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

[Carnage]

ok, well here is your solution to all the bugs. One problem is its in english and not php...

You need to parse out multiple white spaces + newlines in all of the code, you also need to remove html comments. HOWEVER you must ignore anything between <pre> <textarea> and <script> tags.

Ok well theres the brief... i'll see what i can do in a bit. (I think a good starting place would be to see how Vb3.5 handles bb tags especially the [nocode] tag or whatever it is that prevents bb code parsing between it.)

edit:
Well i've been messing arround for a bit and havn't got anywhere... The only 'hacked' solution i could come up with is to match the text area tags to a variable do the white space removal and put the text areas back in again.

[ryuji]

when i get bored ill try my hand at making it conditional... but with my setup it appears immune to the issue unless i use the commented out line of code instead of what i actualy had enabled

[Carnage]

this problem is really bugging me now... i haven't been able to come up with a singal working regex expression...

Leaving it installed but disabling it for now. The linebreaks in advanced mode are just impossible to work around.

Can this be modded to only strip commented out code?

[ryuji]

yes. comment out the fist replacment command

[voleibolmurcia]

How could i make that the text...

[Output: 37.45 Kb. compressed to 36.00 Kb. by saving 1.45 Kb. (3.87%)]

be in the same color that the background?

I dont find the template o the code in the footer for this hack.

Thank u.

Originally Posted by voleibolmurcia

How could i make that the text...

[Output: 37.45 Kb. compressed to 36.00 Kb. by saving 1.45 Kb. (3.87%)]

be in the same color that the background?

I dont find the template o the code in the footer for this hack.

Thank u.

From what I can tell by reading the thread a few times (don't hold me to this) the compression, and that expression, are processed before the templates themselves.

Your best bet is to try editing the plugin itself.

[ryuji]

Originally Posted by Chris-777

From what I can tell by reading the thread a few times (don't hold me to this) the compression, and that expression, are processed before the templates themselves.

Your best bet is to try editing the plugin itself.

actualy... what he wants to change is processed after the page is completely made... so its after the templates

[Dave-ahfb]

just open the xml and find this line

$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);