Question

I have a 80 kB javascript file, and I made some tests and concluded that after gzipping the size will be reduced to 34 kB.

I have googled 100 times and asked many people and they give me links like this and this one Even after rereading them, I still can’t gzip the js file.

Can someone explain a good place to start and where to go from there? I think I’ll need to change something in .htaccess file, but I’m not sure.

Answer 1

In your .htaccess file you should be able to put in something like

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
</IfModule>

This does depend on if the web host allows .htaccess files and other security settings.