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The Parallelize Downloads Across Hostnames warning was an optimization recommendation previously suggested by many popular speed test tools such as Pingdom, GTmetrix, PageSpeed Insights, and more. This warning is becoming less and less important as…
There are various reasons for wanting to convert a URL to an IP address. This is a pretty simple process, and there are multiple ways to perform the conversion. In this post, we'll go over everything you need to know about the methods available to…
It could be required to cache an asset based on the client device. For instance, if you want to cache and deliver a different layout to your mobile users than your desktop users you will need to take advantage of device-based caching. On the other…
KeyCDN currently offers three different ways for you to secure your CDN assets with an SSL certificate. One way, which we'll discuss in this post, is through the use of KeyCDN's Shared SSL option. This is certainly the easiest and quickest way to…
Logs can be an extremely important aspect to one's web environment. They provide you with additional data that's useful for debugging purposes, informational purposes, and more. We've talked about logs in the past, specifically Nginx Error and Access…
If you're using Nginx as a web server and want to display an Nginx directory index listing when navigating to a particular directory, then you have a couple of options. One way to achieve this is through the use of an index file (index.html)…
Hypertext Access File, most known as .htaccess, is a configuration file for Apache web servers that can be used to define very specific configuration options. Configurations can become quite granular with the use of regex. However, most users…
Setting up a CDN comes in very useful for delivering your static assets faster amongst other things. The fact that your assets are cached across multiple POPs in various locations means that visitors will experience less latency upon making a web…
We've written a post in the past about static site hosting with a CDN, but what about dynamic site acceleration? CDNs are traditionally used to cache and deliver static content as this type of content does not change very often. This allows users to…
What is IPv6? IPv6, or Internet protocol version 6, is the most recent update to the Internet Protocol and is the successor of IPv4. The main reason for updating the Internet Protocol from IPv4 to IPv6 is simply due to the shortage of available IP…