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

[jribz]

Originally Posted by ja3

I use
$output=preg_replace ('/(\s*)\r\n(\s*)/', "", $output);
$output=preg_replace ('/<!-- .*? -->/',"",$output);

and get about 15% compression, don't know why you still need the \r\n?

ja3, I noticed a bit later in this thread you detected an error in your code, but I didn't see you place a fix for it. If I use both lines you have here I get an error on the page with certain dimensions and directories (like the misc image directory not being defined. But if I just use the second line I get no errors and about 10 - 15% compression. Was there a fix for the first line?

[bloodwrath]

works great for me
my pages load so fast i didnt notice they changed
thanks....

[SHANE-D-PAIN]

Cool Hack

Did not think i would have noticed much of a difference but i do and that rocks my socks off or something along those lines....


*Clicks install*

[Noonster]

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.

I am getting the same Problem with the Gold release

Anyone know how to fix the problem??
- I have turned the plugin off for now!

Cheers
Darren

[Bulent Tekcan]

Yes same problem here,I'm already disable it...

[jugo]

finally installed this. I only get an average of 2K per load Savings, but like my wife always says, a penny here and a penny there is a whole lotta dollars down the road.

BTW: Works fine do far on GOLD!!!

[kaniksu]

Just installed, everything looks good... I just loaded a thead:

[Output: 168.10 Kb. compressed to 142.74 Kb. by saving 25.37 Kb. (15.09%)]

[Fenriz]

If I don't want any text information about compression, what should I delete from the xml-file?

[jribz]

Originally Posted by Fenriz

If I don't want any text information about compression, what should I delete from the xml-file?

That is answered in this post here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....6&postcount=70

[Fenriz]

Originally Posted by 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!

I think that you also can remove

$pagenew_byte=strlen($output);
$page_kilobyte=number_format(($page_byte/1024),2);
$pagenew_kilobyte=number_format(($pagenew_byte/1024),2);
$pagesaved_byte=$page_byte-$pagenew_byte;
$pagesaved_kilobyte=number_format((($pagesaved_byte)/1024),2);
$pagesaved_perc=number_format(((100*$pagesaved_byte)/$page_byte),2);

and leave only

$page_byte=strlen($output);
$output=preg_replace ('/\r\n(\s*)/', "\r\n", $output);