Hi,
Yeah, you have to signup for the MaxCDN system., BUT its well worth it. Basically, what it would do is, is load the CSS/JS and images from your server, direct on their CDN
A CDN is a collection of computers around the world (in this case, many hundreds), which take traffic based on where you are located.
So, although my servers are with GT, and based in Canada - the server I get my files from (the js/gif/png/css/etc) comes from a server in the UK - which makes it much quicker for each file (as it doesn't have to travel half way around the world to get to me ;))
The $40 setup is minimal, and even for a large site (thousands of hits a day), it should still last a good 6 months.... even longer for those with less traffic (I've only used up 2gb of my 1000gb so far, and I've had it 2 months ;))
The only ongoing cost isthe $10 one ... which is pretty minimal, considering the advanced :)
Once I've got the plugin finished, I'll setup an example install so you can see the difference it makes (even on a bog-standard luna template). Its almost finished now - just gotta work on some issues with relative URLs (i.e ../path/somefile.gif) ... which is prooving to be a sod :(
BTW, setting it up is literally a 2 minute job - I'll have done all the hard work
Cheers
Andy (mod)
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Yeah, you have to signup for the MaxCDN system., BUT its well worth it. Basically, what it would do is, is load the CSS/JS and images from your server, direct on their CDN
A CDN is a collection of computers around the world (in this case, many hundreds), which take traffic based on where you are located.
So, although my servers are with GT, and based in Canada - the server I get my files from (the js/gif/png/css/etc) comes from a server in the UK - which makes it much quicker for each file (as it doesn't have to travel half way around the world to get to me ;))
The $40 setup is minimal, and even for a large site (thousands of hits a day), it should still last a good 6 months.... even longer for those with less traffic (I've only used up 2gb of my 1000gb so far, and I've had it 2 months ;))
The only ongoing cost isthe $10 one ... which is pretty minimal, considering the advanced :)
Once I've got the plugin finished, I'll setup an example install so you can see the difference it makes (even on a bog-standard luna template). Its almost finished now - just gotta work on some issues with relative URLs (i.e ../path/somefile.gif) ... which is prooving to be a sod :(
BTW, setting it up is literally a 2 minute job - I'll have done all the hard work
Cheers
Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk
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