Posts tagged optimization
vBulletin 4 optimized .htaccess
Dec 18th
This .htaccess will optimize your server and increase your page load scores (higher score is a good thing). This will set the images to expire after a certain amount of time as well as numerous other optimization tricks for your server. These set the expires headers for images, and set some cache-control headers as well. Place this at the very top of your .htaccess file, remember to back up and test first.
How to serve parallel hostnames for vBulletin Optimize vBulletin 4
Dec 18th
Most modern browsers default to two simultaneous threads per hostname. This leads to overhead and latency as the browser will only grab two objects at a time. One of the biggest pitfalls of vBulletin (especially 4.0) is the amount of graphics and javascript served from the same hostname. Setting up parallel hostnames is fairly simple and I’ll outline the steps on a cPanel installation and vBulletin 4.0 stylevars system. The entire process doesn’t take more than 15 minutes even for novice users, and you can easily do more to further optimize your vBulletin.
