Comments on: gzip/deflate – a (fairly) quick how-to for XAMPP http://dev.tonic1394.com/2008/05/gzipdeflate-a-fairly-quick-how-to-for-xampp/ Spider-ball-vacuum Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:35:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Phil http://dev.tonic1394.com/2008/05/gzipdeflate-a-fairly-quick-how-to-for-xampp/comment-page-1/#comment-353 Phil Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:31:07 +0000 http://dev.tonic1394.com/?p=31#comment-353 <a href="#comment-340" rel="nofollow">@thofik</a> Sorry for the delay in replying, to test if your gzip is working I recommend using the "web developer" addon for Firefox. You can find that<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60" rel="nofollow">here</a>. There are other tools you can test with, both Chrome and Safari have developer tools that will show you what is being downloaded, the time it takes, and the file size. Another option you may want to look at is <a href="http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/" rel="nofollow">PageSpeed</a> (by google), or <a href="http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/" rel="nofollow">Yahoo's YSlow</a>. Hope that helps. @thofik
Sorry for the delay in replying, to test if your gzip is working I recommend using the “web developer” addon for Firefox. You can find thathere. There are other tools you can test with, both Chrome and Safari have developer tools that will show you what is being downloaded, the time it takes, and the file size. Another option you may want to look at is PageSpeed (by google), or Yahoo’s YSlow.

Hope that helps.

]]> By: thofik http://dev.tonic1394.com/2008/05/gzipdeflate-a-fairly-quick-how-to-for-xampp/comment-page-1/#comment-340 thofik Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:47:59 +0000 http://dev.tonic1394.com/?p=31#comment-340 what tools to test the gzip what tools to test the gzip

]]> By: Phil http://dev.tonic1394.com/2008/05/gzipdeflate-a-fairly-quick-how-to-for-xampp/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Phil Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:04:14 +0000 http://dev.tonic1394.com/?p=31#comment-218 <a href="#comment-215" rel="nofollow">@Keith Davis</a> You may need to change some settings, it's been a while since I've used the built-in mail server of XAMPP (Mercury Mail). Problems with email are usually a beast to chase down (as I'm sure you are fully aware), they can range from a php configuration error, to unrecognized MX records when you try to send. First thing I would check is that I had my mail server installed and running. Mercury Mail comes bundled with XAMPP, but is not enabled by default. <a href="http://www.perspicuousasmud.com/2008/10/24/setting-up-a-localhost-mailserver" rel="nofollow">See here</a> for a blog post about setting it up (and testing with Thunderbird). <a href="http://www.danieltmurphy.com/setting-up-mercury-smtp/" rel="nofollow">Check this post</a> for another set up list (with some edits to your php.ini file, don't give up, xmapp has about four of them). If you follow those and still run into issues, it may have to do with the cforms plugin, or another server bouncing your email as spam (lack of legit mx records). Hope it helps, Phil @Keith Davis
You may need to change some settings, it’s been a while since I’ve used the built-in mail server of XAMPP (Mercury Mail). Problems with email are usually a beast to chase down (as I’m sure you are fully aware), they can range from a php configuration error, to unrecognized MX records when you try to send.

First thing I would check is that I had my mail server installed and running. Mercury Mail comes bundled with XAMPP, but is not enabled by default.

See here for a blog post about setting it up (and testing with Thunderbird).

Check this post for another set up list (with some edits to your php.ini file, don’t give up, xmapp has about four of them).

If you follow those and still run into issues, it may have to do with the cforms plugin, or another server bouncing your email as spam (lack of legit mx records).

Hope it helps,
Phil

]]> By: Keith Davis http://dev.tonic1394.com/2008/05/gzipdeflate-a-fairly-quick-how-to-for-xampp/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Keith Davis Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:34:24 +0000 http://dev.tonic1394.com/?p=31#comment-215 Good to find a site with info on XAMPP local server setup. I'm using XAMPP to set up a Wordpress site before going live. I'm getting to know the cforms plugin but can't get it to send an email... do I have to change some of the XAMPP settings? Hope you don't mind me asking a question not related to the post. Good to find a site with info on XAMPP local server setup.
I’m using XAMPP to set up a WordPress site before going live.
I’m getting to know the cforms plugin but can’t get it to send an email… do I have to change some of the XAMPP settings?
Hope you don’t mind me asking a question not related to the post.

]]> By: Phil http://dev.tonic1394.com/2008/05/gzipdeflate-a-fairly-quick-how-to-for-xampp/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Phil Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:34:27 +0000 http://dev.tonic1394.com/?p=31#comment-99 <a href="#comment-98" rel="nofollow">@Jason</a> Thanks for the tip, it's nice to have compression on auto so you don't have to pack around .htaccess files from project to project. @Jason Thanks for the tip, it’s nice to have compression on auto so you don’t have to pack around .htaccess files from project to project.

]]> By: Jason http://dev.tonic1394.com/2008/05/gzipdeflate-a-fairly-quick-how-to-for-xampp/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Jason Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:20:40 +0000 http://dev.tonic1394.com/?p=31#comment-98 I found that instead of putting "SetOutputFilter DEFLATE" in a .htaccess file you can instead put at the bottom of "/xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf" file to auto-load during start-up. I found that instead of putting “SetOutputFilter DEFLATE” in a .htaccess file you can instead put at the bottom of “/xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf” file to auto-load during start-up.

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