Hi @mrlouzai1234,
It looks like you have IIS. Unfortunately, Hummingbird can’t auto enable compression on IIS, but you can follow the link in Hummingbird from the server select dropdown that leads to the Microsoft site with instructions, or here is a really detailed explanation on how to do it:
https://wiki.finalbuilder.com/display/continua/IIS+8+HTTP+Compression+Configuration
Best regards,
Anton
Hi Anton,
Thank you for your prompt reply! Okay, I’m asking my client’s side IT guy to look into it as I don’t have access to the Microsoft server, will keep you update. Hopefully it works after enabling this! Based on this performance(https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.katmb.com.my/QMazhzUz), do you think it will help to reduce the time to make the page loads faster? I just need a backup plan as the deadline soon, if I can’t figure out anything yet the client is gonna get mad. Just wondering based on your experience, do you think server is part of the issue affects the loading time? If yes, what do you recommend?
Best regards,
Lou
Also as compare with the staging link, is very huge difference in terms of the loading time. https://gtmetrix.com/reports/affiniti.homestay4u.com/AyiqVPar
@mrlouzai1234,
Yeah, if you resolve the critical issues, you should get a speed increase. I haven’t really tested on ISS, so I can’t say how much of a performance improvement you’ll get. But the best performance boost you can achieve is by moving the site to a Linux based hosting with PHP 7.2 or even recently released 7.3.
Best regards,
Anton
Your staging is on Linux š As I said, moving to Linux + latest php release = huge speed boost
Hi Anton,
Thank you for your reply. It really helps! My client said that they just rent a space for storing the websites, they don’t have the access to the windows server to change the setting, just wondering is there any other way of enabling the Dynamic Content Compression? I have no idea working on IIS server types.
Okay as you mentioned that Linux + latest php release = huge speed boost, how do I explain/tell this to client? Are you able to provide me a proper explanation?
Thanks.
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@mrlouzai1234,
I don’t think there’s a way to configure compression without access to the server.
Microsoft IIS is not commonly used to host PHP projects. Microsoft is rarely an operating system of choice for hosting providers. It costs money for the license, has limited support of various PHP modules and there’s no support for .htaccess files (which really helps to tweak the configuration in WordPress without going into system configs). Also there’s the speed difference. Windows based hosting is probably chosen for 2 reasons – there’s already a Windows infrastructure in place or the fear of managing Linux.
Best regards,
Anton
Hi Anton,
Thank you for your prompt reply! If that’s the case, how can I work on the compression? Is there any other way of doing that? Client is complaining about the speed which I’ve already suggested to change the hosting, but they still think that it’s wordpress’s theme taking up too much loading time. May I know what do you suggest? I’m not a backend developer, I’m not familiar with all these.
@mrlouzai1234,
The only way to enable compression is by configuring IIS. Unfortunately, there’s no way around it.
Best regards,
Anton
Hi Anton,
Thank you for your professional opinion. Do you think the compression can be done manually as in going through the files one by one?
Thanks.
No š Gzip compression doesn’t work that way.
Can you explain in detail how does gzip compression? Like how does it compress till affect the page load etc unlike the static websites?
@mrlouzai1234,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip
I would suggest you to read up on what happens from the point user enters a url in a browser to the actual page load. Because it seems you’re a bit confused on how it all works. Gzip compression applies both to static pages and to dynamic content. The only difference between a static page and dynamic is that there’s some sort of processing going on to render the content on a dynamic page. But for the browser you still get the same HTML content. Which can be compressed with gzip or not. Same applies to all the files (css/js/images…).
Best regards,
Anton
Hi Anton,
I have a better understanding to it. So the client side was saying that they’ve already enabled it, but I’m still seeing this error:
– Your server may not have the “deflate” module enabled (mod_deflate for Apache, ngx_http_gzip_module for NGINX).
– Contact your host. If deflate is enabled, ask why all .htaccess or nginx.conf compression rules are not being applied.
May I know what else can I do from my end?
@mrlouzai1234,
Unfortunately, you can’t do anything without access to the configuration settings. You don’t have .htacess files and there’s no nginx.conf on IIS.
Best regards,
Anton
