Compression + caching

Zdenda,

 

 

You are correct, there's little point in compressing most image formats (other than SVG) and caching is certainly a good choice. The default compression profile is configured for exactly what you want, text and javascript files! Normally people also recommend you don't compress PDFs but I've found there can be some benefit these days. Some old notes;

 

 

If you serve SVG images its worth adding the following to the Content Include List as SVG files are actually XML text files that describe an image;

 

image/svg+xml

 

 

If your back end web servers are running IIS and ASP.Net, you'll probably observe this content type being used and may wish to add it to the Content Include List;

 

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

 

 

If you serve Microsoft documents, you may wish to add the following to the Content Include List;

 

application/msword

 

application/vnd.ms-excel

 

application/vnd.ms-powerpoint

 

application/vnd.ms-project

 

application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument

 

 

If you serve Flash content, you may wish to add the following to the Content Include List;

 

application/x-shockwave-flash