This guide explains how to enable compression for your resources (CSS, HTML, JSON, JS) to speed up the loading of your Web Hosting.

Introduction

• By compressing your files, you reduce their size by up to 70%, which decreases the transfer time to your visitors' browsers.
• Fast loading speed is a major criterion for search engines like Google.
• The Infomaniak Manager handles modifying your .htaccess and .user.ini files.
  • A backup copy is created automatically for security purposes.
  • The modification may take up to 5 minutes to propagate across the entire infrastructure.

Enable Gzip / Brotli compression

The procedure via the Manager activates the most efficient compression algorithms supported by your browser (Gzip or Brotli):

1. Click here to access the management of your website on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the website in question.
3. Click on Advanced in the left-hand menu.
4. Click on the Apache tab:
   
5. Enable the File Compression option.
6. Click on Save at the bottom of the page:
   

Check if the compression header is active

Once activated, your server will send an HTTP header Content-Encoding: gzip (or br for Brotli). You can test your site with these tools:

• Google PageSpeed Insights (recommended for a comprehensive analysis).
• GiftOfSpeed Gzip/Brotli Test (modern and fast tool).
• Browser Inspector: press F12 > Network tab > Click on your page > Check the response headers.