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I got a problem. A client site im working on is loading super slow. I'm trying to setup gzip and or mod_deflate. The few site analyzers i've used so far claim that gzip is active but whats with such slow page load (besides the fact that it could be PageLines) ?

Can anyone give me gzip or mod_deflate tips and an example of what I should have in my php.ini and htaccess? I got this so far

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css  application/x-    javascript
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
</IfModule>
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If analyzers say that you have gzip already I'd look deeper into performance issue rather than assume they are wrong. Enabling gzip by itself is not WordPress-specific and as such is out of scope here. Try asking your hosting support for recommended settings - they are best positioned to answer such. – Rarst♦ Nov 18 '12 at 20:43
Hi rarst, thanx for the comment. I did say "but whats with such slow page load (besides the fact that it could be PageLines) ?" This problem began when I installed PageLines. They're compiling css, which I thought gzip would take care of? – Aliyah Nov 18 '12 at 20:47
Unfortunately there are maaany things that can go wrong with performance. As above - first stop that makes sense should usually be your hosting support. At the very least they can say if server load your site generates seems ok. – Rarst♦ Nov 18 '12 at 20:53

closed as off topic by Rarst♦ Nov 18 '12 at 20:43

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