borfast Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 Hi everyone. I was wondering if mod_gzip is installed in TCH's servers and if so, is it enabled or do I have to enable it for my site? And how do I do it? Thanks Quote
Lianna Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 Don't know specifically about the mod_gzip, but there is an unzip utility available. Through cPanel's File Manager, if you click on a zipped file's name, then you are presented the option on the right side of the window to "Extract File Contents". Lianna Quote
rayners Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 Actually, Lianna, mod_gzip is a module for Apache. What it allows you to do is compress pages on their way out to reduce bandwidth. The pages are then uncompressed in compatible browsers. More info here. Quote
Lianna Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 OH! I get it! (Thanks for doing my homework for me Rayners. ) Lianna Quote
KevinW Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 the link rayners posted isn't working for me --- so what's the answer? is mod_gzip installed on TCH servers? -kw Quote
borfast Posted February 25, 2003 Author Posted February 25, 2003 OK, here's a little explanation: mod_gzip is an Apache module, just like rayners said. It checks whether the client's browser supports compressed pages and if so, it compresses the data before sending it to the client. Oterwise, it will serve the plain 'version' of the page. It helps reduce bandwidth usage and causes little strain on the server (contrary to what many people think). Here's a link where you can read a little more detailed explanation: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/1029 Quote
Lianna Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 Thanks for that! (I still don't know the answer to your question though about if it is installed. I'll follow up on that tonight, ok? Sorry for the delay.) Lianna Quote
KevinW Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 When I run the env.pl script on my web site: http://www.kwsupport.com/cgi-bin/env.pl it reports the following: Web server EnvGATEWAY_INTERFACE = CGI/1.1 HTTP_ACCEPT = image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/x-shockwave-flash, */* HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING = gzip, deflate which seems to imply that the mod_gzip is installed. -kw Quote
Lianna Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 Well, my golly. I ran that and did a *find on this page* search for mod_gzip and of course did not find it! Good work, KW. Lianna Quote
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