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How to enable either Gzip or Deflate compression via .htaccess?

How to enable either Gzip or Deflate compression via .htaccess and which one is best these days? Code examples needed.
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Why Apache doesn’t gzip css or js files which have parameters?

Some CSS & JS files are not compressed by apache with mod_deflate enabled. This files looks like this "[domain.name]/aggregator.css?..." or "[domain.name]/misc/jquery.js?..." in YSlow. The other CSS & JS without the "?" gets compressed. Kindly…
user15379
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mod_deflate - Optimal configuration for most browsers

I was wondering if someone here could help me determine the optimal standard configuration for using mod deflate with Apache. Basically, mod_deflate recommends using the following configuration for getting started right away: Compress only a few…
Jason Huntley
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How to tell if mod_deflate is actually working?

I have put the following in my http.conf file: # mod_deflate configuration # Restrict compression to these MIME types AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html AddOutputFilterByType…
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Apache mod deflate does not compress php output

I've got the mod_deflate up and running. I can throw in a something.txt file in my apache server and use curl to check it out. curl --compressed -I /somefile.txt gives me back the following which is good and compressed: Vary:…
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Apache deflates .xml.gz files

I noticed an error in google webmaster tools regarding a gzipped version of a sitemap. Turns out the sitemap.xml.gz file is gzipped twice: one upon creation (as it should be) and another time when being served. The .htaccess file has this…
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Apache + Php-FPM + APC : mode_deflate not compressing HTML output

I have prepared a server to run a Magento instance with: Apache + Php-FPM + APC The problem I have is that Apache is not compressing the HTML output from the Magento PHP scripts. In my .htaccess I have: AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html…
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How to enable deflate content-encoding with Apache2 mod_deflate?

No matter how I test using different value of Accept-Encoding, it always returned as gzip. curl -I -H 'Accept-Encoding: gzip' http://www.example.com Content-Encoding: gzip curl -I -H 'Accept-Encoding: deflate'…
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DEFLATE not working in IE9

I posted this on stack overflow but it was suggested I may have more luck here: I have not used deflate before to encode web pages so this is new ground for me but when I look at nework traffic in ff my all.js file is now 117kb from 427kb so I seem…
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mod_deflate Supported Encodings for Compression

It seems to me, that mod_deflate in Apache 2.2 will always return: Content-Encoding: gzip and never: Content-Encoding: deflate It was explained to me, that although there may be a deflate algorithm, mod_deflate is named after a file-format, in which…
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Apache mod_deflate not compressing javascript and css files?

"GET /Symfony/web/app.php/app/dashboard HTTP/1.1" 4513/37979 (11%) "GET /Symfony/web/css/application.css HTTP/1.1" -/- (-%) "GET /Symfony/web/js/application.js HTTP/1.1" -/- (-%) "GET /Symfony/web/js/highcharts.js HTTP/1.1" -/- (-%) "GET…
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apache disable deflate module on a per site basis

Is there a way to disable the deflate module on a per site basis in Apache2? I have a legacy website that uses custom mime type server side includes that are breaking with the deflate module enabled. My guess is that the included file is being…
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How to stop mod_deflate from logging to my php error log?

I have an environment setup on a system I am not in control of and mod_deflate is entering about 3 lines in the error log for every request. They are only the debug level but for some reason the people in control of the server will not disable that…
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Apache 2.4.7 ignores response header Content-Encoding: identity, instead respects Content-Encoding: none, set by PHP

I just realized my apparent problem (and the "solution" Content-Encoding: none from the StackOverflow question I referred to in my initial question, below) may very well have simply been due to a misunderstanding how things are actually working.…
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apache : disable mod_deflate - [error] an unknown filter

I am running apache with mod_pagespeed on fedora (14), and I am getting the error message: [error] an unknown filter was not added: DEFLATE a lot. I know this is because mod_deflate is not loaded, but that's good, I don't want to load it (the load…
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