Just import the plugin via vBulletin's "Download / Upload Plugins" page in the Plugin System in the Admin Control Panel and you're done.

I'll try to correct any bugs that you might find. Let me know if you like this plugin and don't forget to click the install link if you install this.

Update History

Version 1.1.0: The expression was replaced with a more efficient one that increases the compression level from approximately 1-2% to approximately 4-8%.
Version 1.0.0: Initial Release

[FleaBag]

Glad to have this for 3.5. Seems to be working well!

[safiel]

Originally Posted by shiva

anyone know why I am getting the same compression message at the top of my page, just under the logo, and at the bottom of the page at the end of the footer?

This code is placing its compression stats output after your HTML </body> tag. If it is happening twice that means you have two </body> tags, which you shouldn't.

p.s. This is also throws off my tables.

[WonderWorm]

Currently having problems with this plugin for RC2. When I use the advanced edit I lose all formatting for the standard editor. Here is some screenshots to show what I mean. It shows up fine in the quick edit but once I go advanced it loses all the breaks.

http://www.emufanatics.com/quickedit.jpg

http://www.emufanatics.com/advanced.jpg

At first I thought this was being caused by RC2 but after turning off some plugins I narrowed it down to this one. Any help would be appreciated.

[jugo]

Is it because the Comment tags are being replced??

If so, Why not use .js scripts and include them instead of putting Java code into the templates.

Just a thought.

[Boofo]

What is the actual code that seems to be working best for everyone?

[Cyricx]

Odd, I'm running it on RC2 and I am having no issues with advanced or normal edit or quick reply.

If you leave all the others on and turn this one off does it still do it?

It sounds like you've got a conflict between this plugin and another.

[Brandon Sheley]

this worked great, first try.
i'm wondering do the plugins work as well with custom skins :-/ i'll have to do some searching

thx for the plugin
*clicks install*

[diettalk]

This is happening to me as well with RC3. Is there a way to ignore posting pages or anything between textarea codes?

Originally Posted by WonderWorm

Currently having problems with this plugin for RC2. When I use the advanced edit I lose all formatting for the standard editor. Here is some screenshots to show what I mean. It shows up fine in the quick edit but once I go advanced it loses all the breaks.

http://www.emufanatics.com/quickedit.jpg

http://www.emufanatics.com/advanced.jpg

At first I thought this was being caused by RC2 but after turning off some plugins I narrowed it down to this one. Any help would be appreciated.

[BamaStangGuy]

Confirmed here as well

[paulius]

This works great for me!

As a little note... I found a way to remove the statistics message at the footer of each page by removing the following lines of code in the plugin:

$output = str_replace('</body>', '<center><span class="smallfont">[Output: ' . $page_kilobyte . ' Kb. compressed to <b>' . $pagenew_kilobyte . '</b> Kb. by saving <b>' . $pagesaved_kilobyte . '</b> Kb. (' . $pagesaved_perc . '%)]</span></center></body>', $output);

Cheers and great plugin! I hope that you improve it to make it even more powerful!