Subj. <br /><br />I have tons of images on my site, and tried to set expiration time in .htaccess, but it doesn't work, and phpinfo() shows that this module is not installed. <br /><br />Without such directives, there's just too much traffic wasted. <br /><br />Any advice on what I should do?<!--content-->
If you'd like a moduyle installed, you may submit a help desk support ticket with the request. There it will be evaluated and reponded to by the Technical Staff.<!--content-->
Wow. I did submit a help desk support ticket, and 40 minutes later mod_expires was installed on my server. <br /><br />Am I dreaming or is this real??? <br /><br />Rock Sign<!--content-->
Vangrieg,<br /><br />Could I borrow somemore of your time today and ask you to fill me in on what the heck "mod_expires" is? How do you use it and for what purpose?<br /><br />Thanks!!! <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/goof.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":goof:" border="0" alt="goof.gif" /><!--content-->
Hey, did my previous advice help? <br /><br />Basically, mod_expires is an Apache module that allows to tell browsers not to bother checking if the files have been modified or not until a certain date.<!--content-->
Yes, Vangrieg. The previous advice was helpful in giving me a better grasp on permissions and such!! I appreciate your time.<br /><br />Is the mod_expires very difficult to get a handle on? I too have a lot of images on one of my sites. I don't have to worry about my bandwidth right now, but I hope to someday!!! <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> <br /><br />Thanks again!!<!--content-->
<!--QuoteBegin-natimage+Jan 17 2004, 02:17 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(natimage @ Jan 17 2004, 02:17 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Is the mod_expires very difficult to get a handle on?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /> No, it's not. It's probably the simplest of all Apache modules and doesn't require any special knowledge, except that you should know that a .jpg has the type of image/jpeg, .gif - image/gif, png - image/png. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br /><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_expires.html" target="_blank">http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_expires.html</a><br /><br />Don't ask me about mod_rewrite, that one <i>is</i> difficult. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->
If you'd like a moduyle installed, you may submit a help desk support ticket with the request. There it will be evaluated and reponded to by the Technical Staff.<!--content-->
Wow. I did submit a help desk support ticket, and 40 minutes later mod_expires was installed on my server. <br /><br />Am I dreaming or is this real??? <br /><br />Rock Sign<!--content-->
Vangrieg,<br /><br />Could I borrow somemore of your time today and ask you to fill me in on what the heck "mod_expires" is? How do you use it and for what purpose?<br /><br />Thanks!!! <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/goof.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":goof:" border="0" alt="goof.gif" /><!--content-->
Hey, did my previous advice help? <br /><br />Basically, mod_expires is an Apache module that allows to tell browsers not to bother checking if the files have been modified or not until a certain date.<!--content-->
Yes, Vangrieg. The previous advice was helpful in giving me a better grasp on permissions and such!! I appreciate your time.<br /><br />Is the mod_expires very difficult to get a handle on? I too have a lot of images on one of my sites. I don't have to worry about my bandwidth right now, but I hope to someday!!! <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> <br /><br />Thanks again!!<!--content--><!--QuoteBegin-natimage+Jan 17 2004, 02:17 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(natimage @ Jan 17 2004, 02:17 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Is the mod_expires very difficult to get a handle on?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /> No, it's not. It's probably the simplest of all Apache modules and doesn't require any special knowledge, except that you should know that a .jpg has the type of image/jpeg, .gif - image/gif, png - image/png. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br /><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_expires.html" target="_blank">http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_expires.html</a><br /><br />Don't ask me about mod_rewrite, that one <i>is</i> difficult. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->