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domain hosting for compression ??
05-06-2016 10:27 AM
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I need to compress my website but after an attempt with GZIP, which didn't work, I was told by a PlusNet person on Live Chat, that GZIP wasn't supported. He advised that I should be hosted by a better host as PlusNet hosting was "extremely basic". What I am concerned about, is that if I change my host will I drop down the google search and will there be any 'downtime' while the transition takes place?
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05-06-2016 7:11 PM
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Re: domain hosting for compression ??
05-06-2016 7:32 PM - edited 05-06-2016 7:33 PM
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Assuming I understand you correctly what you want to do is done via the HTTP mod_deflate extension in Apache, you can either modify the site's .htaccess file or add the configuration to Apache's configuration file. For .htaccess you can try this:
<ifModule mod_gzip.c> mod_gzip_on Yes mod_gzip_dechunk Yes mod_gzip_item_include file .(html?|txt|css|js|php|pl"py)$ mod_gzip_item_include handler ^cgi-script$ mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/.* mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/x-javascript.* mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.* mod_gzip_item_exclude rspheader ^Content-Encoding:.*gzip.* </ifModule>
If this fails to work remove it and replace it with this:
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
Adding a new line with the applicable mime type for each content type you want to compress.
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06-06-2016 9:15 AM
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the standard Plusnet webspace doesn't support Apache
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06-06-2016 9:40 AM
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REALLY! Well, err, em
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06-06-2016 12:28 PM
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I keep getting told PlusNet doesn't support GZIP or Apache - so my question is What is the answer? There must be a way to compress I just cannot believe NO-ONE who is hosted by PlusNet has a compressed site! If so, why are we using PlusNet as a host? Is there a more expensive PlusNet package that will allow compression? I want compression for SEO not because I want to save my site or because it is very large (which it's not). Come on PlusNet, what is the answer? I have in the past recommended PlusNet to many, but cannot any more with a clear conscience.
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06-06-2016 12:37 PM - edited 06-06-2016 12:45 PM
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@trugmaker - If my original assumption is correct and if what @Oldjim says is also correct then you only have two options and one choice.
Option One - Upgrade to a Plusnet package that will allow you to maintain your own virtual server, assuming there even is one!
Option Two - Move elsewhere, which I suspect is what you will have to do.
Also note that what @C1Rider said regarding the migration of DNS will not affect your rankings so moving site should have no adverse effects on your ranking but as Jim states below there may be an outage for up to (possibly) 48 hours while the DNS update(s) propagates around the world.
Re: domain hosting for compression ??
06-06-2016 12:41 PM - edited 06-06-2016 12:44 PM
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To be brutally honest - nobody should be using an ISP "free" hosting for a commercial site
You need to move your hosting to a proper hosting company and accept that you may have up to 24 hours downtime while the DNS propagates
Note that there used to be a CGI option with Plusnet but that was withdrawn for non users some time ago as I found out when I was looking to try Wordpress on my Plusnet hosted site
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07-06-2016 9:31 PM
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You need to move your hosting to a proper hosting company and accept that you may have up to 24 hours downtime while the DNS propagates
There won't be any downtime if the old site is kept up whilst the DNS updates and only turned off after it is complete.
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