With a mixture of a few techniques added to the .htaccess or httpd.conf files, you can reduce the pageload and the bandwith usage of your website fairly easily. In the examples below i’m referring to expressions for addition to .htaccess, the http.conf file may be structured differently to do the same things. I’m setting this up in a standard LAMP setup with Apache 2 and PHP5. It will also wirk with versions of PHP4 but not all the following items work in Apache 1.3. Continue reading →