{"id":1729,"date":"2012-08-30T15:24:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T15:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/08\/30\/gzip-page-compression\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T02:00:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T07:00:22","slug":"gzip-page-compression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/gzip-page-compression\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Gzip Page Compression in Joomla 3.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Within <a href=\"\/support\/\">Joomla 3.0\u2019s server settings<\/a> is an option labeled <strong>Gzip Page Compression<\/strong>. What this feature does is allow <a href=\"\/support\/website\/how-to-enable-gzip-moddeflate\/\">your server to compress files before sending<\/a> them to the user. This means that the user has to downloaded less content because it is compressed, and thus in theory pages should load faster for your users.<\/p>\n<h2>To enable Gzip Page Compression in Joomla 3.0<\/h2>\n<p>By default, GZip Page Compressions is disabled in Joomla 3.0. You can follow these settings to turn it on:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard\/\">Log into your Joomla 3.0 dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In the left menu, click the <strong>Global Configuration<\/strong> link<\/li>\n<li>Within the tabs listed at the top of the page, click Server<\/li>\n<li>Under <em>Server Settings<\/em> and next to <strong>Gzip Page Compression<\/strong>, click <strong>Yes<\/strong>. Then click <strong>Save<\/strong> in the top left menu.\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsmyip.org\/http-compression-test\/\">use this page<\/a> to test if your pages are being sent to the user in a compressed format. <\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>When not compressed<\/th>\n<th>When compressed using gzip<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_not-gzipped.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_not-gzipped-1024x406.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"not-gzipped\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_not-gzipped-1024x406.gif 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_not-gzipped-300x119.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_not-gzipped-768x305.gif 768w\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_gzipped.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"gzipped\" class=\"std_ss\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_gzipped.gif\" style=\"max-width: 240px;\" width=\"1354\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>You can see that the <strong>original size<\/strong> of the page was 9.68KB, and when <strong>compressed<\/strong> the page was only 3.63KB. This is a <strong>data savings<\/strong> of 62.5%!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within Joomla 3.0\u2019s server settings is an option labeled Gzip Page Compression. What this feature does is allow your server to compress files before sending them to the user. This means that the user has to downloaded less content because it is compressed, and thus in theory pages should load faster for your users. 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