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In the documentation for using the HT Access feature it says:

"Do note that enabling this feature will kill the functionality of some extensions which create arbitrarily named PHP files throughout your site, such as RokGZipper. In our humble opinion the security risk of having your site unprotected outweighs the benefits of such solutions by a dramatic factor. As a result, we strongly suggest disabling RokGZipper and other similar software using similarly questionable security practices."

Our site www.asafeworldforwomen.org is mainly built using a Rocket Theme Extension.

The site is constantly updated andbecause it is quite resource heavy we have had to look at ways to reduce the server-load.
One way I have worked to do this is following the guidance of YSLOW which regualrly refers to Gzipping files.

Because RokGzipper is included with RocketTheme templates I am using it and as a result noticing better load speed and YSLOW Results.

However I highly respect the Admin Tools component and the advice of the developer.

So I am a little stuck!

Can anyone advise an alternative to RokGZipper so I can follow the advice for setting the HTAccess in Admin Tools?

Thanks


Andrew

Hi Nicholas
I thought you had the day off - according to your calendar :)

I feel like a very naive student every time I ask a question here!

This whole area of server protection and speed is an issue which is really important to us. Especially as we sufferred a small 'trial' DDOS attack last year when a certain country we were campaigning about took a little dislike of something we were writing about!

Our site suffers from slowdowns at peak viewing times when we bring out new articles - sometimes 4 a day so getting this right is imperative.

Again I thank you for your support and advice.

If you need a testimonial - just ask

Andrew, and the Safe World for Women International team

Cant find the paid version in the JED. I want to give you my feedback but I have not used the free version. Guess that would serve as well but I want to promote Admin Tools and help spread the word.