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Nginx YSlow performance boost w/ Gzip + Far future expires Header
server {
# output compression saves bandwidth
gzip on;
gzip_http_version 1.1;
gzip_vary on;
gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_types text/plain text/html text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
# make sure gzip does not lose large gzipped js or css files
# see http://blog.leetsoft.com/2007/7/25/nginx-gzip-ssl
gzip_buffers 16 8k;
# Disable gzip for certain browsers.
gzip_disable “MSIE [1-6].(?!.*SV1)”;
location ~* ^.+\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|pdf|txt|tar|wav|bmp|rtf|js|flv|swf|html|htm)$ {
expires 30d;
access_log off;
}
# location ~* \.(ico|css|js|gif|jp?g|png) {
# if ($args ~ [0-9]+) {
# expires max;
# break;
# }
# }
}
@chaffeqa
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set Expire header on assets: see http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#expires

location ~ ^/(images|javascripts|stylesheets)/ {
expires 1h;
}

@vjlamba
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vjlamba commented Dec 27, 2013

it shows 500 error when i used this code in my .Htaccess file..plz help

@zedd45
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zedd45 commented Jan 21, 2014

@vjamba .htaccess is typically for use with Apache. This gist is about Nginx. Are you attempting to convert from Apache to Nginx? If so, this link may help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8711678/change-apache-htaccess-file-to-be-used-with-nginx

@web-differently
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pls how i can add the script gistfile1.txt
in nginx

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