[support] CSS & JS on a CDN

[Jamie Holly]

Most of them work off the pull method. Basically you set a URL in the
CDN's control panel that is the source. If the file is not in the CDN,
then it will pull from that source url, so:

main site: http://www.example.com (this would be your source)
cdn: http://cdn.example.com

There are also push CDNs out there, which you got to actually send the
file to, but those are a lot harder to set up.

Jamie Holly
http://www.intoxination.net 
http://www.hollyit.net


On 6/16/2011 11:22 AM, Ms. Nancy Wichmann wrote:
> Thanks, Earnie.
>
> Yes, I am aware of how to enable compression and its benefits
> (particularly regarding IE's 32 file limit). Clearly the site has not
> enabled those options.
>
> I am not, however, fully versed in CDNs. I know they are theoretically
> dispersed and allegedly faster (although my anecdotal experience is
> different). I don't, for example, know how the data is supposed to be
> propagated into the CDN. Do most just pick up files as they are
> created? That would be fabulous and allow me to easily test the speed
> issue - assuming I get the job. If I have to physically push the file
> out, that makes it a bit more difficult.
>  
> /*Nancy*/
>  
> Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L.
> King, Jr.
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* Earnie Boyd
>
>     > First question: would it be faster to use the compressed CSS
>     file right from the site?
>
>     The performance maintenance page allows the CSS and JS to be
>     compressed
>     into a single file if these performance check boxes are enabled.
>
>     > Second question is there a way to consolidate those files (like
>     a compressed file) onto a CDN, if they believe strongly in CDNs?
>
>     Hmm, if the performance maintenance page options are enabled, I don't
>     know that it matters.  How is the CDN data replicated?  If the files
>     accessed by the web page are replicated across all hosts in the
>     CDN then
>     the single file should also be.
>
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