CDN recommendations

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CDN recommendations

csdude55

9:40 am on Jan 31, 2017 (gmt 0)

Can you guys recommend a reliable, free CDN that I can use for images, CSS, and Javascript files? I don't know if it will really affect my speed, but Webpagetest.org seems to think so. And I figure, if it's free then it won't hurt to try :D

I'm currently testing Swarmify.com, but it looks like it only works with images, and it doesn't seem thrilled about working across multiple domains (the FAQs say that it can with some manipulation, but the files they say to download don't exist so I'm waiting on support to reply). There's also no instructions on working with sprites, so it may be helpful but not "perfect".

TIA!

csdude55

1:10 am on Apr 1, 2017 (gmt 0)

Well, before I dig much deeper, can someone post a tutorial or something about HTTP/2? I have my own semi-managed server so I can probably install whatever I need, but I can't find anything on how to use it once it's installed.

Or is it like GZip, and once it's installed... that's it?

not2easy

2:00 am on Apr 1, 2017 (gmt 0)

There's discussion about I wanna go fast [webmasterworld.com] with links to demos and more info. I wanna look into it too, waiting for a server upgrade that is 'imminent'.

robzilla

7:57 am on Apr 1, 2017 (gmt 0)

Or is it like GZip, and once it's installed... that's it?

It depends on your web server, but yes, basically you can just toggle it on. Since HTTP/2 is HTTPS-only, if you're currently on HTTP you're going to have more work on your hands. And you get the most out of HTTP/2 and HTTPS by optimizing all available TLS settings like OCSP stapling en session caches; but those are optimizations, HTTP/2 alone should work out of the box*.

* To support HTTP/2 on my older CentOS 6 boxes, I do have to custom build nginx with a version of OpenSSL more recent than what you get from the official repositories. So again, it depends on your server.

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