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04.20.08

.htaccess - gzip and cache your site for faster loading and bandwidth saving PHP, Servers, Web Development | (12)
Last week I changed my hosting provider from Site5 to NearlyFreeSpeech.NET. Despite the fact that the first one is faster than the second, NFSN is a lot more cheaper (I only pay what I really use). So in order to speed up my site and save bandwidth (the more I use the more I pay) I use .htaccess file to gzip my text based files and optimize cache HTTP headers. Although this site is powered by Wordpress which has some really great plugins to optimize PHP output I wanted a more generic solution which can be applied to all PHP web applications. I also ...

Tagged: .htaccess, Apache, Cache, gzip, HTTP headers
10.20.06

Apache Struts 2 development build Java, Web Framework | (2)
The first development build (2.0.1) of Apache Struts 2 project has been released. From Planet Struts News: Struts 2 was originally known as WebWork 2. After working independently for several years, the WebWork and Struts communities joined forces to create Struts 2. This new version of Struts is designed to be simpler to use and closer to how Struts was always meant to be. Some key changes are: Smarter! Improved Design - All Struts 2 classes are based on interfaces. Core interfaces are HTTP independent. Intelligent Defaults - Most configuration elements have a default value that we can set and forget. Enhanced Results - Unlike ActionForwards, ...

Tagged: Apache, Struts, WebWork