Web designers who use GZIP create faster websites

 

If your website is created using HTML then you have the ability to GZIP your images with a simple text file that will speed up the performance of your website.

GZIP does not compromise the quality of your images. All it does is allow search engines to read the images at a smaller size, making the process of your images appear on screen much quicker.

So how do you create a GZIP file?

Simple, create a .htaccess file by opening notepad and calling it ‘.htaccess’. Then place this code anyway inside that file:

# BEGIN GZIP
<ifmodule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text text/html text/plain text/xml text/css application/x-javascript application/javascript
</ifmodule>
# END GZIP

That is it! All you need to do now is upload it to the top level of your FTP.

How do I check if the GZIP has worked?

 

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